Depending on the angle of the car, F1 fans have voiced a love/hate relationship with the 2009 regulations. The rear wing will take some getting used to... (LAT Photographic)

Q: The new rules made the car much uglier than in previous years. Do you like it?
Massa: "While I came over from Brazil I thought: I've seen several things in the wind tunnel, but the complete car is different. Over the last years we've always seen a much nicer car year after year. I didn't expect a beautiful car, but I have to say it is very beautiful, despite all the rules, which make the cars uglier. Let's hope it's fast. I'd prefer an ugly car that's fast over a beautiful car that's slow.

Q: Did you have fun today or was it just technical work?
Massa: "It's much more fun when there are other cars, when you can compare your lap times. So today was less fun in this respect, but we were here to run the car, which was the main goal. I had fun doing that. I hope that next week in Portugal I'll have a car I can drive the whole day."

Creative use of the mirror structure will also likely be a common theme for new F1 cars. The high stalks are used to influence airflow over the sidepods and rear tires. (LAT Photographic)

Q: About last season's disappointment; did you recently meet up with Hamilton?
Massa: "I've met him at the FIA presentation of the prizes at the end of the year. I said hello and congratulated him, because I think that's correct. During the holidays I've been thinking a lot, as usual, about what happened and now I'm more eager to win than ever. We didn't win, it's not because we didn't merit it, but because it had to be like that. I'm eager to fight in this year's Championship. I don't want to look back, I want to look forward. There are bad days, but the nice days are worth much more to learn for the future."