Tomorrow will be the sixth time that a Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 248 F1 starts one of this year's grands prix from pole position, the second for Felipe Massa, while alongside him will be team mate Michael Schumacher

With the F1 World Championship now level-pegging between Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso going into Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, this important weekend got off to a slow start today as rain affected proceedings

With Ferrari running Bridgestone tyres and Renault using Michelins, it has been a recurring theme this year that tyre performance is perhaps the single most critical factor in deciding the outcome of the races

Tyres, said Ferrari's Jean Todt, will decide this year's World Championship, that was his verdict after Michael Schumacher converted a worrying qualifying in wet conditions at Shanghai into a stunning race-winning performance

"There is no better way to enter into the end of the season with two races to go than a victory, two decisive races in the battle of the championship are still to go, but a victory like that counts twice," says Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher chased away his Chinese jinx with a thrilling win on the outskirts of Shanghai earlier today which sees him draw level with Fernando Alonso in the Formula 1 World Championship with two races to go

The rain washed out Ferrari's chances of good grid positions for tomorrow's sixteenth round of the F1 World Championship in Shanghai, overcast skies finally delivered their promise just in time for the start to the session

The Spyker MF1 Team, a 100 percent subsidiary of Spyker Cars N.V., a Holland-based manufacturer of high-end sports cars, has announced that it has agreed an engine supply with Ferrari to cover the 2007 F1 season

Hours after Schumacher announced he was to retire it was the turn of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team principal Jean Todt to explain his feelings regarding the future loss of his World Champion, and the 2007 team line-up

Michael Schumacher scored an emotional and dramatic 90th Grand Prix victory at Monza this afternoon, to sensationally close to within just two points of Fernando Alonso in their fight for the F1 World Championship title

In the wake of Michael Schumacher's emotional Italian Grand Prix win this afternoon at Monza the Scuderia has confirmed that Kimi Räikkönen will be joining Felipe Massa in the team's line-up for the 2007 F1 season

At Monza this afternoon came the expected news that Michael Schumacher - the most successful driver in the history of Formula 1 - will retire from race driving at the end of the 2006 World Championship

The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers' will be found on the front and second rows of the final grid for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, with Michael Schumacher second and team mate Felipe Massa fourth

With all the teams having tested at the Monza circuit just last week, the first hour of free practice this morning did not provide much track action as the majority of teams chose to spare the life of their tyres and engines

"We will continue attacking, putting on the pressure and taking risks as this is the only tactic possible," Michael Schumacher promises to continue fighting for the F1 title despite Sunday's set back in Turkey

"We were obviously very pleased about the first pole position for Felipe, the first win for Felipe with Scuderia Ferrari and he drove a great race" Scuderia Ferrari boss Jean Todt reflects on the Turkish Grand Prix

The FIA published the 2007 F1 schedule this morning, and with it came the news that the San Marino Grand Prix - held for 26 years at the famous Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola - is not on the calendar

Felipe Massa scored a great debut victory at the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul this afternoon, however third place for Michael Schumacher - behind his championship rival Fernando Alonso - dented his title hopes

In Turkey this afternoon Felipe Massa recorded his first ever pole at his 67th attempt, and with Michael Schumacher second fastest, tomorrow will see the two Ferraris starting from the front row for the fourth time this season

Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa arrived it Istanbul today to start preparing for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix buoyed by the news that the FIA has upheld a ban on the controversial mass damping systems

After the race in Budapest, F1 seemed to be entering a period of time reminiscent of an era when life was lived at a more relaxed pace: three weeks before the next event in Turkey where to which the teams would travel by ship

"If you play lottery you want to win," said Scuderia Ferrari's Jean Todt after the extraordinary Hungarian Grand Prix last Sunday when track conditions, grid positions and retirements had all played their part

Michael Schumacher didn't come away from Hungary totally empty handed after all as last night the stewards' disqualified the seventh place finisher, moving the Ferrari driver up to eighth were he earns one world championship point

Neither of the penalised championship rivals, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, finished today's Hungarian Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver retiring after an accident just three laps from the end of the 70 lap race

It was a day of mixed fortunes and missed opportunities for Scuderia Ferrari at the Hungaroring today as while Felipe Massa will start on the front row of the grid, Michael Schumacher is 11th after being handed a time penalty