Ferrari have unveiled the 2010 F1 car

The unveiling of the F10 was somewhat emotional with a feeling of great determination and unity we haven’t seen in Ferrari for a long time. 2010 looks to be a great year for teams and fans, new cars and the exciting new rules make 2010 on paper look great. Ferrari hopes the new F10 will take them back to the front in Formula 1 after a painful 2009.
The new F10 Ferrari Made its world debut at the team's base in Maranello, Italy. It will be driven by Spain's double champion Fernando Alonso, who has joined from Renault in place of Kimi Raikkonen, and Brazil's Felipe Massa.

"The presentation was very emotional, because I was excited. For me, Ferrari, together with my family, is the most important thing in my life.”
With these words Chairman Luca di Montezemolo opened the press conference held in Fiorano for the presentation of the F10 Ferrari.

The numerous journalists present at the press conference asked him about his point of view regarding Schumacher’s comeback and the Chairman replied:
“I like Schumacher and I’m this misdeed’s author. It was me who woke his desire to come back to racing and honestly I never thought I’d see him in a car that wasn’t a Ferrari. He’s a competitor, an opponent, like many others. I’m not worried about the possibility that he might have taken material from our development.”



Regarding the situation of the Scuderia Ferrari drivers the Chairman confirmed:
 “When Ferrari decided in 2005 to take Raikkonen the alternative was Alonso, who now finds himself in a fundamental moment of his life. He’s matured, young and strong; he has won two World Championships, one in 2005 and one in 2006, beating us 100%. We don’t have any problem as far as our drivers are concerned. We have Massa, who is back with further enthusiasm, we have Alonso I just told you about and then we have Fisichella as the third driver and two very experienced test drivers: Marc Gene and Luca Badoer.

Felipe Massa spoke to the press during the presentation of the F10. The first question was about the 2010 rules,
“We’ll start with less petrol into the weekend, while we will start into the race with enough petrol for the whole distance. Then there are other details, such as the points assigned to the first and second in the races. Having all these changes in mind we have to pay a lot of attention and learn rapidly in terms of strategy and, as far as I am concerned, regarding driving the car is to be immediately competitive.“

Fernando Alonso arrived at the convention centre for the press conference, in the afternoon to answer the journalists’ questions. Alonso was extremely calm regarding the possibilities of the F10‘s development:

“I’m very calm regarding the work done by all the technicians at Ferrari. We have the best technicians in the world” The work we’re doing in February, with Felipe’s and my suggestions on the car, makes me really confident as far as the first race is concerned. We have a team that is able to set up the best possible car for you in a very short time.

The unveiling of the F10 was somewhat emotional with a feeling of great determination and unity we haven’t seen in Ferrari for a long time. 2010 looks to be a great year for teams and fans, new cars and the exciting new rules make 2010 on paper look great. Ferrari hopes the new F10 will take them back to the front in Formula 1 after a painful 2009.


{source} Ferrari Media