Le Vigeant, 5-7 June 2009 |
| The | 15th | edition | of | “Sport | & | Collection” | event | was | held | last |
June on the track of Le Vigeant, near Poitiers, France. |
| Over | the | years, | this | event | has | become | the | biggest | Ferrari |
meeting in France. This year, the slogan “500 Ferrari contre le
cancer” (“500 Ferraris against cancer”) was validated by the
presence of around 530 Ferrari from all eras, making it probably
the biggest Ferrari meeting in the world in 2009! The reason
behind the name: Every year all earnings from this event are
donated to Poitiers hospital, which a team dedicated to Cancer
research. In July a cheque for the this year's proceeds of €
260,000 was sent to the research team. |
| Despite pitiful | weather, | it didn't | damper | the enthusiasm | for | the |
exceptional quality of the gathering, with cars going from a 1953
250 Europa coupe S/N 0303EU to the latest 16M Scuderia spider
model, of which 2 examples were present. |
| On the oldtimers side, there was | a fantastic 340 MM spider | by |
Vignale (S/N 0280AM), owned by Mr Camellini, the incredible
original 250 GT LWB Tour de France owned by Mr Bajol (0763
GT), 3 250 GT Lusso, 8 different 275 of all models and an
amazing gathering of 14 Daytonas, coupes and spiders ! The
presence of David Piper was obvious with his “Piper” green cars,
this year including a 365 P2 (S/N 0836) and a 250 LM (S/N 8165)
! |
| The | supercars | enthusiasts | were | satisfied | by | the | presence | of |
all Ferrari supercars from the 288 GTO to a nice gathering of 5
Ferrari Enzo. |
| For | the | first | time, | this | event | hosted | the | Shell | Ferrari | Historic |
Challenge. Few cars were present, but there were some very
interesting ones like 250 GT LWB Tour de France S/N 0897GT
and 1401GT of Matthias Ficht and Plinio Haas respectively, 3
models of 512 BB/LM and, for the first year, 2 F40 LM. |
| F1 clienti were | also present, | but with only | 3 Formula | 1 cars, | a |
643 ex Prost (S/N 128), a F300 ex Schumacher (S/N 183) and a
recent 248 F1 (S/N 256). |
| To round off all the action around the Ferraris, there was a | nice |
concours organized for the 40th birthday of Dinos 206/246, which
resulted in a huge number of 206/246 GT (22!), but also of GT4 (9)
displayed on the paddock. |
| Ferrari | was | not | the | only | marque | present | at | this | nice | event. |
Thousands of other classic and sports cars were displayed or
raced. Among them, it was possible to catch a glimpse of an
extra rare Howmet, powered by a turbine and that raced at Le
Mans 24 hours in 1968, the recent Tesla sport car, powered by an
electrical engine and several Pagani including the exclusive
Pagani Zonda R. |
| On | Saturday, | a | nice | touristic | rally | was | organized | for | several |
hundreds of classic and sports cars, with cars as different as 250
GT SWB to modern F430 or Triumph roadsters ! |
| Next | year, | like | every | year, | the | event | will | be | held | on | the | first |
week-end of June (from the 4th to the 6th). Don't forget to mark
that week-end in your calendar and book your travel
arrangements! |
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763GT 250 GT LWB TDF |
