Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld believes BMW Sauber have the potential to match Ferrari’s race pace in coming races after his team proved the world champions’ closest challengers for the second Grand Prix in succession in Bahrain last weekend.
Whilst team mate Robert Kubica finished third having started from pole, Heidfeld improved two places on his grid position to […]

Occasional test driver Michael Schumacher will be back at the wheel of a Ferrari as testing resumes at the Circuit de Catalunya next week.According to reports in the Italian press, the 39-year-old German`s F2008 will be equipped with simulated 2009 levels of downforce and Bridgestone`s latest development slick tyre.Regular race drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi […]

Following his dominant win at last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has spoken about his sense of relief after scoring his first points of 2008 at the Sakhir circuit. Massa, who won from second on the grid on Sunday, had retired from the first two opening rounds in Australia and Malaysia.
“It was a […]

Ferrari`s technical director Aldo Costa says the Italian squad have a lot to prove once the championship arrives in Europe.
The team have won the last two races in Malaysia and Bahrain, overtaking rivals McLaren in the standings after a one-two in Sakhir last Sunday. Ferrari are one point behind BMW.
Costa reckons those two circuits have […]

Bahrain had one colour on Sunday afternoon, and that was red. BMW Sauber were strong enough to keep the pressure on and to take the lead in the world championship for constructors, thanks to Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld finishing third and fourth, but the one-two result for Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen confirmed the […]

Second victory and first one-two finish of the season for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, with Felipe Massa first and Kimi Raikkonen second. This is win number 203 from 761 Grands Prix entered by Ferrari, the hundredth under the Presidency of Montezemolo. It […]

Felipe Massa - 1st: “Sensational! Finally, after a start to the championship under dark clouds, I can see the sunshine again. We kept our concentration all weekend long and this is the result. We knew we could count on a great car and that certainly proved to be the case, given that I never had […]

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says the Italian squad are still expecting a hard fight for this year`s titles despite their commanding one-two finish in Bahrain.
Felipe Massa bounced back from two disappointing races in Australia and Malaysia to clinch victory in Sakhir, leading teammate Kimi Raikkonen home ahead of BMW`s Robert Kubica.
It was Ferrari`s second […]

Bahrain GP - Race There were no mistakes this afternoon in the 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix from Felipe Massa who put in a flawless performance to kick-start his championship campaign…
 

Felipe Massa needed a win in Bahrain, and all weekend he looked like a man who had come to get it. When the red lights went out at the start, he lit off from the front row of the grid, and that was all she wrote as he dominated in style for Ferrari.
BMW Sauber’s Robert […]

Felipe Massa rebounded from his shaky start to the 2008 season by beating teammate Kimi Raikkonen to victory in a Ferrari-dominated Bahrain Grand Prix.
Pole-winner Robert Kubica took another podium for BMW in third, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld - a result that puts the team into the lead of the constructors` championship for the first […]

Felipe Massa - 2nd: “All things considered, I am still confident after this qualifying. We know we can count on a really good car, as we have seen so far here in Sakhir. In Q3, I always had a bit of traffic, but these things happen. We must remain concentrated and do the best job […]

Two Ferraris on the two front rows: this was the outcome of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Felipe Massa will start from second place, with his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen right behind him in fourth […]

Ferrari came out on top in both Friday’s practice sessions for the Bahrain Grand Prix, and even discounting Felipe Massa’s overall fastest time of 1m 31.420s which was set with a low fuel load on the dusty and slippery track, the red cars appeared to have a four-tenths advantage over their closest challenger, the McLarens, […]

The two Ferraris topped the time sheets in both free practice sessions held today at the Sakhir circuit. Felipe Massa was quickest in the morning and afternoon, with his team-mate, world champion Kimi Raikkonen behind him each […]

Felipe Massa - 1st: “I am pleased with this first day of free practice. Right from the start this morning, I found some good settings for the car and then, in the afternoon, the track conditions improved considerably.
“I think we are working in the right direction in terms of setting up the car and so […]

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen continued to head practice in Bahrain on Friday afternoon, as the day came to a dramatic halt for Lewis Hamilton.
The Englishman lost control of his McLaren on the exit to Turn Seven, the fast chicane, with 10 minutes left to run, and though he caught the ensuing slide and […]

Ferrari this afternoon continued its domination of the opening day of practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix with Felipe Massa lapping almost a second clear of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and leaving the rest trailing behind. Massa saved his hot lap until the final minutes of the session, stopping the clocks with a best time of […]

Felipe Massa got his Bahrain Grand Prix campaign off to a strong start by setting the fastest time in Friday morning’s first practice session. The Brazilian lapped the Sakhir circuit in 1m 32.233s in his Ferrari, narrowly beating team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who was 0.117s behind with 1m 32.350s.
The other fast times came, no doubt […]

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Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen topped the timings as Ferrari dominated their McLaren rivals in first practice ahead of Sunday`s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Brazilian Massa was among the first on the track and posted the quickest time of one minute, 32.233 seconds.

Raikkonen was 0.117 seconds behind from his 15 laps, while Briton Lewis Hamilton posted […]

The opening practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend saw - as expected - Ferrari top the timesheets. After the strong showing in Malaysia, combined with six days of pre-season testing at Sakhir, Ferrari are very much the pre-race favourites this weekend with Felipe Massa leading the way for the Italian champions after the […]

McLaren`s Lewis Hamilton may fear nothing on the track, but he admits that the break between the Malaysia and Bahrain Grands Prix helped him to overcome his fear of deep water. During a working holiday with his trainer and his friend and former team mate Adrian Sutil, he travelled in Thailand, visiting Bangkok and Phuket.
“We […]

Fernando Alonso is leaving open the possibility that he might switch teams again at the end of 2008.The Spaniard escaped from a three year McLaren contract after just one unhappy instalment in 2007, returning this season to the scene of his two drivers` world titles.But his new two-year Renault contract includes a clause that will […]

Ferrari`s team principal Stefano Domenicali says his team must raise their game in all departments after admitting that he was not satisfied with the results of the first two races of the season.
While Kimi Raikkonen won the Malaysian Grand Prix, neither the world champion or teammate Felipe Massa finished the race in Australia. The Brazilian […]

Ralf Schumacher believes BMW can challenge Ferrari and McLaren in this year`s world championship after their strong start to 2008.
The former Formula One driver, who is about to embark on his first season in the DTM with Mercedes-Benz, disagrees with his brother Michael`s assessment that BMW will fade from the front during the season, and […]