Honda impress in testing

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However, his lap of one minute 18.928 seconds was set on slick tyres as teams this week use some of the time to evaluate the Bridgestone rubber ahead of their use from the start of the 2009 season.

The time was 0.6secs slower than that set by Ferrari's Felipe Massa on slicks on the opening day of the four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya on Monday.

It is clear the reintroduction of slicks will startlingly reduce lap times as Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella was second-fastest of the nine drivers on track on Tuesday.

Another new regulation for in-season testing is that the teams are only allowed to run one car, thus limiting overall evaluation. But of those drivers on grooved tyres, Massa set the best time - and was third overall - with a lap of 1:20.283.

The Brazilian, back in the world title hunt following his win in Bahrain nine days ago, was 0.169secs quicker than Lewis Hamilton, who also ran the day on grooved tyres.

Red Bull's David Coulthard split the duo with a time set on slick tyres.

Hamilton was behind the wheel of his McLaren for the first time since the race in the Middle East which he ended in 13th, the lowest finish of his career.

The 23-year-old endured a miserable weekend as he crashed into a wall in practice, momentarily stalled on the grid at the start of the race, before then driving into the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault.

The Briton, who also lost the lead in the world championship to Kimi Raikkonen, at least completed 96 trouble-free laps ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at the same track later this month.