The French Grand Prix has been a permanent uninterrupted fixture on the F1 calendar since the World Championship began in 1950 and the first win for a car bearing the Prancing Horse emblem came two years later courtesy of Alberto Ascari

"Unfortunately traffic lights in Canada are not really our friends," Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali admitted to being "very very disappointed" after his two drivers came away with just four points from the Canadian Grand Prix

Four points was a meagre reward for Scuderia Ferrari in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, thanks to fifth place for Felipe Massa as for the second time in two races, the team's race was compromised by Lewis Hamilton and the Safety Car

Before the qualifying session got underway in Montreal, everyone was expecting a very closely fought contest and so it turned out to be; unfortunately, the Scuderia Ferrari drivers' were not really able to fight for the front row positions

The wet Friday morning session in Montreal saw Felipe Massa top of the time sheets while team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was fifth; in the second ninety minutes held on an entirely dry track the Finn was third and the Brazilian fifth

This weekend former Ferrari F1 driver Stefan Johansson will be re-united with the Prancing Horse during the Ronnie Peterson Historic Grand Prix at Anderstorp in Sweden where he will drive a 430 Challenge for the importers' team

So far this year, Scuderia Ferrari has been very competitive at all types of track and the team has enjoyed great success on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the past, even if it has not won on the circuit for the past three years

"Although I didn't collect any points in the last race, thus loosing the lead in the Championships, it's not the end of the world," says Kimi Raikkonen, "last year I was in a much poorer situation; now we have to go to Montreal and pay back"

Ferrari's team principal Stefano Domenicali attempted to clear up several points before looking forward after Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix in which Felipe Massa finished a strong third, but Kimi Raikkonen collided with Adrian Sutil

A third place for Felipe Massa and a ninth for Kimi Raikkonen was definitely not what Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro had expected, given that the two F2008 started this afternoon's rain hit Monaco Grand Prix from the front row

Scuderia Toro Rosso collected its first championship points of the 2008 F1 season in Monte Carlo this afternoon as Sebastian Vettel drove the Italian team's brand new Ferrari-powered STR3 to fifth place on its Grand Prix debut

For the first time since 1979, the most famous motor race in the world will have a completely Ferrari front row, thanks to Felipe Massa's third pole of the season and the team's fourth, and Kimi Raikkonen's second place, this afternoon

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa occupy the second row of a "virtual" grid at the end of the first two free practice sessions today, held as usual at Monaco on a Thursday, during which the two drivers racked up no less than 131 laps

"A win here gives you the same ten points as any other win on the calendar," says F1 World Championship leader Kimi Raikkonen, "but for sure it is nice to win this race, especially because of the atmosphere you have here"

If this weekend's Grand Prix was taking place at any track than the one that uses the streets of Monte Carlo, then Ferrari could approach this event with the degree of confidence commensurate with heading both points tables

One race later than originally planned, the new Ferrari powered Scuderia Toro Rosso STR3 will make its race debut this weekend and the Italian team's Technical Director, Giorgio Ascanelli is looking forward to the new car's arrival

"I came to Istanbul leading by nine points and now I'm seven ahead, not much changed," says Kimi Raikkonen, "I had a really difficult weekend, it started with a problem and went on with another, in the end I did not finish too badly"

"I don't think it's correct to say that we dominated because if you look at the championship, the situation is very close," that was the view of Ferrari's team principal Stefano Domenicali after Felipe Massa's win in Turkey yesterday

Felipe Massa secured Ferrari's fourth win from five races this season and his second this year to take a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories while team mate Kimi Raikkonen also put in a strong drive to come home third

In Istanbul this afternoon Ferrari driver Felipe Massa took his second pole position of the season after the one he netted in Malaysia to give himself the best possible chance of securing a hat-trick of Turkish wins tomorrow

"You do not need to be a mind-reader to work out what is my target for this weekend: I want to record a hat-trick of Turkish victories," says Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, "It might be possible, but you can never be sure"

To date there have been three runnings of the Turkish Grand Prix and they have all been won by the current Ferrari driver line-up: for the past two years by Felipe Massa, while Kimi Raikkonen won the inaugural event at McLaren

Scuderia Toro Rosso's STR2B will have its racing swansong at this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix as the team's new 2008 Ferrari-powered car will finally make its debut in Monte Carlo during the next round of the World Championship

"With my 29 points I'm leading the Championship by 9," says Kimi Raikkonen, "I'm very happy how things have gone so far, but the situation can change in a second: we need to push 100% to stay ahead of our competitors"

Scuderia Ferrari sporting director Stefano Domenicali said after his team's impressive one-two finish in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix that he considers grid position to be absolutely crucial in this year's World Championship