Kimi Raikkonen took pole position on an all-Ferrari front row for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Four times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel hopes Ferrari can become the strongest challengers to Mercedes this season after failing to win a race last year.
Ford Motor Co sued luxury automaker Ferrari on Wednesday for trademark infringement after Ferrari named its 2011 Formula 1 racing car the "F150."
Ferrari made a strong start to the first day of Formula One testing, on Monday, with four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel top of the timesheets at lunchtime with 72 laps completed.
His Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa joins him on the front row while Briton Jenson Button, in a Honda, and Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso line up together on the second row.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso roared to victory in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, making amends for crashing out of the previous race in Malaysia.
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher could come out of retirement to drive for Ferrari next year if the FIA (International Automobile Federation) governing body allows the team to run a third car. The 40-year-old Schumacher, who retired in 2006, cancelled plans for a temporary return to the sport earlier this month because of fitness concerns.
McLaren expect Fernando Alonso to switch from Renault to Ferrari next season and trigger a series of driver moves, team boss Martin Whitmarsh said on Friday.
Ferrari removed a controversial bar code livery from their Formula One cars on Thursday after suggestions that it represented subliminal advertising for cigarette sponsor Marlboro.
Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher completed just five laps but still boasted the second fastest time of one minute 32.120 seconds.
Ferrari will review its participation in Formula One if plans to introduce a standard engine for all teams from 2010 goes ahead, its board said in a statement on Monday. Formula One's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), said earlier this month it intends to bring in the rule to save costs.
Ferrari's fire and ice pairing of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen has, in the words of team president Luca di Montezemolo, put two roosters in the same henhouse.
Max Verstappen led a soggy Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday
Sebastian Vettel offered one of Formula One's more exotic excuses on Sunday by saying he had lost time in the Canadian Grand Prix by saving two seagulls from being flattened by his Ferrari.
Fernando Alonso declared himself back in the Formula One title race on Sunday after finishing third in a Canadian Grand Prix that left Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa cursing his misfortune. The Spaniard has struggled to keep pace with Red Bull and McLaren since winning the opening race of the season in Bahrain but believes he is back in business after finishing behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in Montreal.
Barrichello took the chequered flag for the first time since last season's final race in Japan, a mere 1.3 seconds ahead of team mate Michael Schumacher.
A weekend that began at the top of the timesheets for Max Verstappen ended with the Dutchman out of the points and in a war of words with Ferrari rivals after a nightmare Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said he is not enjoying Formula One this season because of rule changes.
World champions Ferrari will unveil their 2005 Formula One car at their Maranello factory on February 25, the team said on Friday.
Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix from ninth on the starting grid with a masterful display of tyre management on Sunday.
Ferrari dominated French Grand Prix free practice on Friday with Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen reviving the Italian team's hopes of ending McLaren's winning streak.
Sergio Perez beat teammate and championship leader Max Verstappen to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday and continue Red Bull's Formula One domination with a double success in Baku.
Ferrari's world champion Kimi Raikkonen stretched his Formula One lead to nine points with a dominant win from pole position in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.
Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali says he is confident the team's former hero Michael Schumacher will be beaten by their new idol Fernando Alonso.
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi showed impressive pace in a Formula One car at the end of two days of testing with Ferrari in Barcelona on Thursday.
Schumacher's existing deal was due to expire at the end of the 2004 season.
Ferrari unveiled their 2012 Formula One car via the Internet on Friday after their usual glittering launch had been cancelled due to snow in Maranello.
Serbia's decision to leave Novak Djokovic out of the doubles rubber of their Davis Cup final against Czech Republic was "like leaving a Ferrari in the garage", victorious opponent Radek Stepanek said on Sunday.
Ferrari hit back on Wednesday after a French court rejected their bid to prevent Formula One's governing body introducing controversial new rules next season. The sport's most successful and glamorous team warned in a statement at the Monaco Grand Prix they could still pursue legal action and would carry out a threat to quit if the regulations were not rewritten.
Michael Schumacher will test Ferrari's 2007 race car again this week in preparation for his return to Formula One as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa. The seven-times world champion, who had a day of testing in the F2007 at the circuit near Florence 10 days ago, cannot try out the F60 car before the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23 because track testing is banned during the season.
The German, a four times world champion, was given a 10 second stop-and-go penalty during the race for angrily banging wheels with his Mercedes rival while they were behind the safety car.
Italian luxury sports car Ferrari on Thursday officially entered the Indian market with popular models such as the California, 458 Italia, 599GTB Fiorano and the latest FF at prices starting from Rs 2.2 crore (Rs 22 million) onward.
F1 world champion Michael Schumacher collided with Australian Mark Webber's Jaguar in the French Grand Prix pitlane.
Ferrari still want MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi to race for them next year if they manage to change Formula One rules and enter a third car.
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