“A very disappointing year, with the only great moment coming with the win at Silverstone,” reckoned Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, during a special Christmas dinner event where he also looked back at 20 years at the helm in Maranello

Scuderia Ferrari’s traditional Christmas lunch had a new significance this year as it coincided with the twenty years milestone that Luca di Montezemolo has been Ferrari president and the occasion was marked with the showing of a special film

Scuderia Toro Rosso has dumped both its current drivers, Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, and instead for the 2012 F1 season will promote another two Red Bull Junior pilots, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne to full race seats

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari's presence at the Bologna Motor Show this year spans F1 and Challenge track action in the arena to the new 599XX Evo debuting in the halls alongside the 458 Challenge, 458 GT2, 458 GT3 and FXX

The usual Ferrari activities in Bologna were split into three, two of them featuring races between no less than 16 cars from the Italian and European series of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo and the third, a F1 demonstration with Giancarlo Fisichella

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Scuderia Ferrari's presence at the Bologna Motor Show this year spans Giancarlo Fisichella in grand prix single-seater track action in the arena to a static F10 on the Prancing Horse booth in the halls

After six seasons, the Ferrari 430 Challenge one-make racer will bow out of the Corse Clienti programme after it takes to the track at the Bologna Motor Show while further highlights for Prancing Horse fans will be Giancarlo Fisichella in the F10

The final grand prix of the season in Brazil ended with Scuderia Ferrari off the podium: Fernando Alonso fought right to the bitter end yesterday afternoon but could not fend off a charging Button who was quick on the medium tyre in the closing stages

In Brazil yesterday Scuderia Toro Rosso gave up the fight for seventh place in the constructors championship after a second consecutive zero points score meant it narrowly missed out in the final standings to the similarly Ferrari-powered Sauber team

For Ferrari, the result of the final qualifying session of 2011 closely followed the pattern of what has been a lacklustre year, with Fernando Alonso fifth, and Felipe Massa, who will be tackling his 100th grand prix for the Scuderia, two slots further back

"It will be your one hundredth race with us," Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo wrote this week in a letter to the Scuderia's Felipe Massa, "which is an amazing journey that only very few drivers can claim to have done before you"

ItaliaspeedTV: The 24th edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News looks forward to this weekend's season-closing Brazilian Grand Prix which will also be Felipe Massa's 100th race for the Scuderia and the Brazilian driver reflects on his career

ItaliaspeedTV: The eleventh edition of Ferrari Corse Clienti Racing News focuses on the season-ending "Finali Mondiali" at Mugello, the calendar highlight that brings together all the modern and historic Maranello racing programmes

After picking up 12 points from the last two grands prix it was back to a zero score for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi last night as the Italian team had struggled to be competitive on this track right from the start of the practice sessions

Ferrari secured its tenth podium finish of the season thanks to a fighting second place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Fernando Alonso while team-mate Felipe Massa added to the points total, by coming home fifth in the other 150º Italia

There were no surprises under the artificial lighting at the Yas Marina circuit, during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last night and the two Ferraris will line up on the grid today on the third row, with Fernando Alonso fifth and Felipe Massa sixth

Fifth and sixth in the first free practice session and third and fourth in the second was the outcome of the first day of track action at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi yesterday for Scuderia Ferrari drivers' Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa

ItaliaspeedTV: The highlight of this year's Finali Mondiali Ferrari was the traditional demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari with the team's test drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Marc Gené behind the wheel of the red F1 single-seaters on the Mugello track

ItaliaspeedTV: The 23rd edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News includes interviews with Pat Fry, Edoardo Bendinelli and Fabrizio Borra, Fernando Alonso's physiotherapists and Michele Pignatti Morano, Head of the New Business at the Abu Dhabi

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The season-wrapping Finali Mondiali Ferrari took place at Mugello last weekend featuring an array of Maranello's racing sports cars and historic F1 single-seaters and culminating in a demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari (IV)

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari engineer Pat Fry looks forward to this weekend's action in Abu Dhabi and discusses how the Scuderia is using the closing races of the F1 season to push development for 2012, notably in the shape of a new front wing

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The season-wrapping Finali Mondiali Ferrari took place at Mugello last weekend featuring an array of Maranello's racing sports cars and historic F1 single-seaters and culminating in a demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari (III)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The season-wrapping Finali Mondiali Ferrari took place at Mugello last weekend featuring an array of Maranello's racing sports cars and historic F1 single-seaters and culminating in a demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: This year's Ferrari 'World Finals' at Mugello wrapped up with Challenge title deciders, Gerhard Berger getting back behind the wheel of the 412 T2, a parade of cars led by the new 458 Spider and the traditional demonstration by the Scuderia

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The season-wrapping Finali Mondiali Ferrari took place at Mugello last weekend featuring an array of Maranello's racing sports cars and historic F1 single-seaters and culminating in a demonstration from Scuderia Ferrari (I)

On Saturday, Fernando Alonso said it would be nice to end the inaugural Indian Grand Prix by discovering the view from the podium and that’s exactly what happened, as he finished third behind winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed Jenson Button

Eighth place for Jaime Alguersuari in this afternoon's inaugural Indian Grand Prix netted Scuderia Toro Rosso another four points in the constructors' championship to move the Italian team level with Sauber in the standings with just two races remaining

Having run solidly in all three free practice sessions Fernando Alonso made it onto the second row of the grid in India this afternoon after setting the fourth fastest time, team mate Felipe Massa was sixth despite suffering a major suspension failure

