11 of the 12 teams, with only Hispania Racing missing from the line-up, hit the Spanish track at 9am on Thursday morning and one by one the cars came out of the pits carrying a message of support for the injured Kubica."Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia Robert," read the stickers on the cars, which translated means: "Get better soon Robert!"
Massa took the lead early in the morning as the Ferrari driver clocked a 1:20.709 midway through his opening 14-lap stint.
The Brazilian's time proved to be unbeatable as the day progressed with even Massa struggling to match it.
Sauber rookie Sergio Perez finished in second place, 0.774s behind Massa. He too set his best time early in the morning after venturing back out on track following a brief stoppage at the exit of Curva Jorge Martinez.
It was the first of the day's four red flags, the others belonging to Nico Rosberg, who stopped twice, and Vitaly Petrov, who spun off into the gravel.
Mark Webber claimed third place for Red Bull Racing while Toro Rosso test driver Daniel Ricciardo was a surprise in fourth place. The Australian test driver finished ahead of 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
The Brit, who had the honour of being the first to put McLaren's new MP4-26 through its paces, spent the day focusing on short runs. In fact, Hamilton's best time for the day was set on a single flying-lap run, similar to a qualifying run.
Jaime Alguersuari was sixth for Toro Rosso as he took over from Ricciardo in the afternoon while Adrian Sutil debuted Force India's VJM04. Like McLaren, Force India spent the day putting in short distance runs.
Petrov was eighth for Renault, finishing ahead of Nico Rosberg, Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock. The latter was another driver debuting his team's 2011 challenger.
New Williams signing Pastor Maldonado finished at the very bottom of the timesheets after spending much of the day stuck in the pits. The Venezuelan's FW32 suffered a problem with the rear wing, limiting his running to just 13 laps.
Times
01. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m20.709 101 laps
02. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m21.483 + 0.774 94 laps
03. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m21.522 + 0.813 94 laps
04. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m21.755 + 1.046 31 laps
05. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.914 + 1.205 58 laps
06. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.689 + 1.980 42 laps
07. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m23.472 + 2.763 28 laps
08. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m23.504 + 2.795 57 laps
09. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.963 + 3.254 67 laps
10. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m24.458 + 3.749 54 laps
11. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m25.086 + 4.377 42 laps
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m34.968 + 14.259 13 laps
Source: Planet-F1
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