The fascination of historic Ferraris at Le Mans
The European series of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge
(the other series is in North America) will be back in action
this weekend for the third of its five rounds. The series
dedicated to historic Prancing Horse cars, with Maseratis
also eligible, will in fact be the main attraction of the
“LM Story 2007” event, which takes place at the
French Le Mans circuit.
In total, around 300 historic cars will be taking part this
weekend recalling the fascination of another era, in races
and exhibitions. The event gets underway on Friday 6 July,
when free practice is on the agenda, before it steps up a
gear on Saturday, with qualifying sessions in the morning
and the first races in the afternoon.
The Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge as usual has a strong
element of period dress which adds to the special atmosphere
in the paddock, while on track, the A and B Grids (single-seaters
and cars with drum brakes respectively) will this time race
together, while Grid C (disc brake cars) will have separate
races.
The Historic Challenge season comes to a close as part of
the traditional Ferrari World Finals, that take place this
year at the Mugello International Circuit, from 24 to 28 October.
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