A delegation from the Italian team visited the Ferrari factory today to take consignment of the bob designed and developed by the sports car manufacturer for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
The wraps are finally off the LaFerrari. The Prancing Horse’s eagerly-anticipated limited-series special, of which just 499 will be built, made its world debut today at the Geneva International Motor Show.
If you think you are seeing more Ferraris on Australian and New Zealand roads, it’s true because European Automotive Imports (EAI) is celebrating its seventh anniversary this month as the Australian and New Zealand Ferrari importer with the delivery of its 1000th Ferrari, a Ferrari 458 Spider, into the local market.
Deliveries of the Ferrari 458 Spider have started in Australia and New Zealand, but do not expect Ferrari’s no compromise open top supercar to become a common sight with just ten cars arriving before the end of the year due to intense demand around the world.
Ferrari is coming to the aid of the victims of the two deadly earthquakes that have rocked its home region of Italy, Emilia-Romagna, with an on line auction next week that will include an ultra-rare million dollar Ferrari 599XX, the rolling laboratory supercar that has been developing technology for the next generation of Ferraris.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has edged a few points clear of his nearest rival at the top of the Formula One Drivers’ Championship standings thanks to another bravura performance which saw him at the weekend (27 May 2012) step onto the unique podium that awaits the top three in the Monaco Grand Prix.
With the Galleria Ferrari, the largest museum dedicated to the legendary car maker and based in its home town of Maranello, already one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy – a country not short of tourist sites! – Ferrari has opened its second museum with the opening of ‘The Ferrari Myth’ in Ferrari’s fastest growing market, China.
After a week of testing the Ferrari 458 Italia, leading US motoring magazine Motor Trend has crowned the Ferrari 458 Italia the best driver’s car in the world, concluding that the Italian supercar is “perfect” and “raises the supercar bar to never before seen heights”.
The open-topped version of the Ferrari 458 Italia, the new Ferrari 458 Spider, will make its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt International Motor Show next month (13 – 25 September 2011) and it will be a world first as mid-engined supercar with a folding hard top roof and one that is actually lighter than a conventional fabric hood.
The Ferrari 458 Italia is not just considered the supercar benchmark against which all other cars must be judged, it has now received more awards than any other car in its category.
Ferrari scored more points than any other team in German Grand Prix at the weekend (Sunday 24 July 2011), thanks to Alonso’s fifth podium finish of the season in second place and Felipe Massa coming home in fifth place.
A team of budding car designers from South Korea’s Hongik University has beaten students from two of the world’s leading car design universities in Europe to win the 2011 Ferrari World Design Contest.
Ferrari has recorded its best result of the season, with Fernando Alonso guiding his Ferrari home to second place and team mate Felipe Massa taking fifth place in the European Grand Prix at the weekend (26 June 2011).
Western Australian amateur racing driver Steve Wyatt has made his mark in the opening round of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli by finishing on the podium at China’s Zhuhai race track last weekend (19 June 2011) behind the wheel of his Ferrari 458 Italia racing car
The Ferrari FF may be able to boast 683 Nm of torque from its all-new V12 engine, but this rather pails compared to the 210,000 Nm offered by its stand mate at the 2011 Paris Show and the Ferrari California’s 485 Nm is a little surpassed by the nearly 400,000 Nm delivered by its display partner at the Paris Show.
Ferrari has launched its first Indian dealership, opening its debut official sales centre in New Delhi, making India the 58th market in which Ferrari’s legendary super cars are available.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso thrilled the Spanish crowd with a fantastic demonstration of driving skill today in the Spanish Grand Prix at the weekend (22 May 2011), but in the end, the superior car performance of our two closest rivals meant he had to settle for fifth place.
New York collector and Ferrari enthusiast Peter Kalikow has taken delivery of his Special Projects Ferrari Superamerica 45, a unique one-off model, the latest in a line of unique Ferraris produced for owners wishing own the ultimate in Ferrari exclusivity – a car built specifically for them.
The chairman of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemelo, has telephoned outer space to organise a visit to Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello by making a call to the International Space Station 352 km into space and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who is coming to the end of his six month stint on the Space Station, to invite him to visit Ferrari on his return to earth.
