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10-02-2006, 01:20 PM
From Tuesday this week, Valentino Rossi will once again be testing for Ferrari. However this isn't like the previous tests; he will be on track alongside drivers from Mclaren, Williams, Toyota, Honda and BMW.
Although Rossi will be driving the F2004, rather than the 2006 Ferrari, it will be the first time Rossi has been on track with other F1 teams. Current Williams driver Mark Webber was quoted by Reuters as saying "He's quite brave, really, to come in and share the circuit with the rest of us. The guy has obviously got unbelievable talent, we know that, and he definitely knows which way is up. But to throw him out there on the track with the rest of us...who knows, he's always done surprises so who knows how he will go?" With the 2006 season preperations now very much under way in both MotoGP and F1 it seems that whatever the exact intentions of Valentino and Ferrari are, these tests are more than a bit of fun.*[br...Read the full article. (http://www.motoreview.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=29)
Although Rossi will be driving the F2004, rather than the 2006 Ferrari, it will be the first time Rossi has been on track with other F1 teams. Current Williams driver Mark Webber was quoted by Reuters as saying "He's quite brave, really, to come in and share the circuit with the rest of us. The guy has obviously got unbelievable talent, we know that, and he definitely knows which way is up. But to throw him out there on the track with the rest of us...who knows, he's always done surprises so who knows how he will go?" With the 2006 season preperations now very much under way in both MotoGP and F1 it seems that whatever the exact intentions of Valentino and Ferrari are, these tests are more than a bit of fun.*[br...Read the full article. (http://www.motoreview.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=29)