Felipe Massa is happy with Ferrari’s preparation for the 2010 Formula 1 season, but does not believe it heads for Bahrain with any advantage over its rivals.
The 28-year-old Brazilian, who spent much of the final Barcelona test day running with a heavy fuel load, finished third quickest today.

Ferrari has attacked the FIA’s push to bring new teams into Formula 1, in the wake of the problems currently surrounding Team US F1 and Campos Meta.
With neither outfit yet having a car ready to run, and US F1 hoping to miss the first few races of the season, the sport is facing up to the fact that it will probably not have as full a grid as it had hoped to have for 2010.

Fernando Alonso says he was ‘very happy’ to help Formula 1’s ruling body, the FIA, uncover the spy saga that hit the sport in 2007.
McLaren was excluded from that year’s championship and fined $100 million after it was discovered the team was in possession of Ferrari technical data.

Fernando Alonso has declared the Ferrari F10 the best car he has ever driven – and says the team is yet to show what it can really do.
Ferrari was quickest throughout the first test of the winter at Valencia a fortnight ago, but has kept a lower profile during the past fortnight at Jerez.

For the second test in a row, McLaren came out on top on combined times at the end of this week’s Jerez action.
This time it was Jenson Button who led the led the way, his 1m18.871s from this morning proving 0.7 seconds quicker than the time his team-mate Lewis Hamilton set to top the previous week’s table.

Jenson Button believes the Ferrari is the strongest-looking car after the first full dry day of testing at Jerez this week.
Mark Webber set the best time of the day for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso second quickest for Ferrari and Button’s McLaren third. Alonso and Button both completed several long runs today and Button was impressed by the consistent pace of the Ferrari.

Felipe Massa was left lamenting the poor track conditions on the second day of this week’s testing at the Jerez circuit on Thursday.
For the second day running, the rain hit the Spanish track during the session, with strong winds making things even more difficult.
Massa, who managed 92 laps on his way to the fifth fastest time, admitted the day had been far from ideal.

Fernando Alonso will kick off Ferrari’s testing on his home ground at Jerez in Spain this week, driving for the first two days before handing the car over to Felipe Massa.
The Spaniard was fastest of all in last week’s first pre-season test at Valencia, with the early indications suggesting that Ferrari has an early edge in its preparations for the 2010 season.

The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is getting ready for this season’s second test session, on the agenda from 10 to 13 February at the Spanish Jerez de la Frontera circuit.
This morning the main part of the team will leave Maranello, including mechanics and the men working at the logistics, telemetry and electronics, while the engineers will arrive in Spain on Tuesday evening.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says he is not getting carried away by his team’s strong start to pre-season testing this week.
Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso dominated proceedings at Valencia in Spain with both drivers the only men to lap under the 1m12s barrier. Alonso ended up quickest of all with a best time of 1m11.470s.

Valentino Rossi says it is ‘difficult’ to imagine himself racing in Formula 1, despite his strong performance in his most recent Ferrari test having raised renewed speculation about a potential switch to car racing.
The MotoGP champion had seriously considered moving to F1 with Ferrari following a series of tests in 2006, but ultimately decided to remain in motorcycle racing.

New Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets for the third and final day here at the Valencia circuit in Spain today. The Spanish racer completed 127 laps of the track to finish over half a second ahead of Pedro de la Rosa in the Sauber.
Third fastest and another half a second back was Michael Schumacher for Mercedes Grand Prix, followed by Jaime Alguersuari for Toro Rosso.

The F10 is the fifty sixth single-seater built by Ferrari, specifically to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship. The name of the car renews the tradition of being linked to the year in which it makes its debut in the Championship.
The project, which went by the internal code number 661, represents the Scuderia’s interpretation of the technical and sporting regulations which apply this year.

Luca Badoer and Marc Gene will be retained by Ferrari as test and reserve drivers this year, company Chairman Luca di Montezemolo said on Thursday. The Italian and Spaniard have amassed much experience working together since being Minardi team-mates for the 1999 season.
Although di Montezemolo is surprised that Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher is now a rival as opposed to be a key player in the Ferrari team, the Italian is confident with his current line-up.