Scuderia Toro Rosso got both its cars into the top ten of the grid this afternoon at the brand new Buddha circuit in India; it was the first time the two Ferrari V8-powered cars had made it to the Q3 session since the Chinese Grand Prix

As F1 approaches its first ever race in India this weekend, SKF has been supplying Scuderia Ferrari with high performance bearings and seals that reduce friction and weight to help improve the overall efficiency of its grand prix single-seaters, for 64 years

This weekend will see Scuderia Ferrari and the rest of the Formula 1 teams taking on a pioneering role once again, as the sport makes its first ever visit to India, for the eponymous grand prix, which will take place in Noida, a suburb of Delhi

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari's Neil Martin and Gabriele Delli Colli look forward to this weekend's inaugural India Grand Prix, the seventeenth round of this year's Formula 1 World Championship and the first to take place in the country

"I'm very sad to hear of the death of Marco Simoncelli," said Luca di Montezemolo. "I was very impressed by his speed, talent and the determination, his qualities reminded me of Gilles Villeneuve and now, fate has chosen to link them in this tragic fashion"

Sunday delivered the same result as Saturday: yesterday, the two Ferraris qualified in fifth and sixth places on the grid and today they delivered an identical result, the only change was in the order, as today it was Alonso who finished ahead of Massa

While parent team Red Bull Racing was wrapping up the constructors' title in Korea today, Scuderia Toro Rosso posted its best result of the season as Jaime Alguersuari finished in seventh place, two positions ahead of team mate Sebastien Buemi

The two Ferrari 150º Italias will start today's second Korean Grand Prix together from the third row of the grid; that was the outcome of yesterday's three qualifying sessions which saw Felipe Massa outpace his team-mate Fernando Alonso

Last year’s Korean Grand Prix was one of the wettest weekends of the year and this year’s visit to the Yeongam circuit, outside the port of Mokpo has started off under the same water sign with rain affecting yesterday's free practice sessions

This year’s event is the second running of the Korean Grand Prix, one that has good memories for Scuderia Ferrari, because the inaugural race was won by Fernando Alonso with Felipe Massa joining his team-mate on the podium in third place

Fernando Alonso said that Scuderia Ferrari had to aim for the podium in the remaining races of the season and today at Suzuka, the Spaniard delivered a super performance to hit the target with a great second place while Felipe Massa was seventh

It was no surprise that Fernando Alonso qualified fifth today at Suzuka, given it is his most repeated result of the season, but this time, his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa did one better and will start tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix from fourth place

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa both completed well over a Japanese GP distance (57 laps for the Spaniard and four more for the Brazilian), equivalent to 685 kilometres, during the three hours of free practice at the spectacular Suzuka circuit

There are now just five races to go in 2011, starting with this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix and, while remaining determined to try and win one or some of them, Scuderia Ferrari’s main focus is now squarely on next year’s championship

After a disappointing grand prix in Singapore on Sunday where it couldn't match the pace of the Red Bull and McLaren runners, Ferrari have some aerodynamic updates on the cars in Suzuka while other new elements should be seen in Korea

Fernando Alonso wrestled his less than competitive Ferrari round the streets to finish fourth in last night's Singapore Grand Prix while team mate Felipe Massa’s run of bad luck continued as his race was ruined by an impulsive move from Hamilton

Toro Rosso never looked like threatening the points paying positions this evening in Singapore; Sebastien Buemi eventually brought his Ferrari-powered STR6 single-seater home in twelfth place while team mate Jaime Alguersuari crashed out

The two Ferrari 150º Italias, which couldn't match the Red Bulls or McLarens, will start this evening's Singapore Grand Prix from the third row: that was the outcome of last night’s qualifying session under the artificial lights illuminating the Marina Bay circuit

Scuderia Toro Rosso will have it all to do in tomorrow night's Singapore Grand Prix after struggling in the Q2 qualifying session this evening: Sebastien Buemi posted the 14th fastest time while team mate Jaime Alguersuari was two places further back

Because of problems with kerbs, the first session in Singapore last night was shortened by 30 minutes; nevertheless, the two Ferrari 150º Italias racked up over 330 km, divided more or less equally: 39 laps for Alonso and just two fewer for Massa

This weekend’s fourth Singapore Grand Prix marks the start of a hectic time, featuring six races crammed into the space of ten weeks, with the season finale taking place on November 27th, the latest ever date in the calendar for a F1 race

This year's Goodwood Revival honoured one of the greatest names in motor racing history, Juan Manuel Fangio, who competed at Goodwood in the 1950s and so Maserati brought the 250 F to the event last weekend to play its part in the tribute

The fifth and final Ferrari Driver Academy course of the year has come to an end; the programme’s aim is to help talented youngsters involved in motorsport around the world and at Fiorano it was Sergio Perez, the Sauber F1 driver, who was on track

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: After a two days in the simulator, Sauber F1 driver Sergio Perez got behind the wheel of an F60, the single-seater used by the Scuderia in 2009; the Mexican completed 46 laps of Fiorano with a best time of 1.00.650

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Jules Bianchi, who joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2010 this year is working for the Scuderia on car development; the Frenchman completed 70 laps at Fiorano in an F60 yesterday, the quickest being a 1.00.213

