Driver: Felipe Massa
Chassis/Engine: FW36-03 / PU106 Hybrid
Locations: Silverstone, Great Britain

Objectives: Aero and Systems work

Weather: Mild and Dry
Maximum air & track temps: 23°C / 28°C

On the opening day of the Williams Martini teams two day test at the Silverstone circuit would see Felipe Massa driving with Valtteri Bottas completing the second day.

At the end of the day it would be Felipe who would set the quickest time after a  late-morning run on Pirelli's medium compound tyre, setting a best lap of 1m35.242. Behind the Williams was Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo followed by Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes..

Rod Nelson, Chief Test and Support Engineer: At one point today we had rain surrounding the whole track so for it to not affect running today was very lucky. It was a successful day, the main plan was for aerodynamic and systems tests for this year and also moving forward for next year’s car, and we are very pleased with the progress.

Felipe Massa: The car was very competitive during the race so today we have built on a very good platform. The test today was experimenting with some parts for future races as well as a little bit for next year. The car felt really good, so we know we will go to Hockenheim with a good car. The programme went to plan today and we didn’t have any rain so it was a very productive day.

Driver 		 Team 		  Best Time 	Best / 
						Total Laps
1 F. Massa	 WILLIAMS MARTINI 1:35.242	11 / 42
2 D. Ricciardo	 Red Bull Racing  1:35.248	68 / 72
3 N. Rosberg	 Mercedes	  1:35.573	29 / 90
4 A. Sutil	 Sauber		  1:35.674	71 / 74
5 J. Bianchi	 Marussia	  1:36.148	88 / 108
6 S. Vandoorne	 McLaren	  1:36.462	61 / 71
7 S. Perez	 Force India	  1:36.583	67 / 79
8 J E. Vergne	 Toro Rosso	  1:36.688	25 / 28
9 P. Maldonado	 Lotus		  1:37.131	79 / 97
10 P. De La Rosa Ferrari	  1:38.988	26 / 49
11 W. Stevens	 Caterham	  1:40.627	82 / 95