Fernando Alonso, who attracted more than 30,000 spectators for his Ferrari debut runs at Valencia last week (above), will start the work on the track at Jerez this week; he will be in the cockpit of the new F10 for the first two days.

Following a highly impressive debut for its new F10 in Valencia last week Scuderia Ferrari is now preparing for this season’s second official F1 sessions which will take place from 10 to 13 February at the Spanish Jerez de la Frontera circuit.

This morning the main part of the Italian team left from Maranello, including the mechanics and the staff working in the logistics, telemetry and electronics departments, while the engineers will arrive in Spain on Tuesday evening.

There will be four days of testing for the F1 teams this week and for the Scuderia new Spanish signing Fernando Alonso, who attracted more than 30,000 spectators for his Ferrari debut runs at Valencia last week, will kick off the development work on the track for the first two days, to be followed by his Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa, who will sit behind the wheel of the new F10 as of Friday February 12, before continuing into Saturday.

The F10 single-seater has already arrived at the Jerez circuit after the revisions for the second test were carried out last Wednesday night in Valencia. The car’s configuration, say Ferrari, will substantially remain the same compared to its debut and there will be only some mechanical updates. The same F1 teams in action in Valencia last week will be on track at Jerez this week, including Mercedes GP, McLaren, BMW Sauber and Williams, while 2009 championship runners-up, Red Bull, and new grand prix hopefuls, Virgin, are both set to shakedown their new contenders.

Meanwhile back in Maranello the work on the assembly of the second new F10 chassis goes on briskly. This single-seater will be used for the first time during the third official F1 test session which will be held once again in Jerez, from 17 to 20 February.