ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari celebrated the end of its track season with the Finali Mondiali, once again taking place in Valencia and featuring Challenge races as well as F1, historic and XX programme demonstrations (I)

Two drivers on the podium and 33 points – the biggest haul of the season – wasn't enough for Scuderia Ferrari to help Fernando Alonso win the Drivers’ title, agonisingly the Spaniard missed the title by just 3 points

The F1 World Championship title will go down to the wire in Brazil after Lewis Hamilton won the penultimate race, beating title favourite Sebastian Vettel, while behind them came Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari

Fernando Alonso faces a tough task if he is to keep his title hopes alive down to the wire in Sao Paulo as he struggled to make an impression in the final qualifying session at the brand new Circuit of the Americas

Victory has to be Ferrari’s target on Sunday to close down Sebastian Vettel’s ten point lead over Fernando Alonso; the Prancing Horse has won the United States Grand Prix twelve times, more than any other team

This coming Saturday, at a special event in Austin, Texas, Ferrari will be auctioning the first F12berlinetta sports car to be delivered to a customer in North America to raise funds for relief efforts in the wake of the Hurricane Sandy

Fernando Alonso kept his title hopes alive with a fighting drive to second place in Abu Dhabi and with Sebastien Vettel finishing third the Ferrari driver has reduced the championship deficit by 3 points to 10 points

Fernando Alonso turned in another real fighting drive for Ferrari in yesterday's Indian Grand Prix, passing two McLarens and a Red Bull on his way to finish second and limit his disadvantage in the championship points standings

Sunday afternoon at the Korea International Circuit should be seen as a glass half full day for Ferrari because Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa delivered two perfect performances to finish third and fourth respectively

The Japanese Grand Prix got off to a very bad start for Scuderia Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso’s car parked in the gravel just a few metres after the lights went out; however, Felipe Massa shrugged off all the pressure

Ferrari will have to raise their game further over the coming races: Fernando Alonso hauled the F2012 into the final podium position in Singapore last night which saw his cushion at the top of the table come down to 29 points

Scuderia Ferrari had a tough time in Singapore qualifying, especially in Q2, as Felipe Massa failed to make the cut and will start from thirteenth while Fernando Alonso made it into Q3 and ended up fifth on the final time sheet

The first session in Singapore began on a damp track, but from then on there was no more rain in the area, so the second session went off normally and the two Ferrari F2012s eventually completed a total of 91 laps

Fernando Alonso was able to wave to the Ferrari faithful from the Monza podium after the Scuderia Ferrari man finished third in yesterday’s Italian Grand Prix, with another bravura performance from tenth on the grid

Having been fastest in both Q1 and Q2 at Monza this afternoon, Fernando Alonso was unable to defend his chances in Q3 because of a problem with the rear anti-roll bar, ending the session tenth; Felipe Massa was third

"We left Belgium with the awareness that the championship is still in our hands," says Stefano Domenicali, "It is in the hands of all the people at Maranello, who have to improve our car, because it is not yet at the level it should be"

Fernando Alonso’s Belgian Grand Prix came to a premature end today without points as he was caught up in an incident at the infamous first corner, La Source; he took a bad knock, but fortunately he was uninjured

When the cars roll out on track at Spa-Francorchamps circuit tomorrow morning for the first free practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix, it will be 33 days since the sound of F1 cars was last heard at Budapest’s Hungaroring

"In my opinion, we have overtaken a large part of the other teams in terms of development over the season," says Scuderia Ferrari Technical Director Pat Fry, "we staged a good recovery, but there is still a long way to go"

Twelve points were collected by Scuderia Ferrari today after a weekend that was far from easy in terms of being competitive on track, however Fernando Alonso race well to finish in fifth while Felipe Massa was ninth

It rained on Friday in Silverstone, then last week it did the same in Hockenheim and contrary to forecasts it rained today at the Hungaroring, meaning that Ferrari and the other teams weren't able to complete tyre evaluations

Having taken pole in the rain yesterday, keeping the advantage through 67 dry laps today was never a foregone conclusion, but fighting off pressure, Fernando Alonso actually led from start to finish to record his third win of the season

SKF has renewed its partnership with Scuderia Ferrari making it the longest ever uninterrupted partnership in Formula One history; the grand prix single seaters feature around one hundred SKF components

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari had a busy Goodwood Festival of Speed as Marc Gené demonstrated the F60, its latest road cars the 458 Spider and California 30 were in the Super Car Run along with historic racer action

ItaliaspeedTV: Multiple views and comments from Scuderia Ferrari test driver Marc Gené who piloted Ferrari's 2009 season grand prix single seater, the F60, up the 'hillclimb' at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

A less than ideal tyre strategy, running two long stints on the Prime, before switching to the Option at the end, prevented Fernando Alonso from winning the British Grand Prix; in the end he had to settle for second place

First pole since Singapore 2010 for Ferrari at Silverstone yesterday, courtesy of Fernando Alonso, at the end of an extremely long qualifying session after rain was the main factor causing an interruption of over an hour

