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Felipe Massa says Ferrari's preparations for 2008 are proceeding 'smoother' than on the eve of the successful previous campaign.

So far in pre-season testing, the Italian team's new F2008 has been a standout performer, even though Heikki Kovalainen set the quickest time at Valencia on Wednesday for McLaren while Massa himself hit mechanical problems.

"I am happy with how the car feels, with how many kilometres we have done without technical problems, and we are already there with the lap times as well."

"Compared to the previous car, it seems better in the slow corners and still very strong in the quick ones," Massa said in an interview with Auto Motor und Sport.

He said Ferrari's preparations for the new season are proceeding better than they did at this point one year ago.

"In recent years, we always had some problems. This time, everything is going smoother, but it would be dangerous to say exactly how we compare to the others.

"I can only speak about Ferrari, and the car feels good," he said.

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Source GMM