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Alonso in a red dress!
Fernando Alonso and Ferrari red dresses. The Spaniard arrived Monday by helicopter to the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio taliana dress and with the ‘Cavallino’ on their clothing.
Fernando Alonso
The two-time world champion begins the classic concentration of Ferrari, called Vrooom 2010, where pilots premiere year accompanied by more than 100 media outlets. For four days, Fernando Alonso and his new teammates for the Italian team made snow sports to be about to face the tough season ahead.
Alonso will share the bill with Felipe Massa and Ducati, Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner. For the car, however, has to wait for the official presentation, which could coincide with the first practice in Cheste on 1 February.
F1: Schumacher close to Mercedes with the blessing of Ferrari
The Ferrari team announced Monday, December 14 it would not prevent the departure of Mercedes in the German Michael Schumacher, World Champion Formula 1 seven times and consultant to the Scuderia since the end of his racing career, in 2006.
According to reports, he would be on the verge of signing a contract with Mercedes, who recently assumed control of the team Brawn. According to the electronic edition of the daily Bild, Schumacher has given his verbal agreement with Norbert Haug and Ross Brawn, the owners of the Mercedes team. The Ferrari boss has reacted to this hypothesis. “It is clear that if he decides to take another route, the agreement between us will no longer be valid, it makes sense,” said Luca di Montezemolo. “It can not work for one of our competitors and us together,” he added. Schumacher said in September that it would work for Ferrari for three more years, but the president of the Italian team said that the sentence was “no commitment”. “I did not yet spoken.’s A friend but not a member of our team, but he is a consultant for our road cars,” he added.
Schumacher had planned to return to F1 in August driving a Ferrari to replace Felipe Massa seriously injured in a racing accident. He was waived because of the aftermath of a neck injury suffered earlier in the year in a motorcycle accident. Ferrari had also considered the possibility to assign a drive when the leave to bring three cars in Grand Prix but he was given the charge of Formula 1 were opposed to this project.
Trulli and Kovalainen are Lotus drivers
The love affair between Trulli and Lotus been rumored for months, because of the friendship between the Italian and Mike Gascoyne. The fact that Toyota insinuate that its pilots were free to negotiate their future, and later the official farewell of the Japanese, made the link between Trulli and Lotus will be strengthening.
Fairly unobtrusive has been the signing of Kovalainen, whose name was on many pools, but always with rumors of little force. Fairuz Fauzy, as we know it will be third driver.
Massa wants to run again
The Brazilian driver Felipe Massa of Ferrari, seriously injured in qualifications GP of Hungary July 25, said Sunday in a British tabloid that he “is lucky to be alive” but he had run well again.
“I know I’m lucky to be alive,” said Massa, 28 years, the weekly News of the World. I do not remember anything of the accident, but I will run again. ”
Felipe Massa
Struck more than 250 km / h in the helmet by a piece of the single spring of his friend and compatriot Rubens Barrichello (GP Brawn) who preceded him, Massa was built straight into a tire wall at 190 km / h. Operated from a fractured skull, it was placed two days in an artificial coma.
According to information provided by his personal physician, Dr. Dino Altmann, it is now “on the road to recovery” and should leave the hospital Monday where he is Hungarian soigné make back his convalescence in Brazil.
“When I woke up, I did not know I was in the hospital, so I asked ‘where am I?”. I tirais all tubes and Eduardo, my brother tried to stop myself ” said Massa, who will be replaced at the end of August in Valencia by the seven times world champion Michael Schumacher.
“The accident was really bad luck, but I know I’m lucky to be alive. It was my race. When I woke up, I could not believe when they told me that Lewis (Hamilton) had won and Kimi (Raikkonen) was second,” he insisted.
F1 : Felipe Massa accident
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa already considering a return to the competition and asked, jokingly, to let Michael Schumacher away from his car, according to what his doctor said Thursday.
The Brazilian driver was speaking as he is recovering slowly from the accident suffered last week during the qualifications for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Dr. Dino Altman said that Massa had started to eat normally, he took a few steps in his hospital room and had shower by himself. It would appear that the pilot will have `no problem in the left eye. Doctors feared that the eye has been affected in the accident.
Massa is recovering from multiple skull fractures in hospital AEK Budapest, where he underwent surgery. The 28-year-old athlete suffered its fractures when he was struck in the head by debris detached from another car. He then struck a barrier of tires.
Felipe Massa
Doctors have ruled out a return to Formula 1 this season, but Altman said Massa launched a few warnings to Schumacher, it means that his return could be short-lived.
The Ferrari team announced Wednesday that the seven-time world champion would end his retirement to replace Massa until it is ready to resume driving. The German should be the next Grand Prix, one of Europe presented in Valencia, Spain, August 23