What's new in Maranello ?

* Fernando Alonso will inaugurate the new Ferrari with chassis number 288, during initial testing at Valencia on 1 and 2 February before leaving his place to Felipe Massa.
* Luca di Montezemolo thinks that in summer, especially in July and August, it would be good to delay the races start until 17h to enable viewers to have their afternoons free and enjoy their holiday. In reality this is not really a problem since in Europe the summer sun sets to 20h.
* Ferrari has completely redesigned its aero department including a blower updated. This to counter Red Bull which , last year, had excelled in this field.

The news of Saturday January 8th

* the Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan will be an HRT driver for the 2011 season. So it's the big return for the driver who had not raced in F1 since 2006.
* The first Grand Prix of Rome could be held on August 25, 2013 despite the strong opposition from residents and Ferrari do not see a very good eye the arrival of this GP which could threaten the GP of Monza. In addition to that date is normally held by the Belgian GP. Would he been threatened too?
* Karun Chandhok could rebound as a test driver in the team lotus with insurance to have a seat in 2012.

La gazzetta de Ferrari

* Ferrari has made major changes in his team since Chris Dyer, the former strategist, was replaced by Pat Fry, who arrived last summer, which will continue in his position as assistant technical director. More Ferrari debauched engineer from Red Bull, Neil Martin, who served as strategist in the Austrian team, which will now be in a new service in Ferrari called Operational Research (a service that will aim to strategies before and during the weekend of GP).
* Stefano Domenicali said recently that he thought about resigning after the disaster of Abu Dhabi but waived them saying it was clinging to succeed in 2011. * the Ferrari F11 will be presented in the last week of January maybe the 25th , as indicated on the Spanish site f1aldia.com

The gossips of the week

* Nicole Schwerzinger recently said she was seriously considering marrying Lewis Hamilton and have 2 children! we do not yet know the opinion of the principal concerned...
* Heikki Kovalainen and his girlfriend Catherine Hyde have been unpleasantly surprised, upon returning from the weekend, their sauna that had not been extinguished was set to 127 degrees ! Fortunately they arrived in time before it causes a fire.
* Fernando Alonso is currently on vacation with his wife Raquel del Rosario on the Portuguese island of Porto Santo off the coast of Madeira and had the "surprise" to be greeted by paparazzi when he got off plane . A video circulating on the web in which we see say this: "In the first cameraman or photographer that I see in the coming days, I'll go away the next day, claiming that Porto Santo is a disaster. Okay, then , please let us quiet".
these words were not uttered in a nasty tone but they didn't necessarily please with the island's population. It must be remembered that since Fernando is known he's harassed in Spain and elsewhere by the gutter press so we can understand his lack of composure that day.

La gazzetta de Ferrari

* the Ferrari F11 has passed the first crash tests for the rigidity of the shell of the car with success. The only minor defect that was found is a crack on the outside front of the car but it is something that is easy to correct. These tests took place near Milan under the supervision of an official of the FIA . Aldo Costa, who oversaw the design of the F11 was very pleased and reassured to read. The F11 will undergo further tests within the next few days. In addition it is rumored that the new Ferrari was built at the limit of the using extremely thin materials in order to optimize its speed.
* Valentino Rossi will face Fernando Alonso in a race on ice at the festival vroom which be held in Madonna di Campiglio in January.
* Luca di Montezemolo said recently that Sebastian Vettel could eventually drive for Ferrari as it would be an ideal successor to Felipe Massa.
* for his part Fernando Alonso said he would welcome the German pilot and he was not afraid to face any pilot who could become his teammate . Fernando also said he has always scored more points than all his teammates and it was not about to change.

Fernando Alonso runs for Unicef in oviedo

Fernando Alonso has also participated Sunday, December 26, in a race in oviedo to raise funds for UNICEF to build schools in Africa. more than 1500 people participated in the race of 4km in downtown despite the cold.
Fernando was also very pleased that this race has brought together many people to help children in Africa.

Fernando Alonso at the XIII gala solidaria in oviedo

Fernando Alonso took part Saturday, December 24 at a football game for the kitchen economic of oviedo, his hometown. athletes from the region also attended the game and helped raise 6 tons of nonperishable food. Note that Fernando's team did not win but they have reached the semi final