Archive for the ‘Silverstone Classic’ Category

Ferrari Fame at Last (part 2)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Following on from this post I was amazed to find myself on the end of some more Ferrari Mondial related fame, no less than two people emailed me having spotted the following article on the Top 50: great ’80s cars published on MSN UK.

Yes it’s me again, I seem to be popping up everywhere… surely I must be entitled to royalties?! :P

Ferrari Mondial on MSN UK

Events Diary 2008

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Well summer is almost here (even though we had an arctic burst of snow at the weekend!), so I’m getting round to compiling a list of classic car and Ferrari owners’ club events I’ll probably go to in 2008.

The events diary list can be found here.

Silverstone Classic 2007

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

We went to the Silverstone Classic on Saturday 28th July 2007, making good use of the two for one ticket offer from the Ferrari Owners’ Club. Thankfully the weather was warm and sunny, I even managed to top up my tan a little bit! The quantity and quality of vintage, classic and modern classic cars in attendance was amazing: pre World War 1 motorbikes, Bentleys, Austin-Healeys, Jaguars, Corvettes, Porsches and of course Ferraris! Not to mention all the racing cars that were not only on display, but also being driven hell for leather round the legendary Silverstone track itself.

Luckily we had applied for, and received, a centre parking pass in the FOC display area. It was great to be waved in straight through to the centre of the circuit by the stewards, and then guided into a parking space between two 355s by a man in a Ferrari uniform :) I have to say the Ferrari display was stunning, and all the cars immaculate, so in the end I was glad we had been out in the dark the night before polishing up the Mondial! The area was pretty much full, so I think this must have been around 80 Ferraris. The ones that stood out for me were: an original Testarossa, a great 512BB, the row of Dino 246s and an F40 parked side by side with an Enzo.

As mentioned above there were some fabulous cars brought by enthusiasts on display, there were so many it was hard to recall them all. I can’t even begin to name the really old (pre WW2) and classic vintage ones (how do they keep them in such good condition!). For me some of the more contemporary classics that stood out were: a white James Bond style Lotus Esprit, the legendary Jaguar XJ220, Lancia Stratos 80s rally cars looking resplendent in their Alitalia livery (I had the scale models as a kid!), a mean looking white Ford GT40, and many more.

Overall a great day, in fact there was too much to see in a single day, I think I’ll go for the weekend next year!

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