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Nuerburgring, 8 September, 2002

The Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli races
And the results ? � Double victory for �Linos� and team Malucelli
The Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge
Sunday - The Schumania Racing Day
The new Maserati Trofeo in detail
Ferrari top model "Enzo Ferrari" presented by Michael Schumacher

More than 1.100 Ferraris painted the �Ring Red � Ferrari Red !
Only Rosso Corsa you may ask ? No, of course not, but red was definitely the dominant

colour the whole weekend, only �disturbed� by some spots of yellow, silver, black and so

For the sixth time since 1996 the so called �Ferrari Racing days� - organised by Ferrari

Germany - invited everyone and everthing related to Ferrari to come and celebrate the

most fascinating autmobile firm in the world � FERRARI !

Normally the last thing you would think of for a September weekend trip to the

Nuerburgring would be sunscreen � but this time you really needed it. It seems that even

the weather god has become a Ferrari-tifoso � this can be the only explanation for this

year�s delightful weather the whole weekend.

Ferrari Germany promised all spectators a rich package full of race action including races

for the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, the Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge, and

more than 15 Ferrari Formula 1 race cars to run a few demonstration laps.

But as the ultimate highlight Michael Schumacher, the 5 times F1-world champion, was

announced to drive not only his actual 2001 world-championship winning F1 but the new

street legal Ferrari supercar � The new Ferrari Enzo Ferrari !

I�ve no doubt that every one of the more than 35.000 spectators, who visited this event will

agree: It was a fabulous event which has nothing in comparison world-wide !

Where else can you see such a huge number of Ferraris in one place ? For example, 12

of the 448 Ferrari 550 Barchettas produced were present as well as at least twenty two

The Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli races
The idea behind the Ferrari Challenge was to initiate a gentlemen drivers race series for

Ferrari clients who weren�t satisfied cruising only on world famous boulevards or

overcrowed highways, and to relive the spirit of Ferrari�s gentlemen customer racers of

the 50�s and 60�s. Drive to work during the week, and race at the weekend with the same

car was the concept.

It all began with the Ferrari 348 Challenge in 1993 and was continued with the Ferrari 355

Cahllenge between 1995 and 1999. Since 2000, the Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge is

Today, the initial concept is no longer valid. Both, the teams and the drivers are acting very

professionally and a huge effort and considerable driving talent is necessary to bring

yourself to a winning position.

Anyway, the 360 Challenge races in all the different classes were very interesting and

thrilling to watch, though my main objective was the historic races.

Ferrari Challenge entrants list

Europe � class 1

#	Driver	Nationality	Team
0	Ange Barde	F	Ferrari France
1	Norbert Graf	D	Satzer Granturismo
4	Javier Diaz	E	Testarossa Cars
5	Thomas Koch	D	Maranello Motors
6	Tony Ring	S	Ferrari Stockholm
7	Luciano Linossi	I	Malucelli
8	Pier Giuseppe Perazzini	I	Malucelli
9	Robert Pergl	CZ	HP Exclusiv
10	Pasquale Gagliardi	I	Team Saggio
15	Nick Hommerson	NL	Garage Francorchamps
16	Karl Oppitzhauser	A	Classic Automobile Murnau
21	Turi Bretienmoser	CH	Team Leirer
23	Daniel Model	CH	Foitek
25	Gregor Foitek	CH	Foitek
34	John Bosch	NL	Kroymans
35	Louis Machiels	B	Garage Francorchamps
42	Paddy Shovlin	IRL	Ferrari UK
43	Michael Cullen	IRL	Ferrari UK
51	Carsten Struwe	D	Loris Kessel Racing
59	Dominique Verbaere	F	Ferrari France
62	Steve Zacchia	F	Ferrari France
66	Jochen Berger	D	Maranello Motors
73	Hector Lester	GB	Ferrari UK
80	Dr. Darius Ahrabian	D	Auto Koenig Italia
98	Klaus Engelhorn	A	Denzel AG
99	Karl Baron	A	Denzel AG

Europe � class 2

11	Markus Lehner	A	Ferrari France
12	Peter Schaider	D	Gohm
13	Dr. Norbert Walchhofer	A	Classic Automobile Murnau
17	Johan Rolloos	NL	Kroymans
18	Arie Bertram	NL	Kroymans
20	Urs Gruetter	CH	Symbol
22	Beat Rauber	CH	Team Leirer
24	Martin Lanting	NL	Garage Francorchamps
26	Alain Mouraour	CH	Zenith
27	Juergen Limpert	D	Tamsen
28	Franz P.M. Aigner	D	Auto Koenig Italia
33	Andreas Koenig	A	Wendelstein
36	Eberhard Jung	D	Team Leirer
41	Ciaran Caulfield	IRL	Ferrari UK
44	Jim McWhirter	GB	Ferrari UK
46	Bernhard Dransmann	D	Zender
48	Manfred Meyer	A	Wendelstein
49	Aimé Pouly	CH	Zenith
50	Jan Storm	NL	Kroymans
52	Rene de Luigi	CH	Loris Kessel Racing
53	Freddy Kremer	D	Loris Kessel Racing
54	Renato Bianchi	CH	Loris Kessel Racing
56	Ralph Presslein	D	Loris Kessel Racing
57	Michel Oprey	NL	Kroymans
58	Rudolf Jaeger	D	Classic Automobile Murnau
60	Emilio Giusti	I	Team Saggio
61	Francois Labhardt	CH	Ferrari France
67	Pit Meris	B	Garage Francorchamps
69	John Greasley	GB	Ferrari UK
77	John Seale	GB	Ferrari UK
78	Jindrich Hudecek	CZ	HP Exclusiv
79	Dr. Stefan Jentsch	D	Auto Koenig Italia