Despite a fantastic start that saw him lead the pack into the first bend, Fernando Alonso wasn't able to match the pace of Sebastien Vettel (Red Bull) and Jenson Button (McLaren) and was forced to settle for the final podium step at Monza yesterday

Toro Rosso netted its biggest points haul of the season at Monza yesterday in its home grand prix as both drivers finished in the points while Jaime Alguersuari claimed the best finish of his F1 career after crossing the line in seventh place

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo was in the Monza paddock yesterday for his traditional visit to his home race and immediately threw his weight behind Team Principal Stefano Domenicali saying he would remain in charge of the Scuderia next year

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: While Alonso and Massa were salvaging a semi-respectable qualifying result on the Monza track, visitors to the Scuderia's pit garage included Luca di Montezemolo, Piero Ferrari, Lapo Elkann and Fabio Capello

At the end of Saturday afternoon's qualifying session, the two Scuderia Ferrari drivers were someway short of the pace needed to chase for pole, setting the fourth and sixth fastest times, for Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa respectively

The Italian Grand Prix weekend got underway with two free practice sessions; Massa and Alonso completed a total number of laps equivalent to slightly less than two grands prix distances: 57 laps for the Brazilian and 51 for the Spaniard, or 625 kilometres

ItaliaspeedTV: The main attraction of the Ferrari Racing Days event last weekend was Scuderia Ferrari test driver, Marc Gené, who completed a few laps of the Red Bull Ring at the wheel of an F60 single-seater to the delight of the fans

The Ferrari Racing Days festival took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg over the weekend featuring a string of races for the Ferrari Challenge with the event headlined by Scuderia driver Marc Gené who demonstrated an F60 single-seater

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The 458 Challenge one-make racer, 599XX and FXX track-special cars, historic F1 clienti single-seaters and an F60 grand prix machine were the key track attractions of the Ferrari Racing Days event at the Red Bull Ring (II)

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The 458 Challenge one-make racer, 599XX and FXX track-special cars, historic F1 clienti single-seaters and an F60 grand prix machine were the key track attractions of the Ferrari Racing Days event at the Red Bull Ring (I)

Toro Rosso's sensational sixth place on the grid for Jaime Alguersuari didn't live up to the promise and the Spaniard was eliminated on the opening lap while team mate Sebastien Buemi, who had started eleventh, was gone after six laps

Scuderia Ferrari and Fernando Alonso’s run of four consecutive podium finishes came to an end at Spa-Francorchamps, even though the Spaniard fought right to the last lap for a top three result, before having to settle for fourth place

At Spa this afternoon the damp and cold track accentuated one of the weaknesses of Ferrari's 150º Italia, namely its inability to get its tyres to produce sufficient grip right from the first lap, leaving Massa and Alonso to qualify fourth and eighth respectively

The weather was the main player at Spa-Francorchamps yesterday meaning that Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa completed a total of just 56 laps (31 for the Spaniard, 25 for the Brazilian) but only half of these were done on dry tyres

"Michael was and will always be one of the most important figures in the history of Ferrari and he will always be in the hearts of all the men and women who work in Maranello and of all fans of the Prancing Horse," says Luca di Montezemolo

ItaliaspeedTV: With the track action set to get underway at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit with practice tomorrow morning Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal and Head of Engines Luca Marmorini look forward to this weekend

After a long summer break, the Formula 1 action resumes this weekend at one of the sport’s most charismatic venues, the 7.004 kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps, the Belgian circuit that has hosted 43 of the 55 Belgian Grands Prix held to date

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari drivers past and present, John Surtees and Fernando Alonso, compare notes on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the venue for this weekend’s Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix, as well as the cars they drove

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Scuderia Ferrari test driver Marc Gené demonstrated the F10 and F60 grand prix single-seaters in front of half a million spectators on a temporary street circuit in the Dutch city of Rotterdam yesterday

For the first time Scuderia Ferrari has taken part in Rotterdam City Racing during the sixth edition; the festival takes place annually in the middle of the Dutch city along a curved route between the Willemsbrug Bridge and the Hofplein Square

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari test driver Marc Gené demonstrated the F10 and F60 grand prix single-seaters in front of half a million spectators on a temporary street circuit in the Dutch city of Rotterdam yesterday

The next few days before the enforced summer break will see everyone at Ferrari working flat out to prepare right down to the smallest detail for the second part of the season which restarts at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit on 28 August

A solid race by Fernando Alonso saw the Spaniard collect his eighth podium of the season on a day when Ferrari wasn't quite able to match McLaren and Red Bull teams in the wet and changing conditions posed by the Hungarian weather

At the Hungaroring this afternoon Scuderia Toro Rosso celebrated its 100th grand prix since the Italian F1 team was bought by Red Bull in some style as both drivers, Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, finished in the points

Scuderia Ferrari's engineer Pat Fry had a brief meeting with the press at the Hungaroring circuit shortly after the end of the qualifying session yesterday which saw the two 150º Italia cars again qualifying in fourth and fifth places on the grid

Ferrari didn't quite show the pace of recent weekends in final qualifying at the Hungaroring yesterday with fourth and fifth grid slots going to the two 150º Italias this time with Felipe Massa just piping his team mate Fernando Alonso to row two

The Ferrari drivers covered almost a whole grand prix distance yesterday with Alonso third fastest in the morning and second in the afternoon, completing a total of 69 laps, four more than Felipe Massa, who finished sixth in both sessions

