Fernando Alonso won both
the traditional "ice" races but the final day's
highlight, and getting the racing programme of Wrooom
underway on the frozen lake at Madonna di Campiglio, was
the sound of an F60 single-seater driven by Luca Badoer.
This was the Wrooom 2011 tribute to celebrate his
thirteen year career as test driver for Scuderia Ferrari
which has come to an end.
Jumping on stage after a
few hot laps on the polished surface of the ice, Badoer
thanked Maurizio Arrivabene of Philip Morris
International: “It is thanks to him that I drove a
Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time at Zandvoort in
1995 and now for the last time here at Wrooom.”
The car featured a special livery with the Wrooom
logo on the engine cover, as Badoer did five laps in
front of an enthusiastic crowd. Pirelli, now the sole
supplier to Formula 1 until the end of 2013, had
produced some special tyres for the Ferrari to tackle
the ice, fitting 4.5 millimetre studs to this season’s
rain tyres to provide the necessary grip on the icy
surface.
The final act of
Wrooom 2011 saw Fernando Alonso do the double in the
traditional race on the frozen lake. The first race in
go-karts saw the Spanish driver beat team-mate Felipe
Massa and the American Ducati rider, Nicky Hayden.
Behind them came the Maranello team’s new test driver,
Jules Bianchi, Valentino Rossi and the Ferrari men, Marc
Gene and Giancarlo Fisichella. The finishing order was
then used to set the grid for the second race, which was
contested in Fiat 500s, when Alonso comfortably managed
to keep the lead, even when the Safety Car came out with
five laps to go, ahead of Hayden and Rossi. Meanwhile in
the ski race held in the morning victory went to test
driver Giancarlo Fisichella.
