Ferrari

1. Pete da Silva defends ailing A1GP series

Sezione: A1GP

...'World Cup of Motorsport' can survive its fourth season. A spokesperson last week said the absence of six teams was simply the result of build delays with the series' new powered-by-Ferrari car, but Team Germany chief Willi Weber said financial holdups could mean the squad does not return to the grid at all. The Indian publication DNA, meanwhile, claims that...

Data: 2008-10-06

2. Santander may stick with McLaren

Sezione: F1

McLaren is not yet resigned to losing its Spanish sponsor Santander, a major banking group, to championship rival Ferrari. We reported recently that, even without Fernando Alonso in the Italian team's red car, Santander's likely switch from McLaren to Ferrari in 2010 is still on track. The Spanish newspaper Sport said Banco Santander confirmed that, at the...

Data: 2008-10-06

3. Bernie Ecclestone fires back at 'circus' jibe

Sezione: F1

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief mastermind of the night racing concept for F1, has hit back at Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo's claim that the Singapore grand prix was akin to a "circus". Also lashing out at the lack of overtaking opportunities at new street circuits, and the farcical safety car rules, Montezemolo said last week that "all this is humiliating...

Data: 2008-10-06

4. Kimi Raikkonen form 'a mystery' to Ecclestone

Sezione: F1

...behind the title lead with just three races to run. Ecclestone said: "Kimi is such a fantastic driver. I thought he had lost his motivation, but then he signed for two more years with Ferrari. It is a mystery to me." Last year, Bernie tipped Raikkonen's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa to take out the crown, praising the Brazilian as "stronger, faster and...

Data: 2008-10-06

5. Death knell nears for A1GP series

Sezione: A1GP

...the A1GP series. Bursting onto the scene as the self-proclaimed World Cup of Motorsport three years ago, the category is now beset with problems. Delays in the completion of the new Ferrari designed and powered car meant that the season opener scheduled for Mugello was cancelled. Now, as practice prepares to kick off in Zandvoort, five team countries -...

Data: 2008-10-06

6. Malaysia Take First Victory in New Season

Sezione: A1GP

...wet track, Ireland spun in the final corner with Monaco’s Clivio Piccione running into him, so putting the pair out the race before it had even started. As the new Powered by Ferrari cars came down the pit straight for the rolling start, the action behind gave the front row duo of the Netherlands and New Zealand a comfortable gap as they came across...

Data: 2008-10-06

7. Malaysia wins!

Sezione: A1GP

...the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport for A1 Team Malaysia in Zandvoort, Netherlands today. Fairuz Fauzy dominated the Sprint race, coping with torrential rain, in the new A1GP Powered by Ferrari car, to take the first spoils and claim an excellent maiden win of the season for his nation. The opening round of the ten event A1GP Series finally got underway today...

Data: 2008-10-06

8. France Storms to Victory in Rain-Soaked Feature Race

Sezione: A1GP

...New Zealand’s 18-year-old Earl Bamber commented on his fantastic weekend: “It was always going to be a tough weekend. There is a lot more horse power from the Powered by Ferrari car and I think it’s just been a challenge for all the drivers to get around and finish the Feature race. It’s been a fantastic weekend for me though, the...

Data: 2008-10-06

9. GM, Porsche win Green Challenge debut

Sezione: Le Mans Series

...car, the American Le Mans Series has become the global leader in green racing. The 11 automobile marquees that race in the Series - Audi, Acura, Aston Martin, BMW ('09), Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche, Dodge, Mazda, Panoz and Ford - readily admit that the relevancy of the American Le Mans Series and its ability to create an environment to develop technologies is...

Data: 2008-10-06

10. FIA GT: Problemi di grip rallentano Paolo Ruberti a Nogaro

Sezione: Competizioni auto

...settimo posto di classe GT2 sotto la bandiera a scacchi della gara francese. Paolo Ruberti:'Abbiamo faticato a trovare aderenza durante tutto il weekend e di conseguenza la nostra Ferrari F430 si è dimostrata in molte occasioni piuttosto difficile da guidare. Westbrook con la vittoria ha ridotto il suo distacco da noi a soli tre punti e mezzo, per cui...

Data: 2008-10-06

11. Audi storms to another petit victory

Sezione: Le Mans Series

...felt like we had things in hand." Jaime Melo and Mika Salo followed their GT2 endurance victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with another hard-fought endurance win Saturday in their Ferrari F430 GT. Salo finished just 2.317 seconds ahead of Flying Lizard Motorsports' Joerg Bergmeister and his Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. The result with Marc Lieb was enough for...

