Over the last week the Ferrari 60 Relay has made its way through Russia and Finland and it is now in Sweden as it begins a long journey south towards the finishing line in Maranello on 24th May. In Russia last week the start of the Relay was scheduled at the Ferrari Showroom in the city centre of Moscow, not far from the Red Square. At around 5 pm the Russian leg of the Relay started in the presence of the Italian ambassador Vittorio Claudio Surdo.

The first stop was right on the world-famous Red Square in front of the St Basil's Basilica, where the encrusted ceremonial baton was also passed along. Later on that day the cars participating in the Relay drove through the streets of the Russian capital, eventually arriving at the Barvikha Luxury Village, where, at around 7 pm, the gift to be auctioned was handed over to the ambassador, and the baton was passed along for the start in the direction of Finland, the following leg of the Tour.

The next morning the cars arrived in Finland's capital city Helsinki. On Sunday the cars gathered in front of the Olympic Stadium and numerous owners and onlookers came to admire the roughly 40 cars, here to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferrari. At around noon the participants of the Tour left with their cars in the direction of the old race track, where from 1932 to 1963 the Helsinki GP was held. When the cars arrived at the track, they had to break their way through the numerous tifosi lining the streets. Later on the cars of the Relay drove through the streets of the Finnish capital, stopping on the square where the Finish Senate can be found, where they mingled with the crowd, just the way it also happened at their stop at Helsinki's first Ferrari dealer.
 

After the cars had been refuelled the Tour left in the direction of the Italian embassy, where ambassador Elisabetta Kelescian welcomed the Ferrari customers and received the special gift, which had been prepared for the embassy. The Finnish leg of the Ferrari 60 Relay ended with a cocktail party at the Ferrari dealership in the presence of numerous customers and VIPs.

The Ferrari 60 Relay has now moved onto Sweden, arriving yesterday and it is scheduled to leave tomorrow; then it will be on to Germany (7th-10th), Switzerland (12th-13th), Austria (14th-15th), Czech Republic (16th), Hungary (17th-18th) and Slovenia (19th-20th).Turkey (25th) will wrap up the European-wide leg up before the Tour briefly heads for the Lebanon and Egypt, returning to Italy (30th) for the start a month long celebratory journey round Ferrari's home nation, culminating in a three-day long extravagant event at its hometown, Maranello (23rd-25th May), which will include the auction of the gifts collected en route. The Ferrari 60 Relay is a global tour which is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Italian sportscar maker. A specially numbered edition of the 612 Scaglietti model - limited to 60 units - will also commemorate the event.