With seven races left in the Formula 1 Championship Fernando Alonso asks the team to remain concentrated to fight race after race for the World Title.
With seven races left in the Formula 1 Championship Fernando Alonso asks the team to remain concentrated to fight race after race for the World Title.
Stefano Domenicali and the two Ferrari drivers taking about their feelings before the delicate transfer to Hungary. An important race is waiting for them in Budapest on a difficult circuit, but the Scuderia is extremely confident.
With the Grand Prix on the Hockenheim in front of him, Fernando Alonso says he’s “optimistic for the Championship, because our single-seater is competitive and the next races will be held on tracks, which favour our cars. We’re still in the race for the title”.
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Ferrari
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty may have made the world a better place, but the test ban in place in Formula One has had some other rather interesting effects. Take Jaime Alguersuari, for example, who was racing in actual grands prix before getting a chance to actually test out the machinery. Or Michael Schumacher, who had to sharpen his skills in a GP2 car before coming out of retirement. Or in this case, Fernando Alonso, who had never even lapped Ferrari’s iconic private Fiorano test track… until now.
Ferrari took advantage of a loophole in the regulations that allows teams to run their cars during the season for “promotional purposes.” So in order to test the revisions that the Scuderia made to its F10 racer in advance of this past weekend’s European Grand Prix, and allow their two-time world champion to get some track time at Fiorano, Ferrari had to release this clip. Follow the jump to watch the video from inside the cockpit, and consider the team suitably promoted.
[Source: Ferrari via Axis of Oversteer]
Continue reading Video: Fernando Alonso shows us how to get around Fiorano… and the test ban
Video: Fernando Alonso shows us how to get around Fiorano… and the test ban originally appeared on Ferrari News on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Motorsports, Ferrari
Montreal has some great karting tracks. The French-Canadian metropolis, after all, is a veritable motorsport mecca, playing host to Formula One (among other series) on a more regular basis than any other city in North America. So it should come as no surprise that, while Ferrari was in town for the Canadian Grand Prix last week, they took the whole team out to one such facility for some suitable R&R.
Among those participating were the team’s star drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, along with Lance Stroll, the 11-year-old kid the team had signed to a driver development program the day before. So how did the young prodigy fare against the seasoned veterans? Well, after beating out the rest of the team personnel (including, we’d assume, at least one of the Scuderia’s many test drivers), Stroll finished second in the ranks, beating out one of the grand prix drivers.
Ferrari, somewhat understandably, isn’t saying which - Alonso or Massa - Stroll defeated in the friendly competition, but given that Massa is still an avid karter, we’d suspect it was Alonso. It’s worth noting that with his more relevant experience and lower body weight, the young Stroll had a bit of an advantage. But any way you cut it, that’s some fine work. Official announcement after the jump.
[Source: Ferrari]
Continue reading Ferrari’s 11-year-old wunderkind beats F1 driver in karting competition
Ferrari’s 11-year-old wunderkind beats F1 driver in karting competition originally appeared on Ferrari News on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Interview with Fernando Alonso on the occasion of the 800th Grand Prix for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, held on the Istanbul circuit, for the Spanish driver the seventh with Ferrari.
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Ferrari, Rumormill
After winning three out of the seven races so far this season and topping both championship standings, Red Bull’s dynamic duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber must be looking mighty tempting to any number of rival teams on the grid. But the most alluring, according to recent reports, could be Ferrari.
For his part, Vettel is widely regarded as the personal favorite of one Bernie Ecclestone, who could be helping to broker a deal that would see the young German wearing red in the near future. Vettel, however, is on a long-term contract with Red Bull, leaving the possibility open for a few years from now.
More likely for the near future, however, could be Webber. The 33-year-old Australian driver - fresh from back-to-back victories at the Spanish and Monaco grands prix - is on a year-to-year contract with Red Bull, which could leave him free to switch teams in the off-season. Red Bull chief Christian Horner has hinted at his intention to retain the driver currently topping the standings, but until a contract is signed… mind you, contracts in F1 aren’t worth what they once were.
While Fernando Alonso continues to impress, Ferrari is widely speculated to be dissatisfied with their second driver Felipe Massa, and could cut the Brazilian lose for next season. Alternative reports place Renault’s Robert Kubica in the Scuderia’s hot seat, but only time will tell.
[Source: ESPN | Image: Clive Mason/Getty]
Reports place Red Bull’s Vettel, Webber at Ferrari originally appeared on Ferrari News on Mon, 17 May 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Ferrari
One of the questions creative types hate most is “Where do get your ideas?” So we won’t ask where this guy got the idea to “play” a lap of Bahrain, we’ll just chuckle and shake our heads at the fact that he actually did it. Sliding his fingers along a Gibson X-plorer, he recreates one of Fernando Alonso’s entire laps at the Bahrain GP down to gear changes and high-rev oscillations. So it won’t get this guy to Wembley, but it will get him all over the Internet, and that’s almost like the same thing, right? Follow the jump to check it out. Top tip, Jordan!
[Source: YouTube via New York Times]
Continue reading Video: A lap with Fernando Alonso’s F1 Ferrari - as soundtracked by slide guitar
Video: A lap with Fernando Alonso’s F1 Ferrari - as soundtracked by slide guitar originally appeared on Ferrari News on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Ferrari, Celebrities
Formula One pundits have for years been saying that Ferrari was the team where Fernando Alonso was always supposed to be. The folks at the Scuderia evidently agreed when they finally signed the only driver to beat Schumacher at his own game. And they aren’t about to let him forget it now that he’s home.
So it should come as little surprise that, after handing him the keys to a Maserati GranCabrio, reports are surfacing that the champ has also received (or is soon to receive) a Ferrari 458 Italia as well. Sources suggest that the car may have been part of his contract.
The car in question was spotted by a FerrariChat forum member while in Maranello, decked out in Bianco Fuji (Ferrari-speak for pearl while) with Alonso’s signature logo embroidered into the headrests right below the Prancing Horse… right where it’s always belonged. Thanks to Patrick for the tip!
[Source: FerrariChat]
Alonso’s other other ride: Ferrari 458 Italia originally appeared on Ferrari News on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Motorsports, Ferrari, Racing
We know, we know. The pace set on track tests doesn’t necessarily indicate how a given team, car or driver will perform in an actual race, let alone across a whole season. But it’s hard not to read too much into it when we’ve been waiting for a sign since the end of last season, when the winningest team in all of motorsports - which has been working on this car since the middle of a dismal last season - with its veteran driver recovered from injury, and with a two-time World Champion taking the helm for the first time, when all these elements come together and the team absolutely dominates.
Half of the F1 teams that’ll be competing for honors this season descended on Valencia for three days of official testing. And when all was said and done, Ferrari had dominated the time sheets on each of the three days. The first two days saw Felipe Massa run the new car, setting the fastest times on both days. Then Alonso took his turn on Day 3, beating Massa’s time and everyone else’s in the process - including returning seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher in the new Mercedes and reigning champion Jenson Button in the new McLaren.
For his part, Alonso was quick to quell speculation. Reliability, fuel loads, yadda yadda yadda. But when this is the first and only indication we have of how the season is shaping up, we can’t help but sit back and stroke our five o’clock shadows in contemplation. We invite you to do the same while viewing the mega gallery of on-track images below.
[Source: Ferrari]
Pics Aplenty: Alonso, Massa dominate Valencia testing in new Ferrari F10 originally appeared on Ferrari News on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
