Ferrari party at Mugello with the Daytona and the Historic
Challenge
The second edition of the Mugello Historic Festival, the
special event for the fans of historical cars, ended today,
with numerous events dedicated to the Prancing Horse.
Ferrari, owner of the Mugello circuit in Tuscany, chose the
track for the start of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge,
the championship exclusively for the jewels from Maranello
and, since 1999, with the participation of historical cars
from Maserati.
Today's highlight was the special parade of 20 365 GTB4 Daytona
at the end of the regularity race, which was started in Fiorano
on Friday. The race event, part of the celebrations of the
40th anniversary of the Daytona, was held on parts of the
"Circuito delle Tre Province", where Enzo Ferrari
participated in his last race as a driver. The route led over
the Abetone pass, Fiesole, Lucca and Florence to Mugello.
On the podium Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa presented the trophies.
As far as the second races of the Shell Ferrari Historic
Challenge are concerned, victory went to the Maserati 250
F (1956) with Peter Heuberger in grid "A" for single
seaters and Marc Devis with his Maserati 250 SI (1956) in
grid B for cars with drum-brakes. The Ferrari 312 PB (1972)
with Irvine Laidlaw won the first place in group C (cars with
disk-brakes).
Yesterday, with the first races of the weekend, Peter Heuberger
with Maserati 250 F (1956) won the run of grid A , Irvine
Laidlaw, behind the wheel of his Maserati 250 S (1957), grid
B . The British driver also won the race of grid C crossing
the line first with his Ferrari 312 PB (1972).
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