Here is a quick look at Scuderia Ferrari’s drivers that will be contesting for the championships in the upcoming 2010 Formula One season. Let’s start with Felipe Massa returning for another season with Ferrari and also returning from a serious accident last season.

It has been reported now by multiple sources that there may be some concern by some teams that the McLaren rear wing sports a slot which is in direct violation of the sport’s technical regulations.

The FIA confirmed last week that there has been an amendment to the rules on in-season testing in Formula 1.

02.10.10 Jerez, Spain

It was a rather uneventful soggy morning in Jerez, Spain as the Forumla One teams took to the slick wet track.

John Iley (Ex-Ferrari head of aerodynamics) has joined McLaren. He has assumed a similar role in his new team according to McLaren spokesman.

Iley parted company with Ferrari in July of 2009 after it had been apparent that there were fundamental deficiencies in the cars aero design which saw other teams such as Brawn GP and RedBull Racing pull out a huge advantage which proved too much to overcome.

Former Ferrari man, and Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will take a sabbatical from Formula 1 next year, News comes from Raikkonen’s manager Steve Robertson that talks with McLaren about a deal for 2010 have failed. Raikkonen who was released from his Ferrari contract this year; with Ferrari taking the services of Fernando Alonso, said that his only option to continue in the sport would be to sign a contract with his once employer McLaren which would according to him, “guarantee a competitive car”.

Kimi Raikkonen revealed that McLaren is his only option if he is to remain in F1. As of right now, Raikkonen is without a confirmed race-seat for next year’s Championship having agreed to part ways with Ferrari a year earlier than expected. It is believed that Raikkonen’s price tag is a bit to steep for many to swallow.

Toyota have made attempts at securing Raikkonen for a drive next year, the former World Champ, Raikkonen says he’s only interested in racing for McLaren.

“Toyota has not even been discussed,” Raikkonen told Finland’s MTV3. “If I want to drive (F1) cars, then McLaren in the only option. I should know the situation in the next few days.”

The Finn, in Thursday’s Abu Dhabi press conference confirmed the speculation that rallying is a serious possibility should negotiations with McLaren not go to plan.

In what was viewed by many as a warning directed at Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug says McLaren are not willing to sign a driver for big bucks just because of who his name.

With the season coming to a close at this weekend at Abu Dhabi and the driver shuffle speculation at their usual end of the season high , several drivers have been linked to McLaren to replacing the under-performing Heikki Kovalainen.

“Kimi is an option, but there are lots of options around,” Haug told Autosport. “One thing is for sure though – guys who are out for money are not the right ones for us – whoever it may be.

When the lights go out at the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, age old rivals Ferrari and McLaren will square off again in the fight for the prize.

About $5 million (a figure that seems minuscule by F1 standards) is reportedly up for grabs as Ferrari and McLaren contest for an unusually lackluster third place in the constructors’ world championship at the Abu Dhabi finale next weekend.

McLaren sits just one point ahead of Ferrari for the dubious honor of second runner-up behind Brawn and Red Bull.