Stefano Domenicali may have urged Ferrari to remain cautious after the Valencia test, but Aldo Costa has spoken about the teams pleasure to find the performance on the track matched that of the wind tunnel and computer simulations.Much has been made about the 3 day test and nobody is any clearer as to who was really the fastest. However Ferrari believe the F10 is fast, but are just not sure how fast the other teams can go.
Speaking to Gazzetta Dello Sport Costa said, "The overview is very positive. We covered 1,400km across all fuel levels also tried the new tyres and started doing some set up and development work. All our wind tunnel and simulation numbers matched up with the ones from the track. We are fast, even if it’s too early to say how fast compared to the others. "
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Ferrari remain in a cautious mood after topping the times at the recent Valencia test session in Spain. Team boss Stefano Domenicali has been speaking about the need to keep their feet on the ground and concentrated on the task at hand. The road to recovery from 2009 seems to have started well but there is no reason to be fully confident that Ferrari have turned around the gap they had from the end of last season to the front of the grid.
Domenicali was off course delighted with the reliability of the Ferrari F10, it was one key area he had singled out to make big improvements in, Ferrari have suffered greatly recently from poor early season reliability and it must be pleasing for Stefano to see the car on track running without any problems so far. However the lap times should not be looked at too closely says Stefano. Ferrari are keen not to jump to any hasty conclusions.
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Ferrari have given the Tifosi a massive boost after topping the time sheets for all three days at the recent F1 tests in Valencia. The Ferrari F10 at the hands of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso set the pace as the 2010 season got under way with the opening round of testing. And after a disappointing season in 2009 then the performance in testing has given the Tifosi a massive boost of optimism for the up coming season.
The Valencia tests were always going to be a big event for Ferrari, the debut of the new F10 along with the long awaited return to the cockpit for fans favourite Felipe Massa who suffered injury in Hungary last season as well as the Ferrari debut for new driver Fernando Alonso. It was a great three days for Ferrari fans to see all these things come together, and the Spanish public off course loved it with over 35,000 fans packing the stands on Wednesday to see their national hero drive for Ferrari.
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Third and final day for Ferrari at the Valencia circuit in Spain as they continue to develop the F10 chassis. Today it was the turn for Fernando Alonso to finally get behind the wheel of the new car and make his official debut for Ferrari. The Spanish driver sporting the no8 on his car was straight onto track as the session opening for his installation lap. A red flag delayed his initial runs but Alonso was soon out lapping the track much to the crowds delight.
Alonso's debut for Ferrari has increased the interest in the test in Spain and around 35,000 spectators are expected at the circuit today, this was also evident as Alonso left and arrived in the pitlane with photographers keen to get very close to the car and driver.Ferrari's technical plan for today is similar to the previous days with work mainly ongoing to find a good base set up for the car, and to test the behaviour of the car with varying fuel loads, as well as working on the behaviour of the new Bridgestone tyres.
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Day two for Ferrari at the Valencia circuit in Spain as they continued to analyse the F10 chassis and continue the work the team done on Monday. Once again for Ferrari it was Felipe Massa at the wheel, the Brazilian driver starting the day in a black helmet as he was testing a prototype helmet for for Schuberth, and he was quick right away setting a faster time than he had done on Monday. Ferrari had spent Monday working on a baseline setup for the F10 and analysing the performance of the new Bridgestone tyres and this work continued on Tuesday.
It was reported that Ferrari were running with the super soft and soft compounds today, which explains why Felipe was instantly quicker than he had been the day before. Felipe covered a total of 124 laps today which is great news for Ferrari as far as reliability goes, so much better than last season with the KERS problems. Massa's best time was 1.11.722 but as yet we have no idea what fuel loads the teams are running.
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Felipe Massa was the fastest driver on the track on the first day of testing at the Cheste circuit, just outside Valencia. The Brazilian drove the fastest lap in the last minutes of the session, while he had been leading the time sheet with his lap times before. The 1.12.574 taken by Massa for his fastest lap today can’t be judged in absolute terms regarding the competitors, because this year, understanding the fuel loads in the cars, is more difficult than ever. Although it has to be said that this result is a good prelude for the F10 on the day of its debut.
"I’m happy about how it went today,” Felipe said at the end of the test session. “We worked very well and drove many kilometres without any problems.
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The 2010 Formula One season officially started today as the F1 teams headed to Valencia in Spain for the opening test session of the 2010 season. Before testing got underway there was some low key launches for some teams including Mercedes and Toro Rosso. Ferrari were ready to get on track early in the morning with Felipe Massa at the wheel to provide the team with immediate feedback on the new chassis compared to the Ferrari F60.
Testing will be crucial for all teams with their time being limited to 15 test days so most teams were keen to get onto the track and begin the hard work. Felipe Massa after doing 2 installation laps was soon putting in some strong times, setting the pace in the morning.
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Ferrari will being a crucial month ahead of the 2010 F1 season on Monday 1st Febuary as they head to the first test session of the year at Valencia. The teams have a total of 15 test days this month ahead of the season opener in Bahrain. The current plan is for all test sessions to be held in Spain, with Jerez and Barcelona being used later in the month.
Ferrari can only run one car per day and can run for a total of 15,000 Kilometres this year, so it makes these test days even more important for the team to get the best from the car and also to work fast to solve any technical problems they might uncover during testing. Ferrari have already given Felipe Massa the opening test duties so he can provide the team with immediate feeback and first hand comparison with the Ferrari F60. Chris Dyer spoke about the challenges facing the Ferrari team in the coming month.
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Ferrari will start their 2010 preparations with Felipe Massa at the wheel of the F10 on Monday. The opening three day test will kick off the 2010 season and due to the bad weather at Fiorano which meant the promotional filming was unable to take place Ferrari has amended their driver line up slightly.
Felipe Massa will now drive on Monday and Tuesday this week with Fernando Alonso driving on the final day of the test on Wednesday. This gives Felipe Massa the chance to provide the team with initial feedback on the new chassis compared to the F60.
In amongst all the the news surrounding the launch of the new Ferrari F10 there was another important announcement from Ferrari regarding their much talked about young driver programme. Ferrari has always tended to shy away from taking a gamble with young drivers in the race seat, something which has probably cost them signing some very good young talents. However Ferrari are now trying to address this issue with their young drivers academy.
Luca Baldisseri spoke about the aims of the project and what Ferrari are hoping to achieve. Currently Ferrari have 12 drivers selected with more to come, Ferrari are looking for talent at the grass roots of racing in karts as well as other series.
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