The final result of the Monaco GP was not the one expected by the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the end of the saturday’s qualifying session.

The two red pilots were ready to lead the group in the starting grid of the race, but while Felipe Massa confirmed his good condition during the whole weekend, the world champion Kimi Raikkonen made a mistake after another.

The finnish pilot was overcame by Lewis Hamilton at the start of the race, and had later more problems than Massa in the central part of the competition, characterized by alternating rain and by many accidents, finishing 9th, that means without points, because of an unbelievable mistake that lead him to hit the car of Sutil, youngster who was in that moment dreaming of an unexpected 4th place.

At the same time, Massa kept on fighting against Hamilton, who won this historical GP for his first time, and Kubica, who finished second, confirming the great beginning of the season for the BMW team.

The inexperienced driver’s mistakes made by Raikkonen led the english pilot to the first place in the Drivers’ Championship, with Kimi as second and Felipe third; Massa was the one who partly saved the day for Ferrari, gaining six points that let the team to keep 16 points over McLaren-Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship, waiting for Montreàl GP in June.

Spanish week-end turned into a real triumph for Scuderia Ferrari: the Red cars dominated the Friday’s free practice sessions, Kimi Raikkonen gained the pole position in the qualifying session on Saturday, and the second consecutive one-two for the team on Sunday.

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Lately, in part because of the first problems of the year for Fernando Alonso, there has been an increase in rumours about the real chance of the Spanish pilot to pass to Scuderia Ferrari in 2009, after only one year since his Renault comeback.

The statements of Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull’s owner, are just the last evidence that indicates this possibility for Ferrari’s future. He declared that his team didn’t even try to sign Alonso last year, after his breaking with Mclaren, because “his condition was difficult, being free just for one year”, suggesting that he should already have an agreement with another team, looking at Ferrari as the first suspect.

“In this so short period of time we had no chance to show him our abilities. I consider Alonso one of the best Formula 1 drivers, but we could not give him the car he was eager to drive, so that signing him for only one year would have been a wrong decision” said Mateschitz.

The possibility of the 26 years old driver’s move from Renault to Ferrari next year is thus gaining consistence, considering that Alonso himself confirmed just a week ago that he wants to drive for a winning team, and so Ferrari is an option he’s considering.

Passing from the future to the present, Michael Schumacher is ready to go back to test Ferrari F2008 next wednesday in Barcelona.

The German champion was invited by Scuderia Ferrari to Circuit de Catalunya, and so it will be the second time he will be testing with the team this year, after his first laps in F2008 on 25th of February.

A Ferrari F1 spokeperson said: “Michael Schumacher will be testing with our team on Wednesday. He will mainly focus on the development of slick tyres - the tyres that will be used in 2009. Felipe Massa will be testing on Monday and Tuesday while Kimi Raikkonen will be in the car on Thursay.”

Ferrari Dino is one of the most important car models created by the Ferrari company.

There have been rumours for some years now about a new Dino model, and even if CEO Luca Cordero di Montezemolo keeps on denying this possibility, the new Dino should show off its face before the end of this decade.

The following picture shows just an example of many possible projects considered by experts:

Many articles have been written about the new model, but to understand the significance of this car, we have to think back to its history in the past, and not only the 40 years since it was first produced.

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