Rain had been predicted for Friday's opening practice at Silverstone and it was not late for its appointment, falling heavily overnight and again from the early hours of yesterday morning, wiping out any meaningful proceedings

Ferrari showed two UK debuts at last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed, the 458 Spider and California 30 while Scuderia test drive Marc Gené demonstrated the F60 grand prix single seater up the hillclimb

Fernando Alonso raced to a stunning victory in yesterday's European Grand Prix on his home soil in Valencia after having started only eleventh on the grid; it is a result that edges up his championship lead to 20 points

Not long ago, traction was in short supply on Ferrari's F2012 single-seater, but as was seen in Montreal, a circuit that should not have suited the early-season Ferrari package, progress has been made in this area

After its best qualifying of the year and a very strong start to yesterday’s 70 lap Canadian Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari was hoping for a better finale than Fernando Alonso’s fifth place and Felipe Massa’s tenth

Best Saturday of the year for Ferrari, with one driver on the second row and the other on the third after qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix; Fernando Alonso was third fastest in Q3, with Felipe Massa securing sixth place

It was a very busy first day for Ferrari in Montreal, making the most of every single one of the 180 minutes available over the two free practice sessions, and between them the two Ferrari drivers completed 126 laps

ItaliaspeedTV: Fernando Alonso looks forward to this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal with the Scuderia Ferrari driver set to head out on track for free practice this morning as the championship leader after six rounds

“I have been Ferrari President for twenty years. It’s a great responsibility, but it’s fantastic,” explained Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo in an interview with CNN recorded last week and broadcast yesterday

The Montreal circuit is named after Gilles Villeneuve and it will have particular significance this year on the thirtieth anniversary of his death as Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa chase victory for Ferrari this weekend

MotorVillage Paris, the showcase outlet of Fiat Group Automobiles France, located at Rond Point des Champs-Elysées, is presenting an exciting new exhibition this summer: GRAND PRIX - 1 siècle de victoires automobiles

Fernando Alonso has edged a few points clear of his nearest rival at the top of the championship standings thanks to another bravura performance which saw him step onto the unique podium that awaits the top three in Monaco

This afternoon’s qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix was the best team performance of the season so far as Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa ended the session setting the sixth and seventh fastest times respectively

Ferrari duo Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa were relatively satisfied with their opening day’s work in Monaco yesterday and the two drivers wound up inside the top six on the time sheets in both practice sessions

"We will have a few more small updates this weekend to add a bit more downforce to the car and, as usual this season, it will be interesting to see how each car uses its tyres," says Ferrari Technical Director Pat Fry

For Ferrari it all began on 21st May, sixty two years ago, on the same circuit that wends its way through the Principality of Monaco and which this Sunday will host the sixth round of the 2012 World Championship

Fernando Alonso drove another superb race for Scuderia Ferrari to finish his home race, the Spanish Grand Prix in second place, thus thrilling the partisan crowd who cheered him on throughout the 66 lap race all the way to the podium

There were two sides to qualifying for Ferrari, as Fernando Alonso was third fastest, while Felipe Massa ended Q2 only in seventeenth place, however the Spaniard's pace gives the team hope that its upgrades to the F2012 have turned the corner

ItaliaspeedTV: Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will contest tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix with a new blend of Shell fuel that allows the '056' engine to develop greater performance while maintaining the current fuel consumption characteristics

ItaliaspeedTV: The sixth edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News looks forward to the next grand prix which will take place at Fernando Alonso's home circuit, Barcelona, and also recounts the recent 'Ferrari Passion Day' at Mugello

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Yesterday morning at Fiorano a special on track commemoration event was organised by Ferrari as a tribute to Gilles Villeneuve on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Canadian driver's death

Ferrari took to the Bahrain track yesterday for the first racing action of the weekend, although the grand prix has in reality turned into a sideshow as the regime's violent crackdown on democracy seeking protestors hogs all the media attention

Yesterday morning at the Fiorano circuit, Ferrari test driver Andrea Bertolini carried out his 283rd shakedown as he settled into the cockpit of the only Prancing Horse car he had yet to drive: the legendary 312T4 that was used by Gilles Villeneuve

Two points for ninth place was the sum total that Scuderia Ferrari took away from the Chinese Grand Prix, thanks to a ninth place for Fernando Alonso, team-mate Felipe Massa meanwhile finished adrift of the points in thirteenth spot

The circuit, the country and the weather might change, but the result of qualifying for Ferrari remains the same; in Sepang, Fernando Alonso was ninth and Felipe Massa twelfth, in Shanghai, the two drivers produced an identical result

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso kicked off the Chinese Grand Prix weekend by driving the technologically advanced Shell Professional Formula One Simulator in Shanghai this week

"New parts are coming through and we are trying to get them to the race track as quickly as possible, we will have five updates for China," says Scuderia Ferrari's Pat Fry, "then there will be a bigger upgrade package for Spain"

In one month's time, it will be the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve, following an horrific collision during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix on 8 May 1982; Ferrari is set to remember that occasion with a special event at Fiorano

