It's now twelve o'clock so this April Fool is finished
Ferrari has announced it will debut its 2010 MotoGP entry at this year's Isle of Man TT Races following an official team launch last night at the F1 factory in Modena.
 
The prototype was launched late last night and sports a 1000cc V4 produced at the company’s Lake Como facility, developing 245 PS.  The team already has a title sponsor in the shape of Bertolli, one of Italy’s largest producers of spaghetti and olive oil.
 
The machine is revolutionary as far as motorcycles go. It features a monocoque design with the fuel carried beneath the engine, lubricants are carried in the swingarm and the whole unit weighs just 177KG
 
The racing version which Michael Schumacher helped to develop has lapped the Ferrari test track at Fiorino at speeds well in excess of Michael’s own superbike, with a top Italian onboard in highly secret tests.
 
The team will be led by ex-Honda boss Barry Symmons, who said at the launch of the team: “This machine will usher in a new era for Ferrari. I am proud to be involved.  We are in the final stages of buying the contract of one of the TT’s greatest stars to ride the bike, an announcement will follow shortly. I can not say more at this stage”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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