As the worldwide journey of the Ferrari 60 Relay enters its final week it has just arrived in Rome where the more than 50 'gifts' collected so far have been committed symbolically to the Vice-Minister of the Exterior Ugo Intini by the son of the Maranello sportscar maker's founder, Piero Ferrari. The Ferrari 60 Relay is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the legendary Maranello sportscar maker, and in its penultimate week, where it has been travelling round Italy before arriving in the capital city, the ceremonial 'baton' went island 'hopping', visiting Sardinia and Capri, brought to the former outpost aboard the magnificent Swan 70 yacht Bugia Bianca.

Genoa, 12th June 2007 - Having left Piedmont, the Ferrari 60 Relay is now on its way to Liguria. The Ferrari cars and the participating clients met at the Ferrari Showroom 'Team Forza' in Ceriale (SV). The Tour left in the direction of Genoa's old harbour, where the baton was passed on and then brought to Sardinia by the Swan 70 yacht Bugia Bianca, which had its towering sails embossed with both the 'Prancing Horse' - and the 60th anniversary - logos for the occasion.

Cagliari, 13th June 2007 - On Wednesday, 13th June, the Ferrari 60 Relay arrived in Sardinia, after the Tour has already passed Sicily, Apulia, Marche and a large part of Northern Italy, including Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. The cars from Ferrari and the clients met at Porto Cervo, where they waited, together with representatives of the local authorities, for the baton to arrive from Genoa. The Tour then left in the direction of Oristano at around 14:30h.

From there the Relay drove to Cagliari, where the cars stopped at the authorised dealership, GT Motors garage, where the baton was passed on before the cars passed through the wonderful streets of this city eventually arriving at the harbour at Molo Sanità. In the evening the Ferraristi participated in a soiree with music and fireworks.

Salerno, 14th June 2007 - Having completed the Sardinian stage, the 'Relay' arrived in Amalfi. At 14:30h the city's Doge, in a typical costume, received the baton and passed it on to the Ferraristi who were waiting at the harbour. After cocktails on the Piazza del Duomo the cars left in the direction of Salerno, driving along the marvellous Amalfi coastline. In Salerno the cars eventually arrived at the Cesarmeccanica dealership. At 18:00h the Ferraristi took part in a discussion about "F1 yesterday, today and tomorrow - the success of Ferrari", together with Cesare Fiorio (former head of the Ferrari Motorsport division from 1989 to 1991) and Federica Balestrieri, host of RAI's program, "Pole Position".
 

Host of the meeting was RAI journalist Gianfranco Coppola. At 19:30h the guests left in the direction of the city centre, where they were welcomed by the local authorities on the Piazza della Concordia. The day was concluded with fireworks accompanied by music. The following day, Friday at 9:30h, the baton was brought to Capri by three Ferraris, stopping on the Piazzetta and eventually leaving for Anacapri at 11:30h. At both stops the cars and the participants were welcomed by local authorities as the traditional photo was taken.

Rome, 16th June 2007 - During the 'Tour' a gift from each country passed by the cars has been sent to Rome. The more than 50 gifts were committed on Saturday symbolically to the Vice-Minister of the Exterior Ugo Intini by the son of the founder and Ferrari company Vice-President Piero Ferrari on the occasion of an official meeting at the international conference hall of the Farnesina, the Italian Ministry of the Exterior. The event was accompanied by a sound installation outside of the Farnesina by the CRM (Centro Ricerche Musicali) of the CEMAT Foundation.

The whole collection of items will be auctioned in a charity event at Maranello on 23rd June. Included amongst the objects is a shirt of the Brazilian national team with a signature by Pelé, a horse made out of jade donated by China, a Russian matrioshka of 60cm size with another 30 inside, a helmet made out of Meissen porcelain signed by Michael Schumacher, an antique Beduine dagger (a gift from the United Arab Emirates), numerous paintings and many other objects celebrating the Prancing Horse. The catalogue of the charity auction can be seen online on www.ferrari60relay.com, where visitors can also take part in the event. The Tour then passed through the streets of the Italian capital while on yesterday the cars arrived at the Vallelunga circuit "Piero Taruffi", where the F430s were racing their fourth round of the season of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Italia.