Filed under: Technology , Ferrari If Scuderia Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa don’t do well in qualifying next year, it won’t be because they didn’t have the best tools with which to practice.
Filed under: Motorsports , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Rumormill Say it ain’t so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie season that saw this former Honda team clinch not just the Constructors Championship, but also the Drivers Championship for Jenson Button, they had a bit of a dropoff as Button bolted for rival McLaren
Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari From his brief tenure at McLaren, we know that Fernando Alonso has a bit of trouble getting along with his teammates. Especially when he doesn’t get the clear preferential treatment as the team’s #1 driver.
Filed under: Performance , Audi , Bugatti , Dodge , Ford , Jaguar , Lamborghini , Maserati , Mercedes-Benz , Nissan , Misc. Auto Shows , Ferrari 2nd Annual Caruso Concours – Click above for our high-res image gallery courtesy Greg Grudt The 2nd Annual Caruso Concours was held this past weekend at The Americana at Brand shopping center in Glendale, California. Put off a bit by threatening skies, we didn’t make it out there ourselves, but luckily, Autoblog friend and shutterbug Greg Grudt was there to capture all of the excitement for us.
Filed under: Motorsports , Europe , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Ferrari Jean Alesi returns to Fiorano – Click above for high-res image gallery If you checked out the images we posted of Felipe Massa’s return to Maranello , you may have spotted the returning Brazilian driver chatting with one Jean Alesi and wondered what he was doing there. The French driver raced for the Scuderia from 1991 through 1995, scoring a handful of podiums and a solitary grand prix victory in Montreal. Along with longtime team-mate Gerhard Berger, Alesi switched places with Michael Schumacher to Benetton-Renault in 1996, then bounced between a few other teams before retiring from Formula One at the end of 2001.