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The Ferrari 500 F2 is the single-seater
which won the 1952 F1 Championship. 2012 in
fact is the 60th anniversary of the first
Ferrari victory in this championship with
Alberto Ascari, who took the first of the
Scuderia Ferrari's fifteen drivers' titles
earned to date. |
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Museo
Ferrari, Maranello's official museum, will be one of
the exhibitors at the AutoClassica in Milan, an
important show dedicated to historical cars which opens
today and runs over the weekend.
Two cars from the Museo Ferrari exhibition will
be displayed, representing the history of the Prancing
Horse. The first, the 500 F2, is the single-seater which
won the 1952 F1 Championship. 2012 sees, in fact, the
60th anniversary of the first Ferrari victory in this
Championship with Alberto Ascari, who took the first of
the Scuderia Ferrari's fifteen drivers' titles earned to
date.
The second car is a 1959 250 GT Berlinetta short
wheelbase, one of the most successful Ferrari models and
the highest expression of a road-going sports car which
was also extremely successful in motor sport
competitions. In the early 1960s it ruled the GT
category in endurance races, winning the Tour de France
three times in a row (1959-62) and Le Mans twice, in
1960 and 1961.
The Museo Ferrari, opened in 1990, is the custodian of
the legend of the Prancing Horse, presenting the cars,
the images and the trophies from the history of the
manufacturer's 65 year history. In 2011 the museum set a
new record with around 240,000 visitors from all over
the world. The museum's collection includes the first
Ferrari ever built - the 1947 125 S - and significant
historical cars as well as the most recent motor sport
and grand touring models, such as the FF, the first
Ferrari with four-wheel drive. Furthermore the museum
hosts Enzo Ferrari's office with its original furniture
and objects.
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