16/01/2006
NEWS STORY
We hear whispers that Ferrari is on the verge of announcing a major - think £25m a year - deal with 'Alice', Telecom Italia's broadband subsidiary.
It's understood that the deal will see 'Alice' become the team's main sponsor, replacing Vodafone, who has signed a deal to become McLaren's title sponsor in 2007.
It's not known if a deal might be done whereby Vodafone switches to McLaren earlier than planned.
Speaking at Madonna di Campiglio on Friday, team boss, Jean Todt, said that details of a new partnership would be made "in the next few days".