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The new Ferrari codenamed 657 made its track debut at the Fiorano track on the 16th of January.

Michael Schumacher was at the wheel. He covered 51 laps with a best time of 59.569.

Ferrari plan to resume testing at Fiorano on the 20th of January.

The new car will be presented to the media on the 24th of January at Mugello.

For reference, the best time in 2005 set at Fiorano was a 57.222.

Looks the same.....

Nah, looks a fair bit different, those side mirrors are way out for a start. Hope MS starts looking behind himself now.

If he couldnt see anything when they were inboard, I pity anyone trying to overtake now !............. He has them focused on himself

<T-K> wrote:Looks the same.....

Without the number 1 on it

rah wrote:Nah, looks a fair bit different, those side mirrors are way out for a start. Hope MS starts looking behind himself now.

Good one rah

But isn't it the further away the mirror is the less you see from it and those are tiny mirrors

But Michael never looked in them anyway

Evidently they give him a better look at the rear tires. Could be important this year i reckon.

Also could give some cleaner air to the rear wing.

Looks no further away than the passenger side mirror on my car, although mine are bigger.

Oh the tyres will still give him a problem this year

JayVee wrote:Oh the tyres will still give him a problem this year

Who knows?

The 2006 Ferrari Formula 1 car was launched at Mugello today. The car will be called the Ferrari 248 F1 (2.4 V8) moving away for the convention used since 2001 which was simply F followed by the year.

Ferrari President Luca Montezemolo said:

After having lost two titles at the last round, in 1997 and 1998, and six consecutive world crowns, I don't want the 2005 results to seem like the end of an era. We have lived through some incredible years. Last year we suffered a little from the successive rule changes but now we are looking ahead. We want to get back to winning ways

Jean Todt said:

Seeing the new car with the new sponsor logos and, above all, the numbers 5 and 6, is a return for us to a distant past. It will be a great incentive to improve. The entire squad wants to get back to top spot

Full Ferrari Statement

Hopefully we'll see better results from the Scuderia this year. Granted, I don't think they'll beat Renault but......I do think they can(given a lot of luck) give McLaren and Toyota lots of challenges.

Then again, didn't eveyone think Ferrari would dominate in 2005?

Things are only gonna get worse, Shumi wont be able to tell the difference between a Mclaren and a Renault in those mirrors....they are very small, very far away, and half of the view is taken up by a large, disintegrating piece of rubber .......

Oh yeah, I forgot.....what's that warning they put on side mirrors, "Objects are closer than they appear".

Ferrari can't change the course of history!

4th place would be the best they could wish for in 2006

Dont bet on it.

New rules,New qualifying,new tyre rule,new engine,new cars...