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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