And the results ? � Double victory for �Linos� and team Malucelli

Luciano Linossi won both races in the Trofeo Pirelli class 1. The Nuerburgring Challenge

weekend was only his second race weekend in the European Challenge series, but

before he was a regular competitor in the Italian Challenge series.

But the championship leader�s name is now John Bosch, the multi race talent who drove

a Ferrari 512 M in the Historic Challenge as well as a Ferrari F1 in the demonstration

runs. He finished 3rd on Saturday and 4th on Sunday giving him a small lead with 155

points in front of Javier Diaz with 148 championship points.

In the Coppa Shell category, René De Luigi won the race on Saturday from pole but was

beaten by Jindrich Hudecek on Sunday who had started from ninth position on the grid.

The Shell Historic Ferrari Maserati Challenge
On the one hand, a regular Historic Challenge visitor could have been a little bit

dissappointed this year because not all of the announced particpants found their way to

the Eifel track, but this can easily explaned. On the same weekend, the Goodwood Revival

Meeting took place, and therefore some competitors decided to try their luck at

On the other hand, there was more time to view every single racer in detail. My personal

favourite was the Maserati 300 S s/n 3059 owned by premium car dealer Klaus Werner

and driven engagingly by his son Max Werner. This particular car won the 1000km race at

the �Ring in May 1956 with Taruffi, Schell, Moss and Behra at the wheel. Today it looks

exactly like it should be with such a wonderful patina that one could forget the �few� years

between 1956 and 2002�

In the drum brake class Bill Binnie from Boston once more showed everyone that he�s a

very talented race driver, and a hard nut for his competitors. He won both races with his

Maserati 300 S s/n 3069 in front of Max Werner and Peter Heuberger in his 1956 Monaco

GP winning Maserati 250 F s/n 2522/2526.

While David Franklin proved the fact that there�s no substitute for engine capacity in the

disc brake class, John Bosch tried hard to match the pace with Franklin�s monstrous 712

CanAm s/n 1010 in his Ferrari 512 M s/n 1044 but he was unsuccessful. Some more 512

Ms would have been nice, and I�d love to see some 512 BB LMs racing against each other

next year. Will this remain a dream ?

Ferrari F1 demonstration � Participants list

500 F2	54/1	Jo Vonlanthen	CH
F1 87	97	Dominik Balders	B
641/2	120	Uwe Meißner	D
642	124	Graham North	GB
F 92 A	131	Michael Plangger	D
412 T1/b	155	Dr. Heinz Schumann	D
412 T2	164	John Bosch	NL
F 310 B	172	X. X.	D

F 300	184	Michael Gabel	D
F 300	189	Uwe Meißner	D
F 399	194	Paddy Shovlin/	GB

Ciaran Caulfield

F1-2000	200	John Bosch	NL
F2001	214	Michael Schumacher	D

Sunday - The Schumania Racing Day

Michael Schumacher undoubtedly starred on Sunday. He alone would have attracted

those 35,000 visitors. At half past two in the afternoon, Michael Schumacher landed with

an helicopter directly on the race track. He jumped out and walked over to the pits just to

take a seat in the all new Maserati Trofeo, a race car based on the Maserati 4200 Coupe.

White with blue stripes, an unusual paint scheme for race cars Michael Schumacher

normally could be seen in ! He did some quick laps in it before he was interviewed by Kai

Ebel who astonished the crowd not only with his questions but with his � let�s say �

extraordinary shoes�..

Michael honestly thanked all his fans for the support he has received in the past and he

seemed to be really impressed by the applause he got. A great champion !

The new Maserati Trofeo in detail
There will be a new European race series in 2003 especially for Maserati clients to relive

Maserati�s former glory� The Trofeo Maserati. Based on the series production Maserati

Coupe with Cambiocorsa transmission, the Maserati Trofeo is a real race car. Maserati

has reduced its weight from 1.580kg to 1.370kg, tuned its engine to produces 403hp and

fitted a huge rear spoiler.

Seven European races will be held. Unlike the Ferrari 360 Challenge, the Maserati Trofeo

can�t be bought privately but can only be rented from Maserati for a fixed sum. Let�s hope

that the Trofeo Maserati will be a successful and fascinating new race series !

Ferrari Enzo Ferrari presented by Michael Schumacher
Unfortunately the new Ferrari supercar � the Enzo Ferrari was inaccessible to the public

for the whole weekend. It was presented on Saturday evening on the occasion of Ferrari�s

gala dinner only to