Ferrari


2006 car: Ferrari F248.

Engine: Ferrari.
Tyres: Bridgestone.

Team Base: Maranello, Italy.
Managing Director: Jean Todt.

Technical Director: Ross Brawn.
Test Drivers: Luca Badoer (Italy), Marc Gene (Spain).

First F1 GP: Monaco, 1950.
Last Year: 3rd, 100 pts.

History:
Races: 723. Points: 4347.5. Wins: 183.

Best ch'ship position: Champions, 262pts (2004).


5 Michael Schumacher


Born: Jan 3, 1969, Germany. GP debut: Belgium, 1991. Starts: 231. Wins: 84. Poles: 64. Fastest laps: 69. Points: 1248. Best ch'ship position: 1st, 92pts (1994), 102pts (1995), 108pts (2000), 123pts (2001), 144pts (2002), 93pts (2003), 148pts (2004).


6 Felipe Massa


Born: April 25, 1981, Brazil. GP debut: Australia 2002. Starts: 34. Wins: 0. Poles: 0. Fastest laps: 0. Points: 11. Best ch'ship position: 13th, 4pts (2002), 11pts (2005).


President Luca de Montezemolo says they are back. Michael Schumacher says they are back. They are in better nick than 2005 - the return of tyre changes has seen to that - but reliability came late in testing.


Schumacher has set a mid-summer deadline to decide whether he will prolong his career, but if the Ferrari is as competitive as he claims there will be no decision to make.


Felipe Massa takes his turn as Schumacher's No 2. He has a year to prove his value or make way for Valentino Rossi. Or perhaps Raikkonen.