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Pictures of holiday in Italy |
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 Okay, it's not Ferrari related (not totaly) but I still thought it was nice to put here...the holiday pictures of my girlfriend and me, in Italy! The trip was only 9 days but very nice! We visited Bologna, Parma, Ferara, Maranello (ofcourse), San Marino, Rimini, Modena, Florance etc. Only two days of the trip were with rain...the rest was perfect weather...
So check it out...and watch some nice pictures of Italy. The text besides the pictures is in Dutch (sorry about that, but my girlfriend has a Dutch website). |
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Sunday, September 14, 2003
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Update no. 2! |
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 Again...an update from Italie!
A few days ago my girlfriend and I were in Maranello, as I already said in my last posting. But because it was very rainy we didn't see much. So, we decided to visit Maranello again. On a very sunny day we came to Maranello and drove straight to a little street were you can see a small part of the Fiorano track. And...yes...there was an engine started...wow...that sound, that's, that's, YES it was the F2003GA!! Testing on Fiorano. After we saw it for a few laps we drove to the other side of the track (in the direction of the city Fiorano, and than into a muddy road, next to an ceramic factory. There we could see the track even better and saw the F1 pass us several times. Until the gearbox broke...just in front of us...the car did manage to get to the pitbox but never left it again.
Half an hour later the same 360 Modena GT was driving again on the track! That car can also go very very fast indeed!
So that was very nice to see.
Ofcourse we also visited some of the shops in Maranello. At one, across the factory, I bought a very nice miniature of the Ferrari 408 (the 4x4 prototype)!! Very special!
Luckaly the weather has changed now and is very good...nice temperature and lot's of sunshine! This is a very nice holiday! I come back soon with some pictures, I promise. Now I will search for a nice cafe, were we can watch the Italian GP!! Bye for now!! |
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And a great victory it was! The 70st victory of Michael Schumacher...a impressive total. And the Worldtitle this year is now very nearby...Michael only needs one point (or no points when Raikonnen fails to get any points) and he is the WorldChampion of 2003.
It's the question of all times, who's the boss, the man or the woman?? In the case of Michael Schumacher it will be known very soon. Why? Because Michaels wife Corina doesn't want him to be a F1 driver anymore. She wants him to stop after the Suzuka GP! She wants him to spent more time with her and their children.
In the top 10 of the GP of America at Indianapolis there are only two cars with Bridgetone tyres...that has to say something. And, ofcourse, both those cars are Ferraris.
It's hard to say because Barrichello and M.Schumacher were on a different stratagy, but it looks like Ferrari will be very strong in the USA! During the friday practice J.Truli with his Renault took pole, but just behind him was Rubino!
Okay...this is another one-off Ferrari from the collection Sultan Of Brunei. The info about this car was that it's a modification of the F50. But when I check the rearlights and the rims it seems more like a tuned F512M...Does anybody have the answer?? 
Yesterday I bought three new models from a Dutch guy I new through the Dutch Ferrari Club. I saw the 1/43 308 GT4 on his website for sale and I was already searching for that miniature a long time. So I mailed him and we set a meeting. When I visited him at home I noticed that he also had the miniature of the picture for sale: the Modulo.
Although it was rainy...still it was very nice to be there (luckaly it only rained on the first day...the secont time we went there it was fabulous weather!! Here you see my girlfriend standing in front of the Factory! 
As promised here the first pictures of the F2003GA I saw testing at Fiorano, the test circuit of Ferrari. Ofcourse it was a fabulous sight, but the sound was even better! While testing they go really flatout, try to break the laprecord! 
It looks like Michael Schumacher is back on track. With a superb win yesterday at the Italian GP at Monza he made his lead a (little) bit stronger. He now leads with 82 points over the chasing no. 2, Montoya who also became second yesterday and now has 79 points. Raikonnen, who became fourth after Rubino, has now 75 points and is also still in the race for WorldChampionShip.
Just a quick update from Bologna, Italie! Weather is not so good here...a bit rainy, but everything else is great. Seen some Ferrari's, but not so many as espected...that's ofcourse because of the weather! Seen some 360 Modenas testing on Fiorano, so that was nice. After the vacation I will post some pictures.
The FIA first denied it, but now they admit that Ferrari was the one who, after the Hungarian GP, filed charge against Michelin. Ferrari got their hands on photographes in which you could see that the front Michelin tyre was 16 mm widther after the race. Ferrari is very frustrated by the aditude of Michelin. Technicol directeur Ross Brawn said: "We don't know how long the teams with Michelins drive with the illigal tyres. But we are very annoid by it. We are considering to appeal the points that those teams acquired. This story is to be continued... 
Ralf Schumacher has just been transfered to a hospital in Milano. After a serious crash, in the Lesmo corner, he was checked at the medical centre at Monza. His brother Micheal went with him to the San Rafaele Hospital.
