Michael Schumacher will take part in the final day of Ferrari Racing Days 2006, an event that will take place this coming weekend on the Nürburgring circuit in Germany where the seven-time F1 World Champion will demonstrate an F2005 and 599 GTB Fiorano as well as his own FXX. It will be a red alert at the Nürburgring as some 30,000 Ferrari enthusiasts are expected for the Ferraristi festival (1st–3rd September). Since 1996 the Ferrari Racing Days event, which takes place every two years at the track, have stood for sheer fascination, emotion and passion, and represent a highlight of a special kind for customers and fans travelling from all over Europe.

The event will get underway on Friday with the first timed practice for the penultimate round of the European Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy. Currently leading the main class of the one-make series for the F430 is Frenchman Ange Barde, ahead of Ireland's Michael Cullen and the British driver, Ross Kaiser; while Germany's Dennis Huebner heads the classification in the Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers, from the Swiss driver Ettore Contini. Bjorn Grossmann (Germany) tops the table in the separate class for the 360 Modena Challenge, still eligible in the championship for one final year. Also on track this weekend, single-seaters prepared by the Maranello F1 Clienti department who will do some parade runs, and around sixty Prancing Horse road cars which will take part in a special regularity event.

The key moment comes on Sunday afternoon when Michael Schumacher will undertake a series of demonstration laps at the wheel of a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and in an F2005 single-seater. The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver will also use the Nürburgring to debut his own personal FXX car, a product of the research and development programme of the same name, and another part of the many elements that go to make up the Ferrari Racing Days 2006.
 

"These are the dates that I love: lots of cars and action and a huge crowd," said Michael Schumacher on Monday on his return from Istanbul. "I am sure it will be an enjoyable day and I hope we will have fun."

The last Ferrari Racing Days event took place in 2004 and it was the perfect mixture of Ferrari fascination, racing and entertainment. Formula 1 fans came to celebrate Schumacher as the record-holding seven times world champion - or as the owner of a Ferrari Formula 1 car to drive their pride and joy onto the Grand Prix track. Almost 30,000 guests swarmed to the "Ring" in order to satisfy their interest in Ferrari history – or to become part of Ferrari fascination with their own vehicles. The light blue of the cloudless sky provided a stark contract to the Rosso Corsa of over 1,000 Ferraris in the parking spaces, from the historic formula 1 of the Ferrari collectors and the racing cars of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, insofar as the latter were not taking part in the sports competition in the different colour code of their sponsors.

Just like this year, so two years ago Michael Schumacher was then the absolute highlight on the Sunday. With accomplished wheelies he enveloped the fans in clouds of smoke, pulled a 180 and visibly enjoyed driving the other way around his own Nürburgring. With his current Formula 1 rocket on wheels, the then new Maserati MC12 and the Ferrari 575 Handling GTC he completed a few spectacular demonstration laps after which he answered the questions of RTL reporter, Kai Ebel at the start/finish line.