ESPNF1 Columnist

February 23, 2012: Felipe Massa says the Ferrari F2012 is "definitely better" this week than it was at last test at Jerez

February 23, 2012: Red Bull is "still learning plenty" about the new RB8 after Mark Webber had his morning running limited by a gearbox problem

February 23, 2012: Jenson Button is confident McLaren will be closer to Red Bull at the start of this year than it was at the start of 2011

February 23, 2012: Pastor Maldonado said that the FW34 is "progressing well" after setting the fastest time of the third day of the second pre-season test

February 23, 2012: Paul di Resta described the third day of the first Barcelona test as "an intense day" after losing some time in the morning session

February 23, 2012: Read what the drivers and teams had to say after the third day of testing at Barcelona

February 23, 2012: Michael Schumacher revealed that "the competitiveness of the car is better than it has been" after setting the second fastest time on the third day of testing in Barcelona

February 23, 2012: Pastor Maldonado showed some impressive pace for Williams as he made the most of warm conditions to set the fastest time of the day in Barcelona

February 23, 2012: Lotus is currently seeking permission from the other teams to run an extra day of testing in lieu of the three it has missed this week due to a chassis problem

February 23, 2012: Pastor Maldonado put Williams at the top of the testing timesheets on Thursday morning after setting a time 0.217s faster than Nico Hulkenberg's best effort on Wednesday

February 23, 2012: Vitaly Petrov says that he is pleased that Caterham was willing to listen to his opinion as soon as he joined the team, and has praised his new team-mate Heikki Kovalainen