In front of almost 30.000 spectators in the completely packed Shell Arena at the Bologna Motor Show Scuderia Ferrari turned in its now traditional performance. This year's star was Marc Gené who was making his debut with Ferrari at the Bologna Motor Show.

The Spanish official Ferrari test driver completed ten laps at the wheel of a 248 F1, four pit stops and numerous tricks and spins, which made the spectators scream with enthusiasm. A technical aspect that should be noted is that in the Arena No 48 at the Bologna Motor Show the single-seater F1 car carrying the Prancing Horse badge set a new record of 199,4 Km/h. Gené said he was amazed by this new experience made in Bologna and underlined that this show "enables the spectators to watch from close up what the Formula 1 single-seaters are able to do". And so Ferrari once again was warmly welcomed by its numerous fans at the events held during last Saturday and Sunday at the Shell Arena, where the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli cars were once again raced this year.
 

Meanwhile Scuderia Ferrari kicked off a three day test session yesterday at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, in southern Spain. The work programme for the week is scheduled to reprise that of their previous two testing sessions, carried out at the Barcelona track and also at this same circuit: development of a new gearbox and mechanical components for 2007, and adapting the car to the new Bridgestone tyres and optimising engine reliability. Driving the two 248 F1 chassis were Felipe Massa, who will race for the team alongside Kimi Raikkonen next year and official test driver Luca Badoer. The opening day in figures was as follows: 75 laps for Felipe (best time 1.20.143) and 78 for Luca (1.19.907.)

The second day of testing in Spain kicked off this morning. Luca Badoer and Felipe Massa continued with the programme begun yesterday that included development of the new gearbox and mechanical components, adapting the car to the new tyres and engine reliability. Massa ran 81 laps (best time 1.19.732) while Badoer turned in 77 laps (1.19.763.) Testing continues at this circuit tomorrow, when Luca Badoer will be joined by Marc Gené.