The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary for Ferrari in China since the first Ferrari, a 348 TS, was ordered in Beijing. To celebrate this historical milestone, in a few weeks time Ferrari will inaugurate its first ever permanent brand exhibition outside of Maranello at the Italia Center of Shanghai World Expo Park.
Waiting to get onto the track in Abu Dhabi for the penultimate race of the Championship Pat Fry talks about how the Scuderia Ferrari is getting ready for the 2012 season, testing new aerodynamic solutions and strategies in this season’s last races. Michele Pignatti Morano, Head of the New Business department, tells us about the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the theme park inaugurated last year next to the Yas Marina circuit. Ercole Bendinelli and Fabrizio Borra, Fernando Alonso’s physiotherapists, in a double-interview, talk about their work with the Spanish driver
Right before the start of the race weekend of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Fernando Alonso wanted to try the new 458 Spider, which will be presented at the IAA Frankfurt next Tuesday. The Scuderia Ferrari driver enjoyed the potential of the 8-cylinder mid-rear engine from the Prancing Horse – with hard top and fitted with the same most advanced technological content as the multi-awarded 458 Italia and now available in an “en plein air” version – on the roads around Maranello
Scuderia Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, was in London’s fashionable Knightsbridge today to officially open the Prancing Horse’s latest Atelier at The Berkeley Hotel, one of London’s most prestigious 5-star luxury hotels.
One month after the presentation of the Ferrari Virtual Academy on the occasion of the Italian Grand Prix, a second release for the first online simulator from the Prancing Horse is now available online, offering the fans all over the world the unique opportunity to experience the driving pleasure behind the wheel of a F10 single-seater with updated aerodynamic set up and a software with new functionality, on the Autodromo Internazionale in Mugello.
Full review: www.evo.co.uk Chris Harris pilots Ferrari’s fastest ever supercar – the new 599 GTO – on Italian roads. The return of the Ferrari GTO, and the fastest Prancing Horse ever around the Italian supercar firm’s Fiorano test track. But is it also one of the greatest?