Ferrari launch the 248 - 24th January 18:31pm GMT

Ferrari launched their 2006 Formula One car without fanfare on Tuesday but with plenty of determination to put a dismal season behind them and recapture the title.

Formula One's glamour team finished last season a distant third overall, behind champions Renault and McLaren, ending their run of six successive constructors' titles and Schumacher's five drivers crowns in a row.

The arrival of a new Ferrari is usually as much a highlight of the Italian social calendar as sporting, but there was little glamour on Tuesday as the team left their Maranello factory for the wintry test track.

After ending 2005 with just one hollow win, at the six-car U.S. Grand Prix, Ferrari got straight down to business by unveiling the new 248 as part of a regular working day at the Mugello circuit.

Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher, who has yet to decide whether to make this his final season at the age of 37, did the opening stint with new Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa also present on a bitterly cold morning.

The car was then parked on the start line for a team photograph during the lunch break, with fans watching behind a wire fence.