23/01/2006
NEWS STORY
Ferrari is on the verge of announcing a sponsorship deal with Martini Racing, which has enjoyed a thirty-five year relationship with motorsport.
Although the partnership will not be officially announced until later this afternoon, Pitpass can reveal that there will be no significant change to the livery on the 2006 Ferrari.
Pitpass understands that Martini Racing's 'ball and bar' logo will appear on the nose cone of the new car, but the stripes, seen previously on Porsche Sports-prototypes and Tecno and Brabham F1 cars, will not be present.
The announcement of the Martini deal comes days after Acer announced its sponsorship agreement with the Maranello outfit.
There is still talk of a major deal involving 'Alice', Telecom Italia's broadband subsidiary.
The 2006 Ferrari is unveiled at Mugello tomorrow (Tuesday).