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Ferrari 166 Formula Libre s/n 011F
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7/30/2023, 12:19:20 AM cet

Wiesbaden, August 2, 2002


On the weekend of September 6 to 8, 2002 the Ferrari racingdays will be held at the Nürburgring in Germany. The varied programme of this mega-event will include exiting races in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, the spectacular Ferrari Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge and demonstration runs of Ferrari Formula 1 cars from six decades. The 2002 Formula 1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, will take part in the Ferrari Racing Days and give some on-track demonstrations of his incredible driving talent. About 1.000 Ferrari cars are expected in the parking lot, while approximately 20.000 spectators will crowd the tribunes and grandstands.


Ferrari Racing Days
The Ferrari Racing Days are an event hosted by Ferrari Deutschland Ltd., resident in Wiesbaden/Germany. The exclusive German importer of the marques Ferrari and Maserati is a 100% subsidiary of Ferrari S.p.A. In 1996, the first Ferrari Racing Days were held at the Nürburgring. In the following years — including a one-year pause — the Ferrari Racing Days became an institutional event in the annual motorsports calendar. Except at the Nürburgring (1996, 1997, 1999), the Ferrari Racing Days were also already held at Oschersleben (1998) and Hockenheim (2000). For the sixth issue of the Ferrari Racing Days, one chose the glorious and world famous Grand Prix course in the Eifel mountains again.

At several occasions already, Ferrari chose the Ferrari Racing Days to present or to launch a new model: In 1996, the Ferrari 550 Maranello had its world debut at the Nürburgring; in 1999, Michael Schumacher himself presented the Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge for the customer racing series ”Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli”, and in 2000 both the Ferrari 360 Spider and the Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina celebrated their debuts on the German market during the Ferrari Racing Days at Hockenheim.


Varied and interesting programme
The varied and interesting programme of the Ferrari Racing Days will attract Ferrari- and motorsports-enthusiasts from all over Europe. Modern motor racing, races with historical Ferrari automobiles, Ferrari Formula 1 cars from several decades and hundreds of Ferrari of all ages in the parking lots of the paddock will form an attractive and fascinating event that is unique in Europe.

Modern motor racing at the highest level is guaranteed in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. The exclusive racing series for Ferrari customers gathers Ferraristi from all over Europe competing in identical Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge cars. This series will be covered in a separate paragraph.

The Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge is a racing series for historical Ferrari and Maserati motorcars and does also include some pre-war Alfa Romeo automobiles which were campaigned by Enzo Ferrari in the early days of his Scuderia Ferrari. Thus the production years of the competing cars range from the early 1930’s to about 1972. A following separate paragraph will disclose more details about this fascinating and unique historic racing series.

The Formula 1 is the most technically advanced motor racing series, and hence it is the most fascinating one to many people as well. The Scuderia Ferrari has been part of the Formula 1 since Day One. There’s no other team in Formula 1 that did more races, more seasons or that took more wins. In devotion to this great tradition, the Ferrari Racing Days have always included demonstration runs of historical Ferrari Formula 1 cars — and this tradition will remain unchanged in 2002. Collectors from all over the world will once again bring their precious single seaters to the Nürburgring, starting with the 1954 Ferrari 500 Monoposto and ending with the very Ferrari F1-2000 in that Michael Schumacher gained his first Formula 1 World Championship title for the Scuderia Ferrari.

Michael Schumacher, the 2002 Formula 1 World Champion, will take part in the Ferrari Racing Days. After he had already been the star of the Ferrari Racing Days in 1996, 1999 and 2000, he will surely not miss the chance to celebrate his early win of the 2002 drivers’ World Championship title together with his fans and thousands of Ferraristi at the Nürburgring. Michael Schumacher will perform various demonstration runs — sorry, no more details to be unveiled at this point.

During the Ferrari Racing Days, the ”Ring” will turn red again since the large parking lot in and around the paddock will fill with about 1.000 Ferrari cars. Additionally, the Ferrari Club Deutschland (FCD) will hold a big meeting during the Ferrari Racing Days. Both the members of the FCD and registered Ferrari owners will have the chance to drive their cars on the Nürburgring’s sprint course on Sunday in the morning and in the late afternoon.

Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
The Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is an FIA-sanctioned GT championship for Ferrari customers that his performed with the 400 hp Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge. Jean Todt, Ferrari’s motorsports director, is the patron of the series. The maintenance and the preparation of the cars are handled by factory-authorised Ferrari dealers only.

Ferrari started their customer racing series in 1993 with the Ferrari 348 Challenge. Between 1995 and 1999, the series continued with the successor to the 348 Challenge, the Ferrari F355 Challenge. Evenutally, the year 2000 saw the first season of the Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge.

The Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe unites Ferrari pilots from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland. The German drivers form the strongest section — speaking in numbers of participants — of the series, closely followed by the Swiss pilots. Except the European Ferrari Challenge, there are other series in Italy, the USA, Japan and Asia-Pacific.

