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'I have not been
close to the Holy Father since the days of the organisation
of the World Cup and every time I meet him I feel that he is
a person who stirs emotions and generates admiration and
reflection.
'His compliments and his congratulations are a major spur
for the future. For the people at Ferrari this is an
extraordinary day’. With these words the President of
Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, expressed what today’s
audience with the Pope at the Vatican meant for him and
Ferrari.
Jean Todt too
underlined the intensity and emotion of the meeting with
John Paul II. ‘We were all silent at the energy and humility
of the Holy Father. Whatever one’s religion is, the Pope is
a great example in life’.
Like Todt,
Michael Schumacher too was struck by the great force of the
Holy Father. ‘It was unique to come here with all my Ferrari
friends’, declared Michael. ‘It was very moving; it is
difficult to explain what you feel and it is really special
to receive the greetings and congratulations of the Pope. It
was wonderful to feel these emotions and special to see his
strength’.
Rubens
Barrichello explained that meeting the Pope had always been
his dream. ‘Now it has finally been realised the emotion is
overwhelming; I am happy to have shared this feeling with
Ferrari’, stated the Brazilian.
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During the press conference yesterday, held at the
Vatican, Jean Todt announced that President
Montezemolo had decided to construct an Enzo ‘number
400’, to be donated to Caritas, before being
auctioned and the proceeds sent to the victims of
the tsunami in South East Asia |
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Rubens Barrichello explained that meeting the Pope
had always been his dream, ‘Now it has finally been
realised the emotion is overwhelming; I am happy to
have shared this feeling with Ferrari’ |
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Piero Ferrari remembered the Pope’s visit to Maranello on 4
June 1988. ‘I was there back then and I accompanied the Pope
in a Ferrari. It was amazing and we were able to look back
together to that day. It really was a great experience’.
Testimony to the energy and unquenchable spirit of the Holy
Father, Navarro Vals, the Pope’s Director of the Press
Office and spokesperson, related a little anecdote:
‘Immediately after this morning’s meeting, the Holy Father
told me that Ferrari had presented him with a model that
differed greatly from that which he saw in 1988’.
With this tale,
the meeting with journalists held immediately the audience
with the Pope was wrapped up. During the press conference,
held in the Vatican’s Press Office, Jean Todt announced the
President Montezemolo had decided to construct an Enzo
‘number 400’.
The additional version of the limited edition 12-cylinder
will be donated to Caritas before being auctioned and the
proceeds sent to the victims of the tsunami in South East
Asia.
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