Sebastian Vettel will keep his pre-season Formula 1 preparations in a high gear and on the boil next week, and contrary to reports doing the rounds this week the 'filming day' at Fiorano was in fact an officially sanctioned test within the regulations.
While his rivals still have their engines silent, the German returned to action on Tuesday with a test in Ferrari's 2014 car at the team's test track.
Initially, the outing was described by some outlets as a 'filming day', but it has now emerged that it was actually a test according to article 10.2 of the sporting regulations. The FIA rule allows the running of cars made to "comply with the 2012, 2013 or 2014" technical regulations.
L'Equipe reports that Ferrari did the test, with the FIA's prior approval, to "correlate data" acquired in the wind tunnel. And is is now being reported that Vettel will also be in action for Ferrari next week.
While official pre-season testing does not begin until the end of next month, Pirelli has organised a wet tyre test involving Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren.
Meanwhile sources at Maranello have confirmed to grandprix247.com that Vettel will be driving the 2015-specification Ferrari during the first F1 test at Paul Ricard, along with teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
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