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Piero Ferrari sits in the record breaking Testa Rossa.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The third edition of the RM Maranello auction was held on May 17th, 2009. This important event has become a reference point for the world market of Ferrari cars.
[Read more…] about RM’s Big Day
DRIVING BUGS
The Veyron, above is a modern interpretation of a pur sang Bugatti. The EB 110 below, while a brilliant engineering exercise, is not; all that went into Artioli’s factory.
EB 110
An Italian Interpretation
It’s clean and comfortable in here. The engine idles so smoothly it’s hard to know if you need the clutch to get into first. The seats are more Bentley than Bugatti, in fact, the dash is burl walnut not razor-edged, retro racer. In an effort to make the world’s fastest and most expensive commuter the “exotic” element has simply been eliminated.
[Read more…] about A Car Life, by Larry Crane
Ligier JS2 1973 fitted with the V6 Maserati.
By Thierry Lesparre
Translation by Francois de Pouqueville
The Ligier JS2 is just like Guy Ligier himself, you may like it or you may not, but in any case it won’t leave you indifferent.
[Read more…] about Ligier’s JS2: A Tribute to Jo Schlesser
Tom Stephens’ Ducati MH900e won the Design and Style Award. It has a Ducati carbon fiber accessory body that mimics the contours of the original. Ducati made 2000 of these Pierre Terblanche designs in 2001/2. All were sold over the internet. The bike was Terblanche’s updated homage to Mike Hailwood’s historic Ducati win at the Isle of Man in 1978. Credit: MTL
A full report on the first Quail Motorcycle Gathering
By Michael T. Lynch
The Quail Lodge in Carmel California has a long motorsports tradition, but it wasn’t until May 8-9, the Friday and Saturday before Mothers’ Day this year that it held its first motorcycle-only event. The Quail Motorcycle Gathering enjoyed clear days in the mid-60s, with a brisk breeze at times.
[Read more…] about Quail on Two
Sorry, not really a Ferrari in the lead.
Follow the money
by Pete Vack (Erik Nielsen is traveling)
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
Felipe Massa’s voice had an urgency heard even above the roar of the Ferrari V8. “What do you want me to do?”, asking the pits for instructions. Running in fourth with only a few laps to go, he was being hounded by Sebastian Vettel. Should he let him go by?
[Read more…] about The Spanish Grand Prix
Pro Drive
The Ferrari forecourt from reception.
The iron gate is in the distance. Could
that be the famous Crane Lancia B20,
right there in Maranello? A ride in a new
Testarossa awaits our Senior Editor.
The acrid smell of vaporized rubber wafted into the cockpit. Through its pale haze we watched the red Testarossa just ahead of us perform a slow pirouette. The driver had attempted a power-slide around an acute intersection and had been unable to catch it in time. In a moment of brilliance, he simply turned it into a great, smoking 180-degree spin and accelerated past us.
Miranda behind the wheel of the Delage.
In this exclusive article for VeloceToday, Miranda Seymour, author of “Thrumpton Hall: A Memoir of Life in My Father’s House” and “The Bugatti Queen,”visits Australia and finds a French legend.
The Adelaide literary festival takes place every two years. I flew out last year for the first time to talk about my book, “Thrumpton Hall.” Adelaide is a long journey from London; I planned to sleep in on my first morning, even though all the participating writers had been bidden to attend a breakfast in the gardens of Government House. Luckily, I woke early and changed my mind.
[Read more…] about Death by Delage
Sheryl Greene is the driving force behind the Helle Nice Foundation.
Perhaps not, if the Helle Nice Foundation succeeds
By Pete Vack
As Renee Friderich’s lifeless body lay crumpled in the remains of the big Delage Sporte, (read Death by Delage) her friend and perhaps mentor, Helle Nice, went on to capture the fastest time of the Paris-to-Saint-Raphael rally that fateful day, February 22nd, 1932, in a car she knew well and drove better, a Bugatti T35C. But unlike Helle Nice, Friderich’s tragic death was never forgotten by her friends and family who mourned her.
[Read more…] about A Death Forgotten
Delving further into the big Delage
Photos by Vince Johnson
As we have seen, Miranda Seymour was able to obtain a ride in a very nice Delage D8S while in Australia. She sent us a photo of herself in the car, but none of the great Delage itself.
We solved the problem by asking VeloceToday contributor and reporter Vince Johnson to run over to Antony Simpson’s place and take a few photos of the Delage. Despite the size of Australia, it seems that Vince lived only about 20 minutes away. Vince returned not only with the photos for this article, but a brief history of the Delage as related by Mr. Simpson. As noted by Seymour, Simpson’s Delage is similar to Renee Friderich’s, and has its own fine and perhaps happier history. The following is the owner’s description of his Delage and its history.
[Read more…] about Delage D8 Sportes
Piero Ferrari, left, and priest at the benediction of the first stone. Photo copyright Mario Marchesini.
By Pete Vack
About 300 meters from the Maserati factory on Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena, there is a complex of old brick buildings; a small house and shop, hidden beyond an ancient grey brick wall and entrance. [Read more…] about Groundwork Laid for New Ferrari Museum
Bahrain Grand Prix
by Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media
With the new world order being completely accepted in this season, Toyota was hoping that their shot would lead to the team’s first win in F1 since entering the sport and spending countless hundreds of millions of dollars resulting in a huge goose egg in the wins column.
[Read more…] about Lost Opportunities
Magnificent Lancia Aurelia B52 of 1952 with a coupe body by Vignale (design by Michelotti): one of the three built.
Cernobbio, Italy, April 24th-26th, 2009
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The traditional Concorso d’Eleganza held at Villa d’Este in Cernobbio on the lake of Como (Italy), has taken the opportunity this year to celebrate a few anniversaries; 80 years of the first Concorso, 100 years of Bugatti, and 80 years of BMW, one of the sponsors of the event.
[Read more…] about Villa d’Este 2009