Neither Jaime Alguersuari nor Sebastien Buemi could haul the Toro Rosso STR6 near the top ten at the Nürburgring, ending its summer points scoring streak and costing the Italian team its seventh place standing in the constructors' championship

For the second consecutive race, Scuderia Ferrari comes away from the weekend with the biggest points haul: it picked up 35 in England and 28 yesterday at the Nürburgring, courtesy of a second place for Fernando Alonso and a fifth for Felipe Massa

Saturday afternoon's qualifying session for the German Grand Prix saw Fernando Alonso claim a spot on the outside of row two of the grid in fourth place with Felipe Massa taking the other Ferrari 150º Italia to the inside of row three in fifth

Fernando Alonso ended the opening day in Germany second fastest behind Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber, these two drivers the only ones to dip below the 1m 32s mark on their best lap; the Spaniard completed a total of 68 laps

Last year at Hockenheim Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa delivered a one-two finish which signalled the start of a championship fight back by Ferrari; a year later the Scuderia arrives in Germany on the back of its first win of the season

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari's 'red' arrived met Red Square over the weekend as the F1 team's test driver Giancarlo Fisichella demonstrated the F10 on the streets of the Russian capital as part of the Moscow City Racing event

The fourth Moscow City Racing event was held on Sunday in the Russian capital city and even bad weather could not dampen the spectacle for the race fans as they got close to the action where Giancarlo Fisichella demonstrated last year's F10

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Scuderia Ferrari's 'red' arrived met Red Square over the weekend as the F1 team's test driver Giancarlo Fisichella demonstrated the F10 on the streets of the Russian capital as part of the Moscow City Racing event

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: History was made at Silverstone on Sunday: Ferrari took its first F1 win of the year while the 150º Italia added its name to the roll call of winning Ferraris, all on the 60th anniversary of the Scuderia's first ever F1 win (II)

More motor racing history was made at Silverstone on Sunday as, when Fernando Alonso took the chequered flag, it ended a hiatus of more than half a century since two key Italian names - Ferrari and Pirelli - and entered the winners' circle together

Sixty years on from José Froilan Gonzalez’s victory in the British Grand Prix, his 375 F1 single-seater was back in action at the Silverstone circuit but this time the car, that opened up a spree of 216 grand prix wins, was driven by Fernando Alonso

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The exact Ferrari 375 F1 that José Froilan Gonzalez drove at Silverstone to Ferrari's first ever F1 win sixty years ago roared on the Northamptonshire track again yesterday, this time in the hands of Fernando Alonso

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: History was made at Silverstone on Sunday: Ferrari took its first F1 win of the year while the 150º Italia added its name to the roll call of winning Ferraris, all on the 60th anniversary of the Scuderia's first ever F1 win (I)

José Froilan Gonzalez victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone exactly sixty years ago was a symbolic step for the racing team from Maranello and put it ahead of its great rival Alfa Romeo where Enzo Ferrari had worked for 20 years

A strong drive from Jaime Alguersuari saw the Scuderia Toro Rosso pilot net the final championship point on offer at Silverstone this afternoon for tenth place and extend the Italian team's point scoring run to four consecutive races

This afternoon at Silverstone Scuderia Ferrari finally took its the first win of the year thanks to a fighting drive from Fernando Alonso on the very same track where sixty years ago José Froilan Gonzalez claimed the team’s first ever win

Toro Rosso's drivers will have it all to do in this afternoon's British Grand Prix if the Ferrari-powered STR6 is to make it into the points for a fourth consecutive race after the Italian team was caught out by the rain in yesterday's qualifying sessions

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa did enough before the short shower in the Q3 session to ensure that the second row of the grid at Silverstone will be all-red, as the Spaniard took his 150º Italia to third place while his team-mate was fourth

Ahead of the start of practice for the British Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was in Knightsbridge to officially open the Prancing Horse’s latest Atelier at The Berkeley Hotel, one of London’s most prestigious 5-star luxury hotels

Felipe Massa completed a total of 22 laps on his way to topping the afternoon time sheets as practice got underway at a wet and cool Silverstone yesterday, while team mate Fernando Alonso did two more, ending the day in fifteenth place

Under renewed pressure from health experts following the recent announcement that it was extending its sponsorship agreement with Marlboro, Scuderia Ferrari is now dropping the cigarette maker's name from the team's title and signage

The British Grand Prix this weekend will represent a watershed in this season, both in terms of time and also on the technical front and Ferrari will arrive with new updates to the areas of the floor and exhausts as well as a new rear wing

ItaliaspeedTV: Marc Gené has wowed the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the wheel of a Ferrari F10 which was driven last year by Fernando Alonso notching up race wins in Bahrain, Germany, Italy, Singapore and Korea

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari is always one of the names to stand out on the 'Hill' and this year the Maranello cars in action include the Scuderia's most recent F1 contenders, the F10 and F60, as well as the production FF and 458 Italia (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: “This is one of the most successful Ferraris and to drive this car up the hill at Goodwood is an absolute honour. It’s really very special for me to be here, and I can tell you that the hill is very very fast,” Gené commented

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: On his visit to Maranello John Surtees met Fernando Alonso, Piero Ferrari, Vice President, and Stefano Domenicali, Scuderia Team Principal, and was then taken on a tour of beginning in the Classiche department

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari is always one of the names to stand out on the 'Hill' and this year the Maranello cars in action include the Scuderia's most recent F1 contenders, the F10 and F60, as well as the production FF and 458 Italia (I)

