Hot weather continued in the Eifel mountains today, with temperatures creeping up over the 20°C mark while their was an unusual look to the time sheet at the end of the first day of free practice for the European GP

The Nürburgring is a track that is loaded down with history and it has always been a place rich with a live F1 tradition, even if the current circuit is completely different to the old one, which played such an important part in Ferrari's history

A new week has begun and Scuderia Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, fresh from victory in the San Marino Grand Prix, is enthusiastic as it should be a week in which a home race will result in a win

There will be a rare opportunity at this year’s Classic Winton, Australia’s premier historic racing event, to see the Maserati 250F driven by Sir Stirling Moss to an historic victory in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix in action

"It was great to climb onto the podium and see the fans' joy and, I am not ashamed to admit, it was a special feeling. It is now that I have this feeling and now that all the fans who have always supported us are repaid," said Michael Schumacher

Jean Todt intimated that finally Ferrari had shown their speed after Michael Schumacher's narrow victory over Fernando Alonso in Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Imola

Michael Schumacher scored a thrilling and narrow 2.096s win over Fernando Alonso in the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola today, reversing roles with the Renault driver in comparison to last year

The official drivers of the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso teams will travel in style, onboard Maserati GranSports during the 2006 Formula 1 season

"The progress we saw at the Barcelona test has been confirmed in these two hours of practice and the new aerodynamic package seems to be working particularly well, as does the engine" Ferrari on the Friday pace at Imola

"It will be very important for us to perform well in Imola and we are all aware of that we have done all we can to be as well prepared as possible," says Scuderia Ferrari Sporting Director Stefano Domenicali

"We have fine tuned our package during the tests and I think that we have a car with which we can compete for victory, I do not believe that the gap to the leaders is too big to close" Michael Schumacher is ready for Imola

Test driver Marc Gene reckons Ferrari can target winning at Imola, and in an interview Michael Schumacher says that "the beginning of the European season should coincide with the start of our drive for the world title"

Temperatures, it was all about tyre temperatures, Ferrari's Jean Todt emphasised after Sunday's incident-filled Australian Grand Prix

"For Imola we will have improved aerodynamics and there will be modifications to the engine so things should go better, we will be preparing intensively over the next few weeks," says Michael Schumacher

No points for Scuderia Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix this afternoon with both Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa crashing out of the race

Sir Stirling Moss and the Maserati 250F in which he won the 1956 Melbourne GP, have been brought together to open Melbourne’s new Ferrari and Maserati dealership, Zagame

A difficult race is on the cards tomorrow in Melbourne for Scuderia Ferrari as both Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa struggled and missed out on the second phase of qualifying

Michael Schumacher was the best placed of the Scuderia Ferrari drivers during today's free practice sessions in Melbourne with sixth fastest spot, while his team-mate Felipe Massa was tenth

"In Malaysia we wanted to claim some points and this we did, so things did not go too badly, in Australia it should go even better" Michael Schumacher looks forward to Australia

Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher finished 5th and 6th in the Malaysian Grand Prix today, having fought their way up from their starting positions of 21st and 14th on the grid