Scuderia Toro Rosso collected its second helping of points in two races on Sunday afternoon at Sepang, this time it was Jean-Eric Vergne who came home inside the top-ten to pick up his first F1 points after surviving the rain struck Malaysian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso put firmly to one side weeks of difficulties Ferrari has suffered with the problematic new F2012 single-seater as the Spaniard pulled off a stunning win in the rain-hit conditions of the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon

Ferrari tried to make the best of a bad situation in qualifying this afternoon but the F2012 is still a long way from the front running pace which meant that Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will have to settle for ninth and twelfth on the grid

Last Sunday the F1 teams were racing in Australia and yesterday, free practice got underway for the Malaysian Grand Prix, the second round of the world championship, with Scuderia Ferrari again starting the weekend on the back foot

ItaliaspeedTV: To coincide with Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix customers were in for a surprise when stopping at a local Shell filling station this week to refuel their cars as the attendant on the pumps was none other than Felipe Massa

Edoardo Bendinelli, who has been responsible for several years for Fernando Alonso’s preparations to cope with the intense heat and humidity of Malaysia, explains how the Scuderia Ferrari driver will tackle this weekend's event

A fighting drive by Fernando Alonso in Melbourne this afternoon netted a fifth place finish and under the circumstances, with a problematic new car that the Ferrari team is still grappling to understand and sort, it was a respectable outcome

Toro Rosso started the season in promising style and after both Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne hit early setbacks in Melbourne today they fought back in some style with the former scoring his first points on his debut with the team

This morning at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit, the track which is hosting the opening round of the F1 season, a parade of Ferrari cars took to the track; the event was organised by Ferrari Australia to celebrate its sixtieth birthday

Ferrari's attempts to build a radical new F1 car have backfired at the first hurdle with neither Fernando Alonso of Felipe Massa making the final cut in qualifying for the first round of the new grand prix season in Melbourne this afternoon

Ferrari, is celebrating 60 years in Australia this year and it will launch its programme of celebrations with a multi-million dollar parade of sixty historic to modern models at the Australian Grand Prix in just under a fortnight's time

Fernando Alonso says that the new Ferrari F2012 single-seater still isn't up to the level that the team wants it to be as yet, and maybe won't be by the time it arrives in Australia, as the Spaniard wraps up two days of F1 testing in Barcelona

Museo Ferrari, Maranello's official museum, will be one of the exhibitors at the AutoClassica in Milan, an important show dedicated to historical cars which opens today and runs over the weekend, with two cars, a 500 F2 and 250 GT Berlinetta

After three days in Jerez which had seen the new F2012 running well adrift of the pace, today's fourth and final day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari in southern Spain saw Fernando Alonso plant the red single seater firmly to the top of the timesheets

Scuderia Ferrari has got off to a bad start to the new season on track with its new F2012 single-seater which has proved to be well off the pace during the first two days of official F1 testing at Jerez in the hands of Felipe Massa

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli explains the technical developments on the new STR7 which was unveiled on Monday and offers his thoughts on seeing the new Ferrari-powered car on track

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso new race drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, along with Team Principal Franz Tost and Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli unveil and comment on the STR7 in the paddock at Jerez

As the sun set on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain yesterday evening, the spotlight turned to the Scuderia Toro Rosso garage for the unveiling of the STR7 and taking the wraps off were new drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne

The fifty eighth Formula 1 single seater to be built by Ferrari is possibly the ugliest of the long line, but that won't matter a bit if the F2012 can add to the Scuderia's historic title haul which has dried up over the last few years

Another Fiat Group Automobiles product is getting the Ferrari halo effect, this time a pair of Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s have been given a trim and paint finish makeover and handed to Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa

ROBERTO MIERES 1924-2012: The world of grand prix racing is this weekend remembering one of its historic star names; the skilful Argentinean former Maserati factory Formula 1 driver, passed away on Thursday at the age of 87

A crowd of 20,000 spectators watched as Scuderia Ferrari test driver Marc Gené carried out a high-speed demonstration run behind the wheel of an F2008 on the Doha corniche yesterday afternoon as part of the run up to the Qatar Motor Show

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Just as it prepares to arrive in the Italian showrooms the new, third-generation Fiat Panda has made a new public appearance at Scuderia Ferrari's annual Press Ski Meeting, Wrooom 2012, held at Madonna di Campiglio

ItaliaspeedTV: The year's first edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News is dedicated to last week's Wrooom 2012 event with an overview of the Madonna di Campiglio meeting and interviews with Luca di Montezemolo, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The snow-capped mountains of Madonna di Campiglio provided the backdrop to a most unusual parallel slalom race as Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa went head-to-head at the wheel of two FFs

ItaliaspeedTV: The snow-capped mountains of Madonna di Campiglio yesterday provided the backdrop to a most unusual parallel slalom race as Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa went head-to-head at the wheel of two FFs

ItaliaspeedTV: The 25th edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News sees Luca di Montezemolo, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa looking backwards and forwards as well as a 150° Italia in a festive livery and a very special team of mechanics