08.11.2011 ITALIASPEEDTV: FINALI MONDIALI FERRARI 2011 @ MUGELLO

Video of the closing day of the Finali Mondiali Ferrari event, held this year at the Mugello circuit, the nineteenth running of the event that gives fans from around the world the chance to see competitors in all Ferrari’s racing and sporting activities together in one place. On the final morning at the Tuscan track, the 458s and F430s in the Italian, European, North American and Asia Pacific series of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli were fighting it out for the world title. The programme also featured some untimed sessions for historic Formula 1 cars, run by Maranello’s F1 Clienti Department, as well as the FXX and 599XX from the eponymous development programmes. Spectacular overtaking and action were the key ingredients of the final races of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli which saw the 2011 world champions crowned. The title among the Trofeo Pirelli runners went to Lorenzo Bontempelli to add to his International GT Open crown. Behind the Kessel Racing driver came Alexander Skryabin (Ferrari Moscow) and Philipp Baron (Baron Service) while among the gentleman drivers in the Coppa Shell, the title went to Giacomo Stratta (Forza,) who crossed the line ahead of Philippe Prette (Motor/Malucelli) and Andrii Kruglyk (Ferrari Moscow.) Having assured himself of the Italian crown, Andrea Belluzzi also took the world title for the F430 runners in his Motor/Modena car, ahead of Riccardo Ragazzi (Ineco/Ram) and Diego Romanini (Rossocorsa/Pellin.) After the exciting racing came an equally spectacular parade of Ferraris which got underway with over fifty Ferrari owners driving past the main grandstand which was coloured white, red and green in honour of 150 years of Italian Unity. Bringing the amazing first run to a close were three 458 Spiders carrying president Luca di Montezemolo, vice-president, Piero Ferrari, managing director Amedeo Felisa and the Scuderia’s team principal Stefano Domenicali as well as the drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Marc Gene. The crowd of around ten thousand gave an especially warm welcome to Gerhard Berger who demonstrated the 412 T2 with which he competed in the 1995 Formula 1 World Championship. Also on track the 458 GT2 and GT3 cars run by AF Corse to victory in the competitive Le Mans Series and the FIA GT3 championship. Then it was Fisichella and Gene’s turn again, this time doing a few laps as well as simulating pit stops at the wheel of an F10 and an F2008, as a final farewell to the fans from the Maranello marque. The key moment came when president Montezemolo saluted the crowd before the group photo with the 150 drivers involved in the event, brought together in another tribute to the Italian Unity anniversary.

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