Alonso prepares for Ferrari 'debut'
09/01/2010 In just 48 hours, Fernando Alonso will officially make his Ferrari debut when he takes part in the team's annual 'meet the press' event at Madonna di Campiglio. The Spanish driver will arrive on Monday afternoon, when he will subsequently take part, along with his new team-mate Felipe Massa and the Ducati Marlboro Team, in the twentieth running of Wroom, the traditional pre-season event for the media. The following day, Alonso and Massa will be joined by team principal, Stefano Domenicali and they will stay in the mountains until Saturday 16th. Meanwhile, in Maranello, the team is fully focussed on the preparation of the new car, which is due to make its testing debut on 1st February at the "Ricardo Tormo" circuit near Valencia, at what will be the first joint test session for 2010 championship. In the car assembly area, work has been on-going for several days on the first chassis - which goes by the code name of 281 - while the team has also undertaken a series of crash tests necessary to homologate various components. |
