The arrival on track last week of the new 2006 Ferrari 248 F1 car marked the culmination of an intense development period in which Shell played a pivotal role

After Scuderia Ferrari rounded out three days of testing in Barcelona that saw them firmly back on top of the timesheets Valentino Rossi prepares to test for the team in public for the first time this coming week in Valencia

This year sees Scuderia Ferrari embarking out on a second decade of its successful technical collaboration with its fuel and lubricants partner Shell

"We are working with the Centro Ricerche Fiat, our technical partners who work on the 8-cylinder roadgoing engine, and all our partners," said Luca di Montezemolo during the launch of the Ferrari 248 F1 at Mugello yesterday

Photo Gallery: Ferrari 248 F1 - Official Presentation, Mugello

"Seeing the new car", said Jean Todt during the unveiling of the Ferrari 248 F1, "with the new sponsor logos and, above all, the numbers 5 and 6, is a return for us to a distant past, it will be a great incentive to improve"

Paolo Martinelli, Ferrari's Formula 1 Engine Director, and Gilles Simon, head of planning and engine development, introduced the all-new 2.4-litre V8 engine to journalists during the press conference to launch the new 248 F1

The traditional press conference held at the presentation of the new 248 F1 that will compete in the F1 World Championship began with the engineers who have developed the car: Aldo Costa, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne

Martini & Rossi opened a new chapter in its long racing history yesterday when it announced it will be joining Ferrari as a sponsor this year, and this morning their logo will be unveiled on the flanks of the Scuderia's new F1 car

Martini Racing, one of the most famous names in world motorsport sponsorship, today announced that it is returning to Formula One in 2006 as an official partner of Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari announced today that it has broadened the scope of its technical and commercial collaboration agreement with Acer, the world's leading information technology company, who have signed a 3-year sponsor deal

The car which Ferrari will use to contest the 2006 Formula 1 World Championship, currently codenamed 'Project 657', made its much anticipated track debut yesterday at Fiorano, turning in 51 laps in Michael Schumacher's hands

At 0924 this morning in bitterly cold conditions, Ferrari's brand-new V8-engined Formula 1 car roared out onto the track at Fiorano for the first time, in the hands of Michael Schumacher

Autosport International has marked the centenary of the most glamorous of all motor racing series, the Grand Prix, with a line-up of successful racing cars which is dominated by Italian winners from Ferrari, Maserati and Lancia

Photo Gallery: Autosport International - 100 Years of Grand Prix Racing
 

"We started the car today for the first time and at the beginning of next week we are going to start private testing at Fiorano," said Ferrari's Jean Todt at Wroom as he announced the launch schedule for their latest F1 car

Ferrari's new signing Felipe Massa has spoken for the first time about his hopes and expectations as he enters his first season as a Scuderia Ferrari works race driver

Michael Schumacher has issued a clear warning to Scuderia Ferrari that he wants a car this year that can put him firmly in contention for the Formula 1 World title, or he will quit at the end of the coming season