Ferrari past present and future at Silverstone
Today, Ferrari Racing Days gets underway at England’s
Silverstone circuit, with the first races in the European
series of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy, for the F430
cars, as well as the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, for
historic Prancing Horse and Maserati cars.
In the main Pirelli Trophy category of the Ferrari one-make
series, Bruno Senna crossed the line first ahead of Michael
Cullen (Rossocorsa) who led home Giacomo Piccini (Motor) and
Bjorn Grossmann (Autohaus Gohm.) “Ferrari is a marque
with a great tradition,” commented Bruno Senna, who
is taking part in this event as a guest driver with the Ferrari
GB dealer team. “It is an honour for me to be part of
this event, not only because it is a great opportunity to
race but also because I am a fan of the Prancing Horse.”
In the Shell Cup for gentlemen drivers, Ronnie Kessel (Kessel
Racing) took the win ahead of Philippe Prette (Baron Service)
and Christopher Breuer (Kessel Racing.) In the Shell Ferrari
Historic Challenge, Stefan Schollwoeck came out on top in
his Maserati in the Grid A race for single seaters, while
the 1972 Ferrari 312 PB of Irvine Laidlaw was victorious in
Group C for cars fitted with disc brakes.
Apart from the competitive events, the day’s programme
also featured on track demonstration runs by historic single-seaters,
prepared by the Maranello F1 Clienti department, as well as
the debut in the European season of the exclusive FXX programme,
which is also coordinated by the Ferrari Corse Clienti department.
Tomorrow is the main day of the event, with on track spectacle
guaranteed with the additional presence of forty F40s which
after a parade in Mugello at the beginning of April, will
also have a run around the Northamptonshire circuit as part
of the European celebrations for the twentieth anniversary
of this prestigious model.
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