Even though the situation in both F1 championships is not what Ferrari hoped for back in the winter, work goes on developing the 150° Italia with a view to making up the performance gap that has developed over the past few months

After only qualifying in 18th place a two stop race strategy paid off handsomely for Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari in Valencia yesterday as the Spaniard finished in the points in eighth place on home soil in the Ferrari V8-powered STR6

The European Grand Prix produced twenty eight points for Ferrari, thanks to a second place for Fernando Alonso and a fifth for Felipe Massa; it is the best result of the season for the team, which came at the end of a very closely contested race

Fourth place for Fernando Alonso and fifth for Felipe Massa: that was the outcome of qualifying for the European Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari; it was a reasonably tight session, with the top six on the grid all within seven tenths of a second

A solid opening day for Scuderia Ferrari at the European Grand Prix weekend in Valencia as at the end of the 180 minutes of track time yesterday Fernando Alonso had set the fastest lap around the 5.419 kilometre street circuit

Maserati honours one of its favourite ‘sons’ by reminding motor racing fans around the world of what would have been the 100th birthday of the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio and with celebrations set will be held at the Goodwood Revival

Imola hosted the third of this season's F1 Clienti days, which featured owners taking their historic Formula 1 cars round the famous track for free practice sessions, all organised by the technical staff of the Ferrari Corse Clienti department

In a long press release Ferrari reflects on Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix recounting the race scenario finding fault, for their high hopes of victory in the rain-soaked encounter evaporating in the carnage, in everyone but themselves

Both Toro Rosso drivers steered clear of the chaos and drama in Montreal yesterday to take a double helping of points: Jaime Alguersuari finished in eighth place while team mate Sebastien Buemi took the last point on offer for tenth

The promise of qualifying didn't translate into the race in Montreal for Ferrari as both its drivers were caught up in a chaotic grand prix that was held in wet conditions and featured a slew of safety car periods as well as an extensive red flag

Sebastian Vettel is on pole for the sixth time this year but there will be a Ferrari on the front row in Montreal with Fernando Alonso set start alongside the German while just one place behind the Spaniard is team-mate Felipe Massa

While Friday's three hours of free practice were incident packed at Montreal’s “Gilles Villeneuve” circuit, the two Ferrari 150ºs were in the top four places on the time sheets throughout both sessions that kicked off the Canadian GP weekend

While the actual business of F1 has disappeared under a tide of universal global condemnation this week over the decision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari and the other teams are preparing for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix

Sebastien Buemi picked up the final point on offer in yesterday's Monaco Grand Prix after the Toro Rosso driver successfully steered clear of the multiple incidents which eliminated other cars and helped him chip his way up the order

A week is a long time in F1 and to prove it, just seven days on from a very disappointing Spanish GP, yesterday, Fernando Alonso secured his and the team’s best finish of the season, standing in second place on the podium in Monaco

In Monaco yesterday Fernando Alonso made it onto the second row of the grid for the second consecutive race after a Q3 session that was interrupted by an accident while Felipe Massa will line up on the grid this afternoon in sixth place

Scuderia Ferrari bounced back from its recent woes in style yesterday as Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap of the day come the end of the first two free practice sessions which were held ahead of this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari's under pressure Brazilian driver Felipe Massa and Sport Director Massimo Rivola look forward to the unique challenges posed by Monaco to both pilot and team, a day before the action on track gets underway

As was the case last year, this week Ferrari and the rest of the teams are currently facing one of the biggest logistical challenges of the year: moving the F1 “circus” from Spain to Monte Carlo in the tightest time frame of the year

After Ferrari's poor result in Barcelona two days ago the traditional search for scapegoats has got underway at Maranello and in a brief statement the embattled F1 team has announced that Technical Director Aldo Costa has been dropped

Qualifying promise didn't translate into race day results and Scuderia Toro Rosso' Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were outclassed by their midfield rivals and eventually came home 14th and 16th in yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix

After first going forward right to the front, Fernando Alonso rapidly went backwards as it became apparent that Ferrari has lost more ground to its rivals since the last race, and, on home soil, the Spaniard ended up in a lapped fifth place

Fernando Alonso pulled put a perfect lap in yesterday's Q3 qualifying session in Barcelona to haul himself unto the second row of the grid for the first time this year while Felipe Massa, who felt less comfortable with the car, will start on row four

The Toro Rosso drivers' set themselves up in a strong position for tomorrow's Spanish GP during this afternoon's qualifying session: Sebastien Buemi eventually posting the 11th fastest time while Jamie Alguersuari was two places further back

Yesterday’s free practice sessions in Barcelona were again very busy for Scuderia Ferrari: Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa completed a total of 119 laps, which equates to more than 500km, similar to a day of pre-season testing

The first Ferrari Store on Spanish soil was officially opened yesterday in front of a large crowd of enthusiasts by Scuderia drivers' Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Marc Gené, at number 44 Paseo de Gracia in the heart of Barcelona

Ferrari announced today that Spanish former two times Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has had his contract with Scuderia extended by a further three years which will take him to the end of the 2016 season

Following the team's first visit to the podium this year last time out in Turkey thanks to a third place finish for Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari will be hoping it can mix it up again amongst the top positions this weekend in Barcelona

Although he lost two places in the final minutes of the Turkish Grand Prix, Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi doggedly clung on to finish in ninth place and deliver the Italian team its first points since the season opener in Australia

