Ferrari driver Felipe Massa finished at the top of the largely meaningless timesheets in the first day of the Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi, as the Italian company was welcomed to the sport with a trouble-free opening day's running.

Red Bull starlet Daniel Ricciardo dominated the second and final day of the 2010 young driver test at the Yas Marina circuit, again finishing nearly a second clear of the rest of the aspiring F1 drivers in his Red Bull Racing machine.

Red Bull Racing protégé Daniel Ricciardo finished top of the pile on the opening day of the vaguely interesting young driver test in Abu Dhabi, setting a blistering pace in his RB6 car to top the timesheets by over a second.

The post-season afterglow of the 2010 championship is shunted out of the way for a pair of random tests at the Abu Dhabi track this week, as teams test out new drivers and new tyres. Patronise F1 previews the week's testing action for you.

So, that's that. Four brief test at various Spanish circuits, and the teams are already packing for Bahrain. But in amongst all the confusing testing times, have we actually learned anything? PatroniseF1 offers a few dubious conclusions.

2008 champion Lewis Hamilton fired one final shot across the bows of the McLaren team's rivals by ending the final test day before the start of the new season in first place, as the teams got one last chance to impress in Barcelona.

Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg claimed the fastest lap of a rain interrupted third day of testing in Barcelona, eclipsing his closest rival by three quarters of a second.

Nico Hulkenberg ended his pre-season testing schedule with an impressive top spot on the second day of the Barcelona test, sending his Williams FW32 to the top of the times with a qualifying simulation run in the afternoon.

Mark Webber underlined Red Bull's 2010 title challenger status by topping another day of pre-season testing at the opening day of the Barcelona test, with the Australian driver ending nearly a second clear of his nearest rivals.