Ferrari

Ferrari today signed an agreement for the opening of the first Ferrari Store in Britain. The store, which will be managed by the Percassi Group, will be located on Regent Street and will cover around 550 square metres spread over two levels.
Work on the project will begin within the next few days and the Ferrari […]

Piero Ferrari, Vice President of the company that bears his name, has spoken of his concern at the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), claiming that it will not improve the quality of the raising and will raise costs.
Only last week, the FIA issued its proposals for KERS, which is due to be introduced […]

Flavio Briatore has backed Luca di Montezemolo`s claim that an Alonso-Raikkonen pairing at Ferrari would not be wise for the Italian team.Fernando Alonso, disappointed at the pace of his 2008 package, has been making noises about a team switch for next year, with speculation hinting strongly that his first preference is Ferrari.But Ferrari President Montezemolo […]

Ferrari`s vice president Piero Ferrari believes the Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems will only increase costs and will not improve the racing.
KERS are due to be introduced in Formula One from 2009 in what promises to be a major challenge for engineers.
The system will allow drivers to draw 60kW of energy from one axle on the […]

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is confident he can maintain his lead in the drivers’ championship at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, despite covering minimal laps at last week’s test session at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Raikkonen, who joined the test on the final day, found his running restricted by wet weather and completed just 33 laps […]

Motor racing`s governing body will need someone as strong and experienced as Max Mosley as its president if it decides he needs replacing at its meeting in June.
That is the view of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who believes that the FIA must find a replacement who is as competent as Mosley.
Speaking in an interview […]

Fernando Alonso`s reported desire to switch to Ferrari next year has been dealt a harsh blow by the famous Italian team`s President.Luca di Montezemolo is quoted by the sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport as questioning whether appointing the Spaniard would be “desirable” for Ferrari in terms of maintaining harmony in the scarlet-clad garages.“To line […]

In theory, Formula 1 has enjoyed a long three week break since Felipe Massa took his F2008 to victory in Bahrain. In practice, it has been a busy time both on track and at Maranello: back at the factory, all the data acquired at the first three races of the season has been carefully analysed, […]

Ferrari are expecting a hard fight with their rivals for victory in this weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix, even though many consider them favourites for the win.
As the team race a new aerodynamic package that includes their `hole in the nose` concept, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa are expected to be the men to beat around […]

Bringing Fernando Alonso to Ferrari to partner world champion Kimi Raikkonen would not be desirable, team president Luca di Montezemolo said on Tuesday.
Alonso denied this month that he had an escape clause in his contract with struggling Renault that might allow him to leave for Ferrari at the end of the Formula One season.
However, Spain`s […]

While speculation over Fernando Alonso`s future continues, with many believing that the Spaniard is destined to join Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo has said that such a move would be damaging at this time.
There is continued speculation that despite his Bahrain win - which finally got him on to the 2008 points scoreboard - and a […]

Ferrari have played down the significance of their `hole in the nose` design, insisting other aerodynamic developments on their car are just as important in helping the speed of the F2008.
The Maranello-based team were the centre of attention during testing at Barcelona in Spain last week when they ran the much-rumoured nose hole feature for […]

A Ferrari team spokesman has downplayed reports that a recent technical leak is being vigorously investigated.Reports earlier this week suggested that the appearance in testing of the widely-anticipated `hole nose` at the front of the F2008 confirmed that spies may still be active within the team.Drawings of the innovation appeared in the pages of the […]

Michael Schumacher said on Thursday he believes Ferrari has an edge over its two rivals going into next weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix.The 39-year-old German tested the Italian team`s 2008 car, the F2008, at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday.“I think there are three teams currently fighting at the front,” the former champion on Thursday told […]

Although Ferrari have enjoyed two consecutive wins in Malaysia and Bahrain, team principal Stefano Domenicali believes the team must remain focused on improving the F2008’s performance and reliability if they are to challenge for another victory at the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix.
The Italian squad, currently hard at work at this week’s multi-team test at Barcelona’s […]

The 2008 season could become a two-team battle to capture the services next year of former champion Fernando Alonso.The Spaniard signed a two-year contract to return to Renault this season, but - despite the hints and denials - it is strongly believed that Alonso can leave the French team at the end of 2008 if […]

It is likely that a cigarette brand will never again be outwardly visible on the livery of a Formula One car.Other teams - notably Renault, McLaren and Honda - farewelled their tobacco-fuelled dollars a couple of years ago, as anti-advertising laws swept Europe and the world.Ferrari, however, opted to renew its association with Philip Morris, […]

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali says the Maranello team are keeping their feet on the ground despite their two consecutive victories.
The Italian squad endured a torrid start to the season in Australia, but fought back in Malaysia and won again in Bahrain, where Felipe Massa led teammate Kimi Raikkonen for their first one-two of the […]

The appearance of Ferrari`s radical new nose innovation at the Barcelona test on Monday confirmed that espionage could still be a factor at the Italian team.Alleged Ferrari spy Nigel Stepney no longer works for the Maranello based team, but the technical secret about the `hole nose` nonetheless emerged in the pages of an Italian magazine […]

After much speculation, Ferrari`s radical new nose cone was finally unveiled today during testing at the Barcelona circuit.
As Felipe Massa tested the F2008 on Bridgestone`s slick tyres, the car was fitted with a slotted nose cone.
This `hole in the nose` is aimed at making use of the high-pressure air that builds up between the front […]

Ferrari finally tested its much anticipated radical nose as an official three day session kicked off at the Circuit de Catalunya on Monday.It was reported recently that the Italian team called off its plan to debut the development - effectively an opening in the upper part of the F2008 front of the F2008`s nose - […]

After a break of around a month, covering the period of the first three races of the Championship, testing resumed for the F1 teams, with almost everyone running as from today at the Catalunya Circuit, near Barcelona.As per the regulations, only one car can be used for tests held during the race season: on track […]

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa set the Monday pace at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya at the start of a four-day test session. Second to Massa in the timesheets was the Honda of Alexander Wurz, followed by McLaren’s Pedro de la Rosa.
Massa’s best time - over two seconds quicker than Wurz’s - was set on slick tyres, which […]

After three fly-away Grand Prix, the three week gap between the Bahrain and Spanish Grand Prix enables testing to resume this week at Circuit de Catalunya. With the exception of Super Aguri Honda and Toro Rosso Ferrari, the remaining teams fielded a car each at the circuit last used at the end of February. […]

Force India looks set to step up its relationship with Ferrari for 2009. Not only will the Silverstone based team continue to use a customer engine built by the famous Italian marque next year, Force India is reportedly planning to run a KERS energy-recovery system that is also developed by Maranello-based Ferrari. “We will run […]