At the fourth attempt, Fernando Alonso secured his and Ferrari’s first podium of the year, after the Spaniard finished third in yesterday's Turkish Grand Prix behind the Red Bull Racing one-two of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber

ItaliaspeedTV: The 10th of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News focuses on preparations for today's Turkish GP and includes interviews with Felipe Massa as well as design and engine chiefs, respectively Nikolas Tombazis and Luca Marmorini

The grid for tomorrow’s seventh running of the Turkish Grand Prix will see one Ferrari on the third row and the other on the fifth: Alonso set the fifth fastest time in Q3 while Massa is credited with tenth having aborted his only run in the final session

Scuderia Toro Rosso didn't translate any potential weekend pace into this afternoon's qualifying sessions in Istanbul and Sebastien Buemi ended up edging out team mate Jaime Alguersuari by three tenths as they brought up the tail end of Q2

The Ferrari engineers had a clear plan of action for today’s two free practice sessions: carry out the usual tyre comparisons and work on set-up, as well as trying out the several new aero components introduced on the 150º Italia

The Agnelli family's investment company, EXOR, has announced that it is teaming up with News Corporation to explore the possibility of creating a consortium that could lead to the eventual purchase of F1 from current owners CVC

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari's Felipe Massa and engine chief Luca Marmorini look forward to this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix where the team hopes to turn the corner in its attempts to make back to the front of the pack

“We are going through a difficult period and there is no point denying that our start to the season was a disappointing one,” Going into the Turkish Grand Prix Nikolas Tombazis, Scuderia Ferrari’s chief designer does not pull his punches

Felipe Massa has enjoyed an experience that was unusual for him even though he has been a frequent visitor to Maranello for the past ten years: he drove three different Ferraris at the Fiorano track all on the same day

Red Bull reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo is set to make his debut in F1 at the mid-way point of the season for Toro Rosso, with both of the team's current drivers only contracted until the middle of the season according to paddock insiders

Ferrari's staff head back to Maranello with their tails between their legs to look for solutions to the lack of pace during the first three races with President Luca di Montezemolo saying: "This cannot and must not be the team’s level"

At the Chinese Grand Prix a group of Ferrari owners in China teamed up for a grand charity parade at the Shanghai International Circuit in the first-ever circuit parade by a single brand right before the final race since the inception of the F1 in 1950

Qualifying promise didn't translate into race day points for Toro Rosso as both cars went backwards from the start, Jaime Alguersuari losing a wheel nut following a pit stop while Sebastien Buemi dropped time with an unscheduled front wing change

Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished sixth and seventh respectively in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai this afternoon as Ferrari's problems continued and in fact the team took a step backwards from Malaysia as Mercedes improved

After an average start to the weekend yesterday in Shanghai it all came exactly right for Scuderia Toro Rosso in the qualifying sessions this afternoon as both Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi comfortably made it through to Q3

The two Ferrari 150º Italias will both start the Chinese Grand Prix from the third row of the grid tomorrow, with Fernando Alonso fifth and Felipe Massa sixth after a very busy qualifying session which included a late red flag in Q2

Ferrari continued to lag the front-running teams as the track action kicked off in Shanghai today with Fernando Alonso, who had the new aero updates, finding they made little improvement although he lost track time with a hydraulic problem

ItaliaspeedTV: The ninth edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News looks forward to the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend with Stefano Domenicali, the secrets of the telemetry with Dieter Gundel and the Shanghai track with Marc Gene

"Back at the factory we have to have a big push to understand our lack of performance,” says Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali, "We need to push a lot to upgrade our aero package because aerodynamics is the key to it all"

The Formula 1 circus does not get a moment to catch its breath with this back-to-back schedule in the Orient and with the first leg done and dusted in Malaysia, now it’s China’s turn, with the third race of the season taking place in Shanghai

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, during the presentation of the DVD La Grande Storia Ferrari, stated that he has great faith in the team despite the fact that the results in the first two races of the season have not lived up to expectations

Felipe Massa finished this afternoon's Malaysian Grand Prix in fifth position one place ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso although a slow pitstop for the former and a mistake by the latter cost either the chance of a podium position

Sebastien Buemi pipped his team mate Jaime Alguersuari to thirteenth spot in the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon after overcoming a stop-go penalty after a race where the Toro Rosso pair remained firmly rooted in the midfield

As Ferrari again trails Red Bull and McLaren, Technical Director Aldo Costa admits that the team is all at sea: "How do we get out of this situation? If it was easy, we would have done it, but we are not yet clear as to where the problem lies"

A very intensive qualifying session for Scuderia Ferrari, which tomorrow sees one driver, Fernando Alonso, on the third row of the grid with the fifth fastest time and the other, Felipe Massa, on the fourth row having been seventh quickest

It was a busy time for Ferrari on the first day of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa covered over one hundred laps, much of them in the morning aimed at evaluating aerodynamic configurations

"After analysing qualifying and race data from Melbourne there are already things we plan to change and improve for Malaysia," reveals Ferrari's Deputy Technical Director Pat Fry, "These will be added in to an already busy test programme"

"Our car is better than it looked in Melbourne and it is hard to explain exactly why we failed to deliver," says Felipe Massa, "which is why we have to arrive in Malaysia with the car we actually built, not the car we raced last weekend"

Yesterday saw the first of two days of training for the young pilots of the Ferrari Driver Academy taking place on the newly resurfaced Mugello circuit with Jules Bianchi and Davide Rigon taking turns to get in the cockpit of an F60

