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.”