The field of participants in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is divided into two performance categories to adapt to the differences in the driving abilities of the about 60 competitors. In the ”Class I”, there are about 30 highly experienced and very fast drivers. Many of them already gathered a remarkable routine in other racing series. These ”Class I”-drivers struggle for the ”Trofeo Pirelli”. The other 30 or so drivers compete accordingly in the ”Class II” that is open to rookies and hobby pilots, too. At the end of the season, one of them will hold the ”Coppa Shell” in his or her hands.

A separate press kit on the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli will be available during the Ferrari Racing Days in the pressroom.


Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge
Since several years already, the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge offers an opportunity to enthusiasts and collectors from all over the world to race their historical Ferrari racecars together with fellow Ferraristi in exclusive historic and Ferrari-events. Shortly after the first races of this series, some pre-war Alfa Romeo racecars were added to the field of participants; the background to this decision is the — widely unknown — fact that Enzo Ferrari started his Scuderia Ferrari in the late 1920’s / early 1930’s with entries of Alfa Romeo automobiles. Since the year 2000, the Shell Historic Challenge is open to historical Maserati racecars as well. In regard to the quality and the value of the cars gathered in the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge, the series is unrivalled worldwide.

The Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge is open to GT cars, racecars, prototypes and monoposti. To be eligible for the series, the vehicle in question needs to have been produced strictly for competition purposes by Ferrari or Maserati when new, up to the year 1972 inclusive. Only technically and visually unaltered cars are admitted to the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge, replicas and modified cars will not be accepted by the event committee. A very few exceptions are — although rarely — made for Ferrari road cars if it is proven that the very car in question does have a period racing history; for example, there are several Ferrari 250 GT Lusso which were campaigned in GT-races and hillclimbs through the second half of the 1960’s. It is highly appreciated by Ferrari that the competitors of the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge race their precious classics instead of hiding them in air-conditioned garages all the time. This is particularly remarkable when one realizes that this is the only historic racing series in the world that often sees automobiles like a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (value: between two and six million US$) or even a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (value: between eight and ten million US$) competing. Thus the field of the participating cars of the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge is probably the most valuable one in the world!

In regard to the remarkable differences in the age of the individual cars, the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge, too, is divided into two categories: The first group of cars racing against each other is made up for drum-braked vehicles. Talking Ferrari, this means that this category gathers cars built until 1959. The second group is dedicated to disc-braked cars — including the legendary Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta and the Ferrari 250 GTO from the early 1960’s as well as the spectacular Le Mans prototypes 512 S / 512 M, 312 PB or the powerful competition version of the 365 GTB/4 ”Daytona”, all from the early 1970’s. Some collectors make use of the division of the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge into two categories: They start in BOTH categories in different cars!

Programme


 Friday, September 6, 2002
10.00 h – 10.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I
11.00 h – 11.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II
12.00 h – 12.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I
13.00 h – 13.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II
14.00 h – 14.45 h Test Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Drum Brakes
15.00 h – 15.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I
16.00 h – 16.45 h Test Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II
17.00 h – 17.45 h Test Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Disc Brakes

Saturday, September 7, 2002
08.45 h – 09.40 h Qualifying Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I
09.55 h – 10.20 h Qualifying 1 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Drum Brakes
10.35 h – 11.30 h Qualifying Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II
11.45 h – 12.10 h Qualifying 1 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Disc Brakes
12.25 h – 12.50 h Qualifying 2 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Drum Brakes
13.00 h – 13.40 h Ferrari Formula 1 Demonstrations
13.50 h – 14.15 h Qualifying 2 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Disc Brakes
14.30 h – 15.05 h Race 1 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I – 14 laps
15.20 h – 15.55 h Race 1 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Drum Brakes – 12 laps
16.10 h – 16.45 h Race 1 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II – 14 laps
17.00 h – 17.35 h Race 1 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Disc Brakes – 14 laps

Sunday, September 8, 2002

09.00 h – 09.20 h Ferrari Club Deutschland – Regularity Test – Training
09.30 h – 09.50 h Ferraristi International – Regularity Test – Training

10.00 h – 10.50 h Race 2 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class II – 24 laps
11.05 h – 11.40 h Race 2 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Drum Brakes – 12 laps
11.55 h – 12.45 h Race 2 Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe Class I – 24 laps
13.00 h – 13.40 h Race 2 SHELL Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge – Disc Brakes – 14 laps
14.00 h – 15.30 h Ferrari Presentations and Formula 1 Demonstrations

15.45 h – 16.15 h  Ferrari Club Deutschland – Regularity Test
16.30 h – 17.00 h Ferraristi International – Regularity Test

Programme may be subject to changes


Entry fees


                                 Tribune Tribune Paddock* Paddock*

(adults)                (youngsters aged 13 –17) (adults)   (youngsters aged 13 –17)

Friday

- - 10,- € 5,- €

Saturday

20,- € 10,- € 14,- € 7,- €

Sunday

25,- € 13,- € 20,- € 10,- €

Weekend (Fr-Su)

66,- € 33,- €                  (weekend tickets include access to tribunes AND paddock!)


* = paddock tickets may be bought additionally to tribune tickets only


Tickets will be available during the event at the ticket counter at the track entrance, or may be bought in advance via: Tel. +49 / (0)2691 / 30 26 20, Facsimile +49 / (0)2691 / 30 26 50. more on www
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