On Friday morning, just after 8am Fernando Alonso arrived at the gates of the Scuderia Ferrari for his first contact with the new team, although still not as an official member due to his contractual commitments regarding image management, which still tie him to his previous team and his sponsors.

The first meeting of the day was with Team Principal Stefano Domenicali, who then left the Spaniard with the technicians, who started to work with the Alonso on the upcoming season’s programme. Between meetings connected to the new single-seater’s project the former Renault and McLaren F1 driver visited the wind channel to see next year's model and worked on the sitting position in the car’s cockpit, while the day ended just after 5pm. Before leaving Maranello at the end of the day, Alonso was received by Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, who personally wanted to welcome the Spaniard at Ferrari in a cordial meeting that lastest around half an hour.

Friday’s also saw the former double F1 world champion driving a couple of laps on the Fiorano test track with the new 458 Italia sports car, naturally in red: as he couldn’t yet drive a red Formula 1 car Alonso wanted to feel the emotion of driving a Ferrari on the track where all the Prancing Horse’s single-seaters are born and raised.