Weekend with over four hundred Ferraris at Spa and Montreal
Over 400 road-going and competition Ferraris will be running
at the same time at the circuits of Spa-Francorchamps and
Montreal this weekend.
The key event of this red weekend is the Ferrari Racing Days
in Belgium, where around 200 Granturismo cars owned by customers
of the marque will put on a show as the FXX make’s its
first European appearance. Only 29 of this high performance
model have been built, of which seven will be at Spa. They
are part of a special research and development programme run
by the Ferrari Corse Clienti department, managed and updated
by the company along with this unique group of “Test
Drivers” made up of some of the Prancing Horse’s
most enthusiastic and loyal customers.
The Ardennes circuit also hosts a sessions of free timed
laps for single seaters prepared by the Maranello F1 Clienti
department. Worth singling out is a 1975 ex-Lauda 312 T and
an ex-Schumacher F2004.
The competitive part of the Belgian event features the European
series of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, which since
1999 has been opened to allow for the participation of historic
Maseratis too. Also taking place is the Ferrari Challenge
Pirelli Trophy, the series which for this year only still
allows for the participation of a few 360 Modenas, alongside
the new F430.
In the main category of the one-make series, France’s
Ange Barde (Modena Cars Racing,) arrives at Spa leading the
classification, with Dutchman John Bosch (Barron Racing/Kroymans)
and British driver Ross Kaiser (Ferrari GB Dealer Team) in
second and third places respectively. Currently heading the
Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers is Germany’s Dennis
Huebner (team Baron.)
The Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy is also on the race
card in Montreal with the cars competing in the North American
series running at the “Gilles Villeneuve” circuit
as part of the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix meeting.
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