Formula One's Alonso set for official Ferrari debut

--> Share this story!     Formula One�s Alonso set for official Ferrari debut Monday, January 11, 2010 ROME: Fernando Alonso will make his debut in the red of Ferrari�s official team gear on Monday (today).His contract with Renault expired at the end of 2009 allowing him turn out for Ferrari in its kit from the start of the year. Although he was at one of its end-of-season events in November he had to wear casual clothing.The �Wroom� at the Madonna di Campilglio in the Italian Dolomites is an annual affair hosted jointly by Ferrari and Ducati. Alonso and team-mate Felipe Massa will be presented to the media during the week-long event.Ferrari also confirmed that its 2010 car, code named 281, will debut at Valencia�s Ricardo Tormo circuit on February 1. Elsewhere, Formula One teams are discussing the possibility of testing in Bahrain prior to the 2010 season opener at the same circuit.Track boss Martin Whitmaker told the Gulf Daily News that the talks are taking place in spite of rules preventing more than 15 pre-season test days. He said Bahrain could enter the frame in the event of poor weather at the European testing, which is scheduled to take place at Valencia, Jerez and Barcelona throughout February.�If teams who want to come here can get the permission of their rivals, we would be glad to welcome them,� said Whitaker. �Right now, it is still too early to say for sure; a lot of them are not even ready to run their new cars. But we are confident we could have one or two come out to Bahrain and test before the season.�In spite of its distance from Europe, Bahrain has previously been used as an F1 test location due to its constant temperatures and lack of rain. However, last year when BMW, Ferrari and Toyota tested at the circuit, two of eight scheduled test days were affected by sandstorms. Share this story!    Back     |    Send this story to Friend    |     Print Version