ItaliaspeedTV: Seventh edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News takes a look behind-the-scenes at the team's preparations for last weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne including interviews with Stefano Domenicali and Marc Gene

Eighteen points is without a doubt not the sort of haul that lives up to its expectations and no one at Scuderia Ferrari can hide from the reality that this was not the start to the championship it wanted or hoped for

After a weekend which has showed plenty of promise for Scuderia Toro Rosso Sebastien Buemi who made it through to the Q3 qualifying session yesterday collected the team's first points of the season after being classified in 8th place

Both Ferrari drivers finished in the points – fourth place for Fernando Alonso and seventh for Felipe Massa – in the Australian Grand Prix this afternoon, however the Italian team was disappointingly nowhere near the front running pace

Qualifying in Melbourne for the first grand prix of the new season did not live up to expectations for Ferrari and so tomorrow afternoon Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will start from fifth and eighth places respectively on the grid

During today’s three hours of free practice as the first grand prix weekend of the year got underway in Melbourne the two Ferrari drivers completed a total of 102 laps split between 48 for Fernando Alonso and 54 for Felipe Massa

In a few days time, the 2011 F1 World Championship will finally get underway in Melbourn; "Finally" because by now the teams should have already contested the opening round, except that events in Bahrain made that impossible

Scuderia Ferrari's winter testing programme ended in torrential rain yesterday: the weather at the Catalunya circuit in Spain was atrocious from the early hours of Saturday morning and stayed that way into the early afternoon

Today saw the third and penultimate day of Formula 1 testing for Scuderia Ferrari at the Catalunya circuit in Spain, this time with Fernando Alonso taking over from team mate Felipe Massa at the wheel of the 150° Italia

While Saudi Arabia was busy trying to combat its own unrest as the wave of pro-democracy protests spreads racross the region, also in Riyadh, Felipe Massa was taking to a new track in a day reserved for sponsor Phillip Morris

ItaliaspeedTV: Summary of the pre-season test in Jerez with contributions from Pat Fry who has just joined the Scuderia as the assistant technical director and head of race engineering and Fernando Alonso’s race engineer Andrea Stella

Felipe Massa will start his second consecutive day behind the wheel of the new Ferrari 150th Italia single-seater at the Barcelona circuit this morning as the third official Formula 1 test session of the season goes into its final day

While the world's attention was firmly focused on state security forces opening fire on protestors seeking democracy just 250 miles away in Bahrain, in Abu Dhabi Ferrari owners gathered at the Yas Marina circuit for motorsports festival

Today saw Felipe Massa back in the cockpit of the newly re-designated Ferrari 150th Italia for his second and final day of testing at the Jerez circuit the Brazilian turning in 116 laps and posting the second fastest time of the day

While the row over the disputed name of the new Ferrari F150 was hitting the headlines the grand prix car itself was getting back on track at Jerez in the hands of Felipe Massa for the second official Formula 1 test of the year

Ferrari revealed this afternoon that following Ford's announcement yesterday that it would take legal action over the name of the Scuderia's new 2011 Formula 1 single-seater, its designation will now be changed to F150th Italia

The Ford Motor Company is taking Ferrari to court over the use of the "F150", a protected trademark, a name that now designates Maranello's latest F1 single-seater and chosen to honour the 150th anniversary of Italian unification

ItaliaspeedTV: The fourth edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News is all about the development and building of the new F150, the 57th single-seater constructed in Maranello, set to participate in the 2011 F1 World Championship (II)

ItaliaspeedTV: The fourth edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News is all about the development and building of the new F150, the 57th single-seater constructed in Maranello, set to participate in the 2011 F1 World Championship (I)

For a second consecutive season the Sauber team will be using Ferrari's 2.4 V8 in the back of its single-seater making it three teams on the F1 grid once again be propelled by Prancing Horse engines alongside Ferrari and Toro Rosso

Today saw third and final day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari, working again today along with eleven other teams in the first test F1 of the year, at the Cheste circuit, near Valencia, with Felipe Massa in action in his first taste of the new F150

"We know that we have a good basis on which to work on the mechanical side," said Ferrari Technical Director Aldo Costa in Valencia, "while when it comes to aerodynamics, we will not see the final version of the F150 until we get to Bahrain"

Alfa Romeo is stealing the limelight at Rétromobile in Paris as legendary Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio is being honoured and two fabulous racing cars that brought him success, the 159 and 3000 CM, are being showcased

Fernando Alonso took the new Ferrari F150 to the top of the timesheets yesterday for the first time as testing at Valencia went into a second day; this morning Felipe Massa got his first turn in the cockpit although a fire has taken him off track

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso Chief Engineer Laurent Mekies discusses the development of the new STR6 single seater which is the second car to be developed in-house under Red Bull's ownership of the Faenza based team

Yesterday saw the first official day of pre-season F1 testing getting underway at the Valencia circuit in Spain with Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of the new Ferrari F150 in action for the first time alongside ten of the other teams

ItaliaspeedTV: Highlights from the launch of the new 2011 F1 season Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari single seater in the pitlane at the Valencia circuit in Spain yesterday including comments from Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli

"I'm going to give everything to be able to have very good results and be as much as possible in the points," said Toro Rosso's Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi at the launch of the STR6 and then what next season is doing we don't know"

Every season is important and definitely this one is going to be very significant for myself," said Jaime Alguersuari, "because it is my second full year in Formula 1 and because it is the second year that Toro Rosso builds its own car"

