Mark Webber ended speculation about a move to Ferrari by signing an extension to his Red Bull contract that keeps him alongside Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel for a fifth season.
Spaniard Fernando Alonso handed Ferrari their first Formula One pole since 2010 in a wet British Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday.
The Brazilian has struggled for form in recent years but has agreed a one-year extension amid continued speculation that world champion Sebastian Vettel could join Alonso at Ferrari from 2014.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc qualified fourth with Mexican Sergio Perez, Verstappen's closest title rival and team mate but a massive 151 points adrift after 15 of 22 rounds, fifth and 0.773 off his team mate's pace.
Max Verstappen took the 50th win of his Formula One career, and record-equalling 15th of the season
Verstappen, who started sixth after a five-place grid penalty, extended his championship lead over Perez to 125 points after taking the chequered flag 22.3 seconds ahead of the Mexican.
Kimi Raikkonen is not assured of racing for Ferrari in Formula One next season, team president Luca di Montezemolo said on Wednesday. Rumours have swirled for months that Raikkonen will be replaced by Renault's Fernando Alonso for next year despite the Finn's contract with Ferrari running until the end of 2010.
Ferrari are still waiting to take the fight to Formula One champions Mercedes after a Russian Grand Prix that left even their dominant rivals surprised by the gap in performance.
Ferrari were top in three of the four days in Jerez and second fastest on both days in Barcelona.
Sebastian Vettel looked forward to following in Michael Schumacher's Formula One footsteps after Ferrari confirmed on Thursday that the four times world champion would replace Fernando Alonso next season on a three-year deal.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen qualified comfortably faster but dropped five places for a gearbox change.
Marchionne writes off Ferrari's season of failure
'I think the team has obviously done a really, really great job, a lot of hard work, commitment and... things start to click'
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took pole position for the showcase Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with world championship leading German team mate Sebastian Vettel alongside him on the front row.
Max Verstappen took pole position on Saturday in a wet qualifying for a Canadian Grand Prix
Former champions Renault followed Ferrari's lead on Wednesday and threatened to quit Formula One at the end of the season unless the governing body rewrites the 2010 rules. Champions Ferrari, Formula One's glamour team who have competed in every championship since 1950, issued a similar threat on Tuesday in response to the introduction of an optional 40 million pounds budget cap.
World Champions Red Bull and rivals Ferrari will withdraw from the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) after failure to reach agreement over cost cutting measures.
The F1 world champion said he could not imagine driving for any other team than Ferrari and he would welcome the Finn as a team mate.
Formula One champions Ferrari have lightened Kimi Raikkonen's load by giving the Finn a new slimmed-down car for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Ferrari said the 2007 champion, whose last win was at the Circuit de Catalunya a year ago, would get a lighter chassis than Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa for the start of the European season.
Max Verstappen won Red Bull's home Austrian Grand Prix from pole position and with the fastest lap on Sunday for the team's 10th successive Formula One victory and ninth in nine races this season.
Ross Brawn said the memory of Nigel Mansell's failure to win the 1986 title from a similar position still lingers.
The classic Ferrari car, which was used by Formula One legend Michael Schumacher for 38 races, has reportedly been sold for a whopping 1.7 million dollars at an American auction.
Double world champion Max Verstappen ran away with a Saturday sprint race in a Red Bull one-two at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Legendary car manufacturer Ferrari has recently opened a new museum in Modena, Italy.
Ferrari have added Jenson Button's name to their list of candidates to take over from world champion Michael Schumacher.
Bringing Fernando Alonso to Ferrari to partner world champion Kimi Raikkonen would not be desirable, team president Luca di Montezemolo said on Tuesday. "To line up a Raikkonen-Alonso double act would mean wanting to damage yourself. I want two equal drivers that work together," the president said.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has summoned Mercedes and tyre supplier Pirelli to its international tribunal in Paris on June 20 on charges of breaking the rules by testing in Spain last month.
Ferrari's are said to be the most beautiful cars in the world.
Formula One esports race was the third in a series designed to give fans something to watch after the COVID-19 pandemic stalled motorsport worldwide and left Formula One still waiting to start its season.
Valentino Rossi talked with Ferrari about racing in the team's second car at next weekend's Formula One Italian Grand Prix but decided against it, the MotoGP world champion said. Ferrari instead opted for Force India's Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella, who will race for the world champions for the remainder of the season.
Verstappen struggled for grip through qualifying but it all came together in his last effort
Ferrari will replace Jean Todt as their Formula One team boss with Stefano Domenicali from January.
Ferrari, the Italian automobile giant, had launched its Magic India Discovery Drive in association with the Tata Group, in Mumbai on 25 February, 2008. The car featured in this tour is the 612 Scaglietti, Ferrari's flagship GT model. The car will cover 13220 kms, touching 57 cities in India for over 74 days. The tour will end on May 8, 2008. Apart from the Tata Group, this tour is sponsored by Fiat Automobile, Shell, Alcoa, Pirelli, Saima Avandero and OMR.
Ferrari are tapping the talents of Rory Byrne, the South African designer whose cars took Michael Schumacher to seven Formula One drivers' titles with Benetton and Ferrari, to help with development of their 2014 car.
Retired seven times world champion Michael Schumacher believes Ferrari's new F2008 car gives them a good chance of retaining their constructors' title.
Fernando Alonso said he planned to see out his Formula One career at Ferrari after the Italian team announced on Thursday that they had extended the double world champion's contract to the end of 2016.
Ratan Tata flagged off the Ferrari Magic India Discovery Tour near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday.
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