Data: 2008-10-05

12. International GT Open 2008: Le premesse fanno il tifo per la Scuderia Playteam Sarafree

Sezione: Competizioni auto

QUALIFICHE GARA 1: - Ferrari F430 n.3 – Michele Maceratesi \ Andrea Montermini - 1° sessione di qualifiche (Montermini): 1:49:007 – 1°- 1° sessione libere (Montermini-Maceratesi): 1:51.569 – 5°- 2° sessione libere (Montermini-Maceratesi): 1:50.638 – 3° - Ferrari F430 n.4 – Manuel Giao \ Pedro Couceiro-...

Data: 2008-10-04

13. E' iniziato il lungo weekend del WTCC a Monza

Sezione: Competizioni auto

...il brasiliano Augusto Farfus su BMW a registrare il miglior crono davanti ai compagni di marca Muller e Priaux. Per l'International GT Open invece è l'italiano Montermini, su Ferrari, ad aver siglato il miglior tempo provvisorio nelle qualifiche. La scuderia PlayTeam è stata inoltre protagonista nel paddock, realizzando un evento dedicato alla...

Data: 2008-10-03

14. AF Corse in Nogaro

Sezione: Sport

...at the top of the drivers’ chart with 21,5 points lead over the nearest opponents ; dealing with teams’ charts, AF Corse leads with 43 points lead over the others. The Ferrari F430 GT N. 50 driven by Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni must be ballasted of 75 kg as a consequence of the previous victories, plus the 35 kg imposed by Fia regulation,...

Data: 2008-10-03

15. Le Ferrari F430 GT del Team AF Corse a Nogaro

Sezione: Competizioni auto

...Gianmaria Bruni e Toni Vilander conducono con 21,5 punti di vantaggio sui diretti avversari, mentre nella classifica riservata ai Team, AF Corse conduce con 43 punti di margine. La Ferrari F430 GT N. 50 di Toni Vilander e Gianmaria Bruni avrà 75 Kg di zavorra frutto delle vittorie precedenti ai quali vanno sommati i 35Kg imposti dalla FIA, mentre la...

Data: 2008-10-03

16. '500 Abarth Assetto Corse' torna in pista

Sezione: Competizioni auto

...Monomarca in pista, nel quale verrà schierata la 500 Abarth Assetto Corse. In Italia il “Trofeo 500 Abarth” si svolgerà in abbinamento al prestigioso “Ferrari Challenge”: prove libere, prove ufficiali e due gare (ciascuna di circa 50 chilometri), la collaudata formula del week end di corse. In dettaglio, i partecipanti...

Data: 2008-10-03

17. Kimi Raikkonen cool on race lap record

Sezione: F1

...2008. Despite crashing out of fifth place in Singapore last weekend, the 28-year-old Finn's best tour remained unbeaten throughout the 61 lap night race. The feat drew even with his Ferrari predecessor Michael Schumacher's 2004 record; a mantle Raikkonen equalled as a McLaren driver in 2005. But he said on Thursday: "The fastest race laps aren't worth...

Data: 2008-10-03

18. McLaren vow not to repeat 2007 mistakes

Sezione: F1

...will take undue risks in order to protect their advantage in the drivers' classification. Last year, Hamilton had a 17-point advantage with two races to go, but key errors allowed Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to bridge the gap. "I think an inherent weakness in the team and Lewis last year was the overwhelming desire to win the races at almost any risk," chief...

Data: 2008-10-03

19. Sistema di iniezione ad altissima pressione Bosch per la nuova Ferrari California

Sezione: Altri accessori

Bosch equipaggia la nuova Ferrari California - presentata oggi al Salone Internazionale di Parigi - con il sistema di alimentazione ad iniezione diretta ad alta pressione. La pressione di iniezione è salita fino a 200 bar contribuendo alle elevatissime prestazioni del propulsore Ferrari che vanta una potenza specifica di oltre 106Cv/l. Un team...

Data: 2008-10-02

20. Petit Le Mans wednesday notebook

Sezione: Le Mans Series

...newly announced Stefan Johansson. "It is the first race for a new car and virtually a new team. There is a lot that will need to jell but I'm confident." Mowlem and Jeanette drove a Ferrari in the early part of the season for Steve Pruitt's Corsa team before the Zytek program took shape. To say it's a different world would be an understatement. "I knew the...

Data: 2008-10-02