"For this year, we have to aim for eighth place," said Toro Rosso Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli at the unveiling of the STR6, "because that is our target and I didn't think that was possible if we had gone with some sort of conventional car"

"It's the sixth season of Toro Rosso and the past five years have shown a good history for the team," said Scuderia Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost at the launch of the STR6, "as we had to build everything up almost from zero"

Shortly after 9am this morning, in the pit lane at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit, Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi pulled the wraps off the STR 6, the car with which Scuderia Toro Rosso will tackle the 2011 F1 World Championship

Over a thousand people braved the cold and damp conditions to see the new Ferrari F150 make its shakedown runs at Fiorano along with the Scuderia’s full complement of drivers including Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari's fifty-seventh F1 single-seater, the F150, made its track debut at Fiorano immediately following its unveiling on Friday, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa both getting behind the wheel

ItaliaspeedTV: Highlights of the launch of the new 2011 season Ferrari F150 grand prix single seater at Maranello in front of the media and a list of guests including Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Fiat Chairman John Elkann

ItaliaspeedTV: "The KERS is a complex system, not only technologically regarding the battery and the control system, but also regarding the logistical management of the parts" Head of Engine and Electronics Luca Marmorini

ItaliaspeedTV: "Honestly I don’t expect to see the real potential of our competitors in the first tests, but we’ll know more in Barcelona; Bahrain will be the first real test" Team Principal Stefano Domenicali at the launch of the F150

ItaliaspeedTV: "There will be innovations, regarding the others we don’t know; Red Bull has lead the way for certain things but there are many different development issues," Technical Director Aldo Costa on the development of the F150

ItaliaspeedTV: "We've mainly been working on the diffuser, the exhausts and the rear; the rear wing's performance did not only influence the balance but the wing emits a complicated vortex" Chief Designer Nickolas Tombazis on the F150

ItaliaspeedTV: "The mobile rear wing can only be used on one straight, so the most important thing would be to arrive at the last corner with less than 1.5 seconds behind the car in front," Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso at the F150 launch

ItaliaspeedTV: Close-up views of Ferrari's new F150 single-seater which incorporates some visual aerodynamic changes at the front which have been influenced by the Scuderia's interpretation of this year's revised F1 regulations

As usual the launch of Ferrari’s new F1 car has created a lot of interest, especially on the internet, where two million web surfers from 149 countries followed the presentation of the F150 today through live streaming on the official website

"We've mainly been working on the diffuser, the exhausts and the rear. The rear wing's performance did not only influence the balance but the wing emits a complicated vortex" Ferrari's leading engineers discuss the F150's development

"We haven’t tried it out yet, but I think that we’ll have a good KERS, a little bit lighter and still strong, without losing the car’s set up," says Felipe Massa, "it’s important finding the perfect system with all the variables involved"

"When I arrived in 2010 I found a very different car compared to the one I had driven before," says Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, "this year I contributed and I think that also my driving style had an influence on the development"

The tyres are a fundamental issue," says Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali, "the new tyres are significantly different from the others, so there might be more pit stops and we have to understand how not to stress them too much"

"Just like many sportsmen are moved by competing for the Italian flag, we are happy to show it on our car," said Luca di Montezemolo during the launch of the new F150 today, "it’s the symbol of a winning Italy, united in sports"

Interviews with Scuderia Ferrari's leading management figures - Stefano Domenicali, Nikolas Tombazis, Aldo Costa and Luca Marmorini - on the day of the launch of the new 2011 grand prix season single seater, the F150

The F150 is the fifty-seventh single-seater built by Ferrari to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship; the name was chosen as a tribute and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Unification of Italy

ItaliaspeedTV: The third edition is all about the new F150 single-seater, the planning and operational phases which lead to its creation in line with the more and more challenging limits and innovations of Formula 1 regulations

Ferrari's new single-seater which will compete in this year’s Formula 1 World Championship and which it will unveil the day after tomorrow at Maranello will pay tribute to the 150th anniversary of Italian unification

ItaliaspeedTV: Highlights of Wrooom 2011 the press ski meeting at Madonna di Campiglio including Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa racing on the ice in special Fiat 500s and Luca Badoer at the wheel of the F60 single seater

For the first time the Jeep brand was represented at Ferrari's traditional Wrooom Press Ski meeting with a Wrangler taking part in a photoshoot with the Scuderia drivers', Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, getting behind the wheel

Fernando Alonso won both the traditional "ice" races but the final day's highlight, and getting the racing programme of Wrooom underway on the frozen lake at Madonna di Campiglio, was the sound of an F60 driven by Luca Badoer

ItaliaspeedTV: Views from Wrooom 2011, Scuderia Ferrari's traditional season opening press ski meeting at Madonna di Campiglio in the Alps including Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella on the slopes

At Wrooom 2011 Stefano Domenicali comments on this year’s F1 technical and rule changes, from the return of KERS to the arrival of Pirelli as tyre supplier, from the abolition of the double diffuser to the adjustable rear wing

ItaliaspeedTV: The entire Scuderia driver line-up arrived in the mountains of Madonna di Campiglio to take part in the twenty first edition of Wrooom, the media event that kick off Ferrari and Ducati's new season in Formula 1 and Moto GP

Ferrari's Christmas weekend got underway with the traditional Scuderia lunch which took place in the Logistics pavilion at Maranello and was attended by around seven hundred men and women from the team as well as all the drivers