06.12.2009 FERRARI TAKE OVER AT THE BOLOGNA MOTOR SHOW

FERRARI FXX - 2009 BOLOGNA MOTOR SHOW
FERRARI F60 - 2009 BOLOGNA MOTOR SHOW

Over the weekend at the special track laid out for motor sports events at the 34th Bologna Motor Show, the world of Ferrari was on show with a busy programme of races and demonstrations. In the Motorsport Arena, in Area 48, eight drivers from the main category of the Trofeo Pirelli and ten gentlemen drivers representing the Coppa Shell, put on show in three acts, while the owner-test drivers of the prestigious FXX Programme were on track in four of the laboratory cars for three un-timed sessions.

At the end of the three races for those in the main category of the Trofeo Pirelli, victory went to Nicola Gianniberti: behind the Forza Service driver, taking his third win from four starts in this unique arena based event, were Riccardo Ragazzi (Ineco/MP) and Austria’s Philipp Baron (Baron Service), while in the final showdown for the Coppa Shell gentlemen drivers, finishing on top was Gianluca Carboni, driving for the Rossocorsa/Pellin team, for his second win in the Bologna event, followed home by Massimo Mantovani (Motor/Malucelli) and Giuseppe Fascicolo (Rossocorsa/Pellin).

Alongside the busy race programme featuring the F430 Challenge cars, the spectators who had packed the stands on Saturday since the morning, gave an enthusiastic welcome to the Ferrari FXX research and development demonstration, featuring the car of the same name as well as the traditional show put on each year in Bologna by Scuderia Ferrari, with, like last year, Official Test Driver, and stand-in for Felipe Massa earlier this year, Luca Badoer doing a long run of hot laps and a simulated pit stop, at the wheel of the F60, the car used by Ferrari in the 2009 F1 World Championship.
 

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