After almost five months crossing five continents the Ferrari 60 Relay will make its last stop today when the 60th anniversary celebration tour arrives in Maranello, the home of the 'Prancing Horse' brand.

The Ferrari 60 Relay kicked off on January 28th in Abu Dhabi, site of the future Ferrari theme park, and has traversed about 50 countries in 148 days. The central theme of the final event in Maranello this weekend will be technological innovation pioneered by Ferrari in the 60 years of its existence. For the occasion, Ferrari has assembled its 60 most important innovations, ranging from aluminium pliers for disc brakes to the electric differential and the F1 gearbox. Against this backdrop Ferrari will organise its first concours d'élégance: a series of events on the track, at the factory and at the Galleria Ferrari in Maranello celebrating the elegance of the Ferrari. An Opera Omnia book will be published on the company's history, a collection of pictures and data on all the road cars and race cars built by Ferrari.

Meanwhile the Ferrari 60 Relay 'baton' has been travelling through Italy during its final week on the road. After the celebrations in the Italian capital and the presentation of the gifts from all the stages around the world at the weekend (to be auctioned over the upcoming weekend in Maranello), the cars of the Ferrari 60 Relay on Monday left in the direction of Lugo di Romagna.

The Tour arrived on the Piazza della Rocca at around 17:00h, where the participants visited the Francesco Baracca Museum. Baracca was the man from whom Enzo Ferrari received the symbol of the Prancing Horse. Lugo di Romagna, a village in the Emilia-Romagna region, has a long tradition as far as Ferrari is concerned: it is not only the birthplace of the aviator Baracca, but also the place of one of the most important Scuderia Ferrari Clubs, with Giovanni Baracca, descendant of Francesco, counted amongst its members. The Club arranges the "Festa del Cavallino Rampante", which is held every year at the end of April.
 

On one of its final stages around the world the baton arrived in the lagoon at Venice: On Tuesday at 15:30h Ferraristi drove down the Lido, led by a 125 Sport, and at 17:00h the participants met the dean of Ca' Foscari University at the Sala Scarpa. After a ride through the narrow alleys the cars stopped at the Ferrari Store (Mercerie San Marco 782) and visited the Damiani boutique (San Marco 1494, Salizada San Moisé). At 19:30h the cars turned from Piazza San Marco back to the Lido, where at the Nicelli airfield a cocktail party was waiting for the participants.

The conclusive moments of the journey took lace yesterday as the 'baton' eventually reached the Alps. The cars from Ferrari and the participating clients met on Piazza del Municipio in Bolzano at 12:00h. From there the Tour left in the direction of Andalo, Fai della Paganella, Lake Molveno, eventually arriving in Riva del Garda. From here the cars travelled southbound along the lake, stopping at Brenzone Castle and arriving on Verona's Piazza Brà at around 19:00h.

Today sees the final stage for the Ferrari 60 Relay, and it will arrive at its historical birthplace. This morning the cars and clients of Ferrari will meet at San Luca, in Bologna, at 10:30h, and leave in the direction of Modena, driving along via Bazzanese and passing Vignola and Spilamberto (where the group will stop); from here the cars take via Vignolese, eventually arriving in Modena: the cars from Ferrari will then drive through the streets of the city centre at around 16:00h and arrive at the Carrozzeria Scaglietti at 16:30h.