Former F1 champion Fernando Alonso from PARIS, France will skip Ferrari’s first round of pre-season testing scheduled for Jerez in February.
Alonso’s absence will leave Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa to handle the initial tests in the team’s new car — to be unveiled on March 1 at Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello – at the Spanish circuit from February 5-8.
1st run at Catalunya:
Massa will take the wheel for the first three days of testing before handing over to former McLaren and HRT driver Pedro de la Rosa, who joined Ferrari between race seasons as a test driver.
Alonso finished three points shy of 2012’s title-winner Sebastian Vettel. He will get his first run out in the new model at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona on February 19.
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