After struggling during Friday practice the Toro Rosso team made big changes overnight to the set-up of the Ferrari-powered STR4 which paid off as both drivers turned in respectable qualifying performances last night in Singapore

It was a highly disappointing qualifying session for Ferrari in Singapore with both F60s knocked out before the final runs meaning that Kimi Raikkonen will start today's race from thirteenth place and Giancarlo Fisichella from eighteenth

Scuderia Toro Rosso's two rookie drivers Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari had their first taste of racing under the floodlights in Singapore although neither made much impression in the opening day's two practice sessions

“Difficult” was a word that featured more than once in Friday’s official Scuderia Ferrari team press release after Kimi Raikkonen ended the day only fourteenth fastest with Giancarlo Fisichella two places behind his team-mate

Luca di Montezemolo has received the prestigious Marca Leyenda award that the famous Spanish daily sports newspaper presents to athletes and personalities from the world of sport, from Marca director Edoardo Inda in Madrid

With life taking place with a European clock for the only night race on the calendar, at the time when he would usually be leaving the track, Giancarlo Fisichella sat down to meet the media on the eve of the Singapore Grand Prix

Having bid farewell to the European season with yet another podium at its home race in Monza, Scuderia Ferrari now embarks on this year’s final quartet of races, starting this weekend with the second running of the Singapore Grand Prix

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari Singapore Grand Prix Preview - Looking forward to the challenge posed by this unique street circuit and racing at night plus the unpredictability of the weather and the advantage of KERS

Kimi Raikkonen finished the Italian Grand Prix in third place but his appearance on the podium at the Prancing Horse’s home race was in doubt until the very last lap while team mate Giancarlo Fisichella was ninth on his debut with the team

Exactly a year on since its first grand prix win, Scuderia Toro Rosso returned to Monza for a fruitless weekend and after starting from the back row neither Sebastien Buemi or Jaime Alguersuari made any impact in the 53-lap race

Qualifying for Scuderia Ferrari’s home race ended with one F60 on the second row of the grid, through Kimi Raikkonen’s third place and the other car, with Giancarlo Fisichella at the controls, on the seventh row in fourteenth place

The two Toro Rosso cars remained firmly rooted to the bottom of the timesheets in qualifying at Monza yesterday in stark contrast to one year ago when Sebastien Vettel claimed the Faenza based team's first pole position

Michael Schumacher has extended his contract with Ferrari's GT development division and will continue working as a consultant which he has been doing since he retired from the F1 team at the end of 2006 for another three years

For Giancarlo Fisichella the start of this morning’s free practice at Monza was the moment he had been waiting for ever since he came second in the Belgian GP a fortnight ago when he got the call and possibly ever since he was a little boy

The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers', Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, had a steady opening day and posted respectable times at Monza today as the first two practice sessions for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix got underway

"I will be taking it step by step," says Fisichella as he prepares for his Ferrari debut today, "My aim is to help Ferrari ensure third place in the Constructors,’ to be as close as possible to Kimi, to score points and maybe get on the podium

Banco Santander and Ferrari finally officially announced one of F1's worst kept secrets in Monza today that the bank will become a key sponsor after signing a five year deal that is expected to see Fernando Alonso joining the team

"These are very intense weeks after the two consecutive races in Valencia and Spa now there is Monza on the calendar," says Kimi Raikkonen, "in Belgium we won and we want to go on like this in the last races, to stay on the podium"

The final European event on the F1 calendar is a very important one for Ferrari, it being the home race for the Maranello-based team. and the Scuderia makes the short trip to the Royal Park of Monza in good form after its win at Spa

Giancarlo Fisichella made his first appearance as a Ferrari driver when he got behind the wheel of an Alfa MiTo during eSafety Challenge 2009 at the Vallelunga track an event which promotes road safety, founded by the FIA and hosted by ACI

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: eSafety Challenge 2009 - Giancarlo Fisichella & Alfa MiTo

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari Italian Grand Prix Preview - New signing Giancarlo Fisichella talks about his start at Ferrari and the preparations for the Italian GP behind the wheel of the F60

Giancarlo Fisichella who will drive in place of Felipe Massa in the last five races of the season will be the Scuderia Ferrari’s third driver during the 2010 season yesterday met the press for the first time since he has been a Ferrari driver

"I chose Fisichella for several reasons, starting with the fact he deserves it," says Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, "we all wanted to have an Italian driver in our car for Monza and it takes the long term view as he will be our third driver"

Over the last week some really incredible things happened to me," said Giancarlo Fisichella as he arrived in Maranello today, "the pole position and then second place at Spa and now I’m called by Ferrari to race the last five races of the season