The Ferrari California HELE has arrived in Australia and New Zealand, offering a CO2 figure better than some Australian family cars, but with no loss of the exhilarating performance and unique driving experience for which Ferrari is renowned.
The 4499 cc V8 engine powering the Ferrari 458 Italia has won two categories in the prestigious 2011 International Engine of the Year Awards, taking the accolade of Best Performance Engine as well as winning the Above 4-litre category.
The Ferrari Store web site has launched a range of cases and pouches for a range of mobile phones and communication devices with cases for the Apple iPad, Apple iPhone 4, Blackberry and mobile phones.
At the fourth attempt, Fernando Alonso secured his and Scuderia Ferrari’s first podium of the year, after the Spaniard finished third in the Turkish Grand Prix at the weekend (8 May 2011) behind the Red Bull Racing one-two of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
Ferrari has expanded its clothing range with new lines for the whole family, including new Ferrari jeans, baby and toddler clothing and fashion items for women, all available from the Ferrari Store web site.
The Ferrari FF has made its regional debut at the 2011 Shanghai International Motor Show prior to its arrival in Australia and New Zealand in early 2012.
Only fourteen points in the bag for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro come the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, through a sixth place for Felipe Massa and a seventh for Fernando Alonso. Both drivers made two pit stops: Felipe on laps 15 and 33 and Fernando on lap 16 and 32. After three races, Fernando is fifth and Felipe sixth in the Drivers’ classification, while the Scuderia is third in the Constructors.’
A 1973 Ferrari Daytona festooned with a host of eclectic connections including HRH The Prince of Wales, Max Mosley and Top Gear, is set to create a stir when it goes under the hammer at Historics forthcoming sale on Wednesday 18 May, at Brooklands in the UK.
Both Scuderia Ferrari drivers finished in the points – fourth place for Fernando Alonso and, after the Saubers were disqualified for a technical issue, seventh for Felipe Massa - in the Australian Grand Prix at the weekend (27 March 2011).
A historic Ferrari with a value of $AUD 275,000 will make its Australian debut at the 2011 Melbourne Grand Prix (27 March 2011) and there will only ever be one in Australia.
But it is not another super car from the legendary Italian car maker.
Ron Walker, the Chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, has become the first person outside Ferrari to sign the first copy of the sumptuous Official Ferrari Opus
The Ferrari 599 GTO, the fastest ever road car produced by the legendary supercar company, has arrived in Australia with the first of just ten cars arriving for delivery from January for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Ferrari, which sells four different supercars in Australia, the California, the 458 Italia, the 599 GTB and the 612 Scaglietti, is the leading supercar company in Australia.
After the record results achieved in China and Ferrari’s 21.2 per cent sales lift in Australia, Ferrari’s preliminary figures for the North American market show that 2010 was a record year for the marque.
The FF - an acronym for Ferrari Four (four seats and four-wheel drive) - ushers in an entirely new GT sports car concept. A decisive break with the past, the new car represents not so much an evolution as a true revolution.
The award-winning Ferrari 458 Italia has taken another international prize, winning the coveted title of “Performance Car of the Year 2010” from Car magazine, one of the most respected automotive monthly magazines in the UK.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the first ever theme park dedicated to Ferrari, the legendary supercar maker and the world’s most successful motorsport team, has opened in Abu Dhabi, and it launches the world’s fastest roller coaster amongst its wide range attractions.
Victory in Korea at the weekend (24 October 2010) for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has vaulted the Spaniard into the lead in the battle for the 2010 Formula One World Championship.
The countdown has started and in 100 days, at noon on 28 October 2010, the world’s first Ferrari theme park, and the largest of its kind, will open its doors to the public.
Not content with developing its 599 GTB Fiorano into the fastest road going Ferrari, the 599 GTO, and, with the 599XX, the fast production-based car to lap the notorious Nurnburgring, Ferrari is preparing an open top version of its V12 supercar, Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has revealed during a visit to London.
The Ferrari Driver Academy, the legendary Formula One team’s school for future Formula One drivers, has signed 11 year old Lance Stroll from Canada as its newest recruit.
