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The 53 cars taking part in the
Ferrari 275 Tour set off from the Fiorano Circuit yesterday, aiming to reach
Florence by late afternoon.
Organised directly by Ferrari to celebrate the
40th anniversary of one of its most celebrated models, the Tour programme will
take the drivers on a sentimental journey over some of most famous time trial
routes in the history of motor racing, covering everything from the Cereglio-Vergato, to the Coppa della Consuma, the Mugello road circuit and the
Balze di Volterra.
The owners of the 275 GTB, GTB4, GTS and GTB Competizione models taking part
hail from 17 different countries and spent this morning at the Fiorano
Circuit, competing in the first of the five scheduled regularity trials. The
historic cars will cover a total of 1,680 km on the Tour, mostly through
Tuscany, before returning to Maranello on Sunday June 20th.
The guest of honour from tomorrow evening will be no other than John Surtees,
the legendary bike and motor racing champion who took the F1 World title in
the Ferrari 158 F1 in 1964.
This time, however, the British driver will be
behind the wheel of a 275 GTB4 which once belonged to his former team-mate
Lorenzo Bandini and is now part of the Galleria Ferrari collection at
Maranello.
Several characters whose names have been linked with that of the Prancing
Horse for decades, joined the Owners at Fiorano today and yesterday. These
included Engineer Mauro Forghieri and coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti, as well
as a large group of mechanics from the early 1960s.
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