His eye-catching tally was matched only by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who ended up third fastest (1:19.906) behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo (1:19.900). "I don't remember before doing a day with 168 laps in my career," said the 35-year-old Massa, whose fastest was one minute 19.726 seconds. Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton, the bookmakers' favourite for a fourth title this year, was fourth fastest with a total of 49 laps. Ferrari failed to win a race last season, when they finished third overall, and have not been constructors' champions since 2008. Renault's Jolyon Palmer managed only 15 laps due to a power unit problem but he handed over to team mate Nico Hulkenberg who completed 58 in the afternoon.

Source: The Star March 07, 2017 19:52 UTC