Ferrari has unveiled the 458 Challenge, the first racing version of its latest model, the 458 Italia the latest in a long line of road car-based track stars from the legendary supercar maker.
The Ferrari Formula One Team has celebrated its 60th birthday with the anniversary on 21 May of Ferrari making its debut in the Formula 1 World Championship in round two of the 1950 series, the Monaco Grand Prix.
The 240 kmh “Formula Rossa" made its public debut, appropriately enough, at the Spanish Grand Prix at the weekend (9 May 2010), prior to its installation on one of the World’s fastest rollercoasters, which will open with Ferrari World on 28 October 2010 in Abu Dhabi.
Rather than use straight line performance measurements of top speed and 0-100 kmh time, Ferrari judges its fastest vehicles by measuring their time around its Fiorano test track, measuring not just performance in a straight line but also a Ferrari’s ability to get around corners.
A 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Cabriolet Pininfarina SWB has set a new auction record for this classic Ferrari sports car, selling for Euro 2.8 million (AU$4,021,700/NZ$5,114,230), well ahead of its high estimate of Euro 2.4 (AU$3,447,170/NZ$4383,620) million at the RM Auctions ‘Sporting Classics of Monaco’ auction herald at the weekend (2 May 2010).
Not only does China now account for a substantial amount of Ferrari sales, 220 cars in 2009, the market is appreciably different in many ways to Ferrari’s other key markets.
FERRARI FORMULA ONE TEAM CELEBRATES ITS 60TH BIRTHDAY
Posted on 25.05.2010
The Ferrari Formula One Team has celebrated its 60th birthday with the anniversary on 21 May of Ferrari making its debut in the Formula 1 World Championship in round two of the 1950 series, the Monaco Grand Prix.
Four Ferraris were entered: two updated versions of the 125 F1 were entrusted to the Italians, Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi, while two other 125 F1s were in the hands of privateers Raymond Sommer and Peter Whitehead. Only the non-works cars took part in qualifying, with Sommer setting the seventh fastest time and Whitehead the tenth, 6"4 and 15" respectively off Juan Manuel Fangio on pole in the Alfa Romeo. Ascari and Villoresi's cars arrived late and thus started the race from the third row.
A lightning move from Villoresi saw him move up to second at the start and, at the final corner (Ste. Devote) on the first lap, a collision between Farina and Gonzales caused general mayhem. Fangio managed to thread his way through the cars without losing time, but Villoresi was held up by one of the cars being manhandled out of the way by the marshals and, because his engine cut out, he lost 1"18.
The leader was pretty much untouchable for all three hours and eighteen minutes of the race, but behind him, the Ferraris were in the hunt. Last after three laps, Villoresi was fourth on lap 10, third on lap 20 and second on lap 30 behind Ascari. On the next lap, Villoresi got the better of his team-mate. After the run of refuelling stops, Ascari was up to second on lap 60 and two laps later, Villoresi was forced to retire with a broken bearing.
The race thus ended in victory for Alfa Romeo but with a Ferrari, that of Ascari, on the podium, while Sommer, running as a semi-official driver came home a great fourth. The internal post race report reveals these brief notes from the Scuderia men, on the performance of our drivers: "Ascari: good. Villoresi: staged a brilliant recovery, making up a good part of the time lost during the enforced stop on lap two."
Sixty years have elapsed since that day and Scuderia Ferrari is still here, fighting for victory, as the only team that has been present at every round of a championship which represents the highest level of motor sport.
To date the team has taken part in 799 Grands Prix, meaning that Istanbul will be the eight hundredth. To date, Ferrari's race record shows 211 wins, 16 Constructors' and 15 Drivers' titles, which makes this team something special and unique in the history of sport on a global scale.
The leader was pretty much untouchable for all three hours and eighteen minutes of the race, but behind him, the Ferraris were in the hunt. Last after three laps, Villoresi was fourth on lap 10, third on lap 20 and second on lap 30 behind Ascari. On the next lap, Villoresi got the better of his team-mate. After the run of refuelling stops, Ascari was up to second on lap 60 and two laps later, Villoresi was forced to retire with a broken bearing.