Ferrari Ready For Fight Back

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Ferrari 'ready' for fightback - 28 November 2005

Beleaguered Ferrari has commenced a mammoth preparation for the 2006 season.

Sources in the Italian media suggest that the Maranello based team - third in this year's constructors' championship - will commit more resources to the development of a race-winning F1 car next year than ever before.

It is a concept backed-up by Marc Gene, who knows first-hand just how much winter testing the red team will execute.

'Ferrari is ready to fight back,' the 31-year-old test driver told Spanish 'paper Marca.

Gene explained: 'In 2006 everyone goes back to zero with the eight cylinder engines and I do not believe that tyres will be so crucial.'

Results and performance aside, however, all might not be well behind the Prancing Horse's gates. Rumours in Italy hint that major sponsor 'Vodafone' - pumping in $41m a-year - has expressed its frustration with Ferrari's '05 form.

All the while, Gene, Luca Badoer and Michael Schumacher's 2006 teammate Felipe Massa have already kicked off the huge winter agenda.

Massa said: 'The engine and the Bridgestone tyres feel good.'

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Massa said: 'The engine and the Bridgestone tyres feel good.'

It pains me to say this but thats good news. After all Red Bull's performance will be effected by the Ferrari engine. Im still worried that Ferrari are going to give Red Bull second rate engines but theres nothing i can do about that.

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It pains me to say this but thats good news. After all Red Bull's performance will be effected by the Ferrari engine. Im still worried that Ferrari are going to give Red Bull second rate engines but theres nothing i can do about that.

I see no point in giving them 2nd rate engines...................