Inside Ferrari: Unique Behind-the-Scenes Photography of the World's Greatest Motor Racing Team

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Inside Ferrari: Unique Behind-the-Scenes Photography of the World's Greatest Motor Racing Team

Inside Ferrari: Unique Behind-the-Scenes Photography of the World's Greatest Motor Racing Team

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In the front, the seats are comfortable and there’s a heavily sculpted dashboard with touches that retain a familiar Ferrari feel, including a steering wheel heavy on buttons and drive-mode selectors. Ergonomics are improved over the Ferrari Roma and 296, so it’s easier to scroll through a reduced number of screens. Sat-nav is by smartphone link only.

He concedes that the programme is an expensive one to run, but “if you find technology and put it on a road car, you have already absorbed some of the cost, as it has already been tested [on the XXs]”. Rides at Ferrari World include Formula Rossa, which is billed as the world’s fastest roller coaster and can reach 150mph in 4.9sec. It is designed to let visitors experience the kind of G-forces F1 drivers feel during a race. What I really think about... supercars, America, foreigners, car launches, Top Gear, the battle of the sexes and cars " Perhaps most notable about Ferrari World is how much it feels like a theme park. Children rush from ride to ride clutching merchandise, while others stare at the cars dotted around. Initially a little daunting, it’s all intuitive once you’ve familiarised yourself with the control logic. And safer, according to its designers. Ferrari says this is all part of its ‘eyes on the road, hands on the steering wheel’ philosophy, and has conducted biometric tests to provide empirical proof that there’s reduced driver distraction.

The most popular advice topics — we've got you covered 2035 petrol and diesel car ban: 12 things to know Advice The only potential problem for owners expecting a proper load-lugging experience? The Purosangue can’t tow — it’s not designed for that. But if you can afford this car, you almost certainly also own a Range Rover, so that won’t be an issue. Ride and handling

Pretty much everything I learned from my time at Ferrari has informed the way that I operate today as F1 CEO. It was very important for me, and I’m very appreciative of the people at Ferrari who inspired me during that period of my growth.”

The Prancing Workhorse

The design of the dashboard is instantly recognisable as Ferrari, with a digital driver’s display that performs most of the infotainment functions, with the buttons on the steering wheel as usual, along with the manettino drive mode selector. There’s also a second screen in front of the passenger. So yes, the Purosangue (meaning “thoroughbred”) is higher off the ground than any Ferrari that has come before, and has space for four adults plus luggage, but thanks to state-of-the-art suspension and a naturally-aspirated V12 engine it’s designed to be something altogether different from anything else on the road. The accepted wisdom is that he was so fired up by what had happened a fortnight earlier, and so keen to outpace his teammate, that the qualifying accident that claimed his life was a direct result of their feud. Kevin Maher, Times (UK): "[A] handsomely made, competently performed but ultimately quite empty drama from the veteran film-maker Michael Mann."

Extract from Jean Todt, Ferrari’s most successful team principal: “When we speak about the difference in perceptions between Ferrari from the inside and Ferrari from the outside, my experience developed over the years. But when I arrived, people had no faith in me because I was French; I had no experience in F1, so they thought, ‘Okay, he’s coming for one or two years, to make some money and leave.’ But then, over the years, they realized that I was focused because I was in the factory day and night with the team, and I was really putting in all the effort. Despite its prodigious performance, we never felt intimidated by the Purosangue. Through towns and villages our car, fitted with Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 winter tyres (it said “Alpin 5 SUV” on the sidewall but that can’t be right, surely?), was graceful and controllable, while on twisty mountain roads you can play with the throttle and manettino settings without becoming overwhelmed or nearing the limits of your talent. Now, that was a way I suppose he probably had of pushing himself to the limit. But he was certainly rather brighter and rather less of a madman than people have made out. I mean, the image has probably grown with the passing time, but actually, I always found him very serious, and really quite a bright guy. A Tuscan Vila-inspired home for our Ferrari clients and enthusiasts” Jan Hendrik Voss, President of Ferrari Australiasia. It's difficult now to remember your emotions at the time. Funnily enough, I remember the day of the Pironi accident more than the day of the Villeneuve accident, because the Pironi accident seemed so silly.”That fact that it’s still an attractive-looking machine is testament to the effort put in. The nose is particularly good-looking, in my opinion, while the rear is neat, considering the car’s role as a proper family car with a decent boot; reminiscent of the FF from certain angles. I think the priority for everybody is reliability because when you are at this stage of the season and you don't have the reliability, you are not able to do the three days [testing] and then you are starting on the wrong foot," Vasseur said. "Based on the data from the dyno we are all optimistic, but only Bahrain will tell us where we are in terms of reliability and performance. So far it is OK.

However, parts is a global business these days, explains Lyon. The Ferrari factory isn’t interested in making components for Colombo V12s any more, so GTO makes them instead. It can build you an entirely new engine, using new casting and ancillary components made in the UK and just like new. Featuring on its roof the largest Ferrari logo ever created, the megastructure is home to multiple rides and attractions, plus, of course, a large Ferrari store. After the Wednesday night opening ceremony festivities, which featured everyone from Kylie Minogue and Andra Day to John Legend and Keith Urban, along with all the drivers gathered together, Verstappen had already said: “For me, you can skip this… We are just standing up there, looking like a clown.” Twenty-four hours later, he’d step into his car in a racing suit designed in homage to Vegas-era Elvis. Enzo Ferrari considered the engine to be the heart of a car, and a V12 engine has always been the beating heart of Ferrari, so using the 812 Superfast-derived 6.5-litre unit (albeit with a bespoke intake and exhaust, with optimised cylinder heads and timing) in the Purosangue marries the marque’s thoroughbred tradition to a modern, arguably necessary, bodystyle. And whether or not you buy into the idea that it’s not an SUV, a lot has been done to ensure that despite its raised ground clearance there’s still something of the Berlinetta about Ferrari’s first four-door four-seater.Are these the 23 ugliest cars ever made? Gran Turismo movie review The 31 most ridiculous car names ever › More here...



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