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Ferrari using pit lights again in 2010
Ferrari will use their infamous pit stop traffic lights once again in 2010.
The lights, which were blamed for Felipe Massa’s botched pit stop at Singapore in 2008, are being reintroduced an effort to speed up their pit stops.
The team said:
The team has developed a new “traffic light” system, more sophisticated and safer than the one [...]
Massa drives F2008 in Brazil (Pictures)
Felipe Massa drove a 2008-specification Ferrari F1 car at Interlagos yesterday.
According to Ferrari he used demonstration tyres for his appearance at the track to present the team’s new sponsor Santander.
He was joined by twice-champion Emerson Fittipaldi and former Ferrari test driver Luciano Burti.
A group of fans turned up to watch the event, having missed the [...]
Why fuel is so important in 2010 (Video)
The video above supplied by Shell and Ferrari does a good job of explaining the extra importance fuel technology will play in 2010.
The ban on refuelling means the teams now have to carry an entire load of fuel with them for a race. Fuel companies like Shell can help F1 teams get a performance advantage [...]
2010 F1 season preview: Ferrari
Ferrari’s 2009 campaign was their least successful since 1993 and left the team with a lot of wounded pride.
But they could put that behind them very quickly in 2010 with a competitive-looking car and a strong new driver line-up.
Ferrari’s KERS hybrid road car (Pictures)
Ferrari has revealed a concept road car using F1 KERS technology at the Geneva Motor Show.
The HY-KERS is based on a 599 GTB Fiorano but features a Kinetic Energy Recovery System similar to that used by the F1 team the F60 last year. Ferrari says the knowledge gleaned from running the technology in Formula 1 [...]
Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes closely matched in race distance simulations
Tomorrow is the final day of F1 testing before the first race of 2010 and the question everyone wants to know the answer to is this: Who’s got the fastest car?
Ferrari have been rumoured to be the favourites for some time but the race distance simulation run in largely dry conditions at the Circuit de [...]
Ferrari’s Aldo Costa on the F10 (Video)
Ferrari technical director Aldo Costa played down the team’s performance in the first test of the year at Valencia, saying: “We are fast but we don’t know how fast we are compared to the others.”
The F10 was the fastest car on all three days of the test and completed more laps than any other car [...]
Sorry Ferrari, Michael Schumacher is still the main event in Formula 1
Over 36,000 F1 fans packed the grandstands in Valencia to see Fernando Alonso make his first appearance for Ferrari on Wednesday.
Ferrari hailed the reception as a sign that Alonso, not Michael Schumacher, is Formula 1’s biggest star draw:
It has to be said that the Ricardo Tormo circuit was hosting seven new cars making their debuts [...]
Montezemolo: ‘F1 needs credibility’
Luca di Montezemolo believes F1 must to “recover its credibility” in 2010.
Speaking at the launch of Ferrari’s 2010 F1 car the company chairman said the sport should be a “test base” for cutting edge automotive technology and urged the sport to adopt more stable regulations.
2010 Ferrari F10 and 2009 Ferrari F60 side-by-side (Pictures)
The Ferrari F10, revealed today, gives us our first look at how the 2010 F1 cars compare to last year’s models.
Like their rival teams, Ferrari have to get to grips with rules banning refuelling and imposing smaller front wheel widths on them. Here are some side-by-side comparisons of their old and new cars.
