Raikkonen starts second winter test session for Ferrari

First day of testing this week, for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, working for the next three days at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, in southern Spain. Kimi Raikkonen took to the track today, returning to the cockpit after a break of exactly one month; the last time he'd driven dating back to the World Finals at Mugello on 9th November.

Kimi worked mainly on finding the best set-up on the car and began a long run test for the engine, which will go on for the entire test. He covered a total of 48 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.20.261.

"I'm glad to be back on the track," Raikkonen said at the end of the day. "Shame that there was so much rain in the afternoon, because it would have been useful to test some situations we had problems with during the last season. It shouldn't rain tomorrow and we'll drive a bit more."

Testing continues at this circuit tomorrow, when Felipe Massa will join Kimi Raikkonen.