Fernando Alonso makes first official appearance for Ferrari (Pictures & Video)
Fernando Alonso at Ferrari's Wrooom media event
Fernando Alonso has appeared as an official Ferrari driver for the first time.
He donned Ferrari red at the team’s annual PR event at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy.
Update: Video and pictures of Alonso with his new team below.
Fernando Alonso’s first appearance for Ferrari: pictures
-
- Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Felipe Massa at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Felipe Massa at Ferrari’s Wroom media event
-
- Felipe Massa at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Felipe Massa at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
-
- Fernando Alonso at Ferrari’s Wrooom media event
This week sees the 20th running of the Wrooom pre-season event which Ferrari holds with the Ducati motorbike racing team.
Alonso was joined by new team mate Felipe Massa and test driver Giancarlo Fisichella.
Alonso attended the Ferrari World Finals at Valencia last year, but as he was still under contract to Renault at the time he wasn’t allowed to appear in Ferrari team clothing and donned a rather fetching jumper instead.
Fernando Alonso’s first appearance for Ferrari: video
Images (C) Ferrari spa
Katy said on 11th January 2010, 18:14
There’s this one too http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3094/n505791ducatiferrariori.jpg
James Bond said on 11th January 2010, 18:17
He & fisi look really nasty with all that red. Always preferred that mild seven Renault blue.
Hope Felipe wipes that smirk off his face by the end of the season.
James said on 11th January 2010, 19:24
I prefer the black and blonde colour scheme in that photo, personally…!
Emma Jane Bennett said on 11th January 2010, 21:02
I think Fernando does as well… XD
raja said on 12th January 2010, 17:45
yeah… FERRARI preferred a right person to DO…
Carl27 said on 11th January 2010, 21:38
You can always hope…
Uncle said on 11th January 2010, 23:09
I’ll do it.
AP said on 11th January 2010, 23:26
LOL Massa looks like a geek…Looking at Fisi make you depressed…
Alonso is the only marketable person in Ferrari…My goodness looking at that pic above you can see why they canned Kimi and hired Alonso!
If Ferrari make a good car this year watch Massa be a wing man…and in reality thats all he has ever been…a #2 driver.
Macca said on 12th January 2010, 3:50
Massa WILL beat Alonso this year.
Fred said on 12th January 2010, 14:38
Correction… Massa WILL _NOT_ beat Alonso this year…
K said on 11th January 2010, 18:18
I don’t know why but looking at that picture I feel sorry for Fisichella. For a long time now I’ve found him a mournful figure!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 11th January 2010, 19:22
He looks happy on his skis!
K said on 11th January 2010, 21:24
Very ‘appy ;)
James Bond said on 11th January 2010, 18:20
Whats Nicky Hayden doing there?
Sush Meerkat said on 11th January 2010, 18:39
He rides a Ducati in Moto GP.
Ducati is the Ferrari of the Bike world.
Tim said on 12th January 2010, 8:56
And Marlboro sponsor both Ferrari and Ducati.
DanThorn said on 11th January 2010, 18:25
Fantastic – I’ve been waiting years for this!
steph90 said on 11th January 2010, 18:43
Well glad you got your wish Dan! Great to have Alonso at Ferrari :D
Buttonham said on 11th January 2010, 18:32
It looks a little bit like the Masons… but a bit more… red.
Hayden is a Ducati driver is he not?
James Bond said on 11th January 2010, 18:38
I’ve always found F1badger a funny site :)
Buttonham said on 11th January 2010, 18:32
It looks a little bit like the Masons… but a bit more… red.
Hayden is a Ducati rider is he not?
Gman said on 11th January 2010, 18:59
Yeah, this is his second year at Ducati after seemingly a million years in that Repsol orange and Honda red.
Grace said on 11th January 2010, 18:39
YES!!!
I beat you Keith! I posted these in the forum before you posted them on the blog! (by a whole hour)! lol
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 11th January 2010, 18:47
I’m sorry Grace but I’ll have to take them down. I did post on the forum the other day asking people not to hotlink images from other people’s websites. It just steals their bandwidth and it’s not fair on them.
See my post on the forum here: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/topic.php?id=1344#post-15094
Racehound said on 11th January 2010, 21:39
oops! #:)
Oliver said on 11th January 2010, 19:33
“So long as you don’t go red”….
A comment made by Alonso 3 or 4 years back while on the radio to a departing team personnel. Seems he himself didn’t keep to that advice. But in all a welcome addition to the Ferrari family.
Becken said on 11th January 2010, 20:29
Maybe he had the 2006 Italian GP in mind when said that. That race was not good for him in any way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M7t3m9uSJA
Juha said on 11th January 2010, 20:26
Kimi looked better ;)
CoolGav said on 11th January 2010, 21:42
Just wondering if Alonso requested Fisi to be at Ferrari. When Fernando won his 2 championships his team mate was Fisi, so perhaps there was free exchange of set-up data back then, and Alsono hopes it will help him to have a test driver who he knows. Just a thought…
Jay Menon said on 12th January 2010, 2:52
Never looked at it like that before.
Fisi is best suited to testing for now. He’s been off the pace for a couple years now, testing could be his forte from here on in.
He’s vastly experienced and his technical feedback on car setup would be invaluable to Alonso and Massa.
Tombong said on 11th January 2010, 22:23
To me Ducati’s jumper looks much more stylish than the ferrari’s… just hate the white color on the shoulders
gabal said on 11th January 2010, 23:07
I wonder shall we see more white in Ferrari livery based on the team gear we saw today?
AP said on 11th January 2010, 23:21
NO
Real Ferrari’s are red and black, the white they used in the late 80′s early 90′s (from memory?) just looked like crap.
gabal said on 12th January 2010, 7:43
That doesn’t mean they won’t use it… Besides, they only went back to their classic Ferrari red recently, they used ”Marlboro” red for a whole decade before that.
Uncle said on 11th January 2010, 23:08
Thats the fastest Giancarlo Fisichella will go this year.
BBQ2 said on 11th January 2010, 23:14
Well CoolGav, if Fisico should give him his experience of the F60, then all will be well at Ferrari :-)……. Mhaahaahaahaaaa!!!!
And BTW, Ducati and Ferrari have the same sponsor. That is why they always celebrate together.