Ferrari leave McLaren trailing in their wake

Felipe Massa was quickest in first practice and Kimi Raikkonen in the second as they beat off the challenge of arch rivals McLaren.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was slower than team-mate Heikki Kovalainen for much of the day, but he managed the second fastest time towards the end of the second session.

Raikkonen set his fastest time of the day in the first run with one minute 27.543 seconds.

Earlier, his team-mate Massa set the fastest time of the day with 1:27.323.

That time was 0.133secs ahead of Kovalainen, who was back at the wheel for the first time since being concussed in a high-speed accident at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Until a late surge, Hamilton had appeared to be struggling on the Turkish track.

He had a spin in the morning and he was fractionally off the pace of his team-mate throughout the first 90 minutes of practice.

Massa, who has won the last two races in Turkey, traded fastest times with Kovalainen throughout the first session, with Hamilton a little way back in third.

Massa was content afterwards.

"I've had a fantastic race here for the last two years," said Massa.

"Two years ago on this track, I enjoyed my first victory in F1, so it is a very special place for me.

"Last year, I repeated the victory, so, hopefully, now I can have a third one. It would be fantastic and I will push hard for it.

"So, there is no need to hide my plans for the weekend. I want to achieve a trio of victories here in Turkey."

Elsewhere, Red Bull's David Coulthard split the Ferraris and McLarens in the second session with fourth fastest time, while running with less fuel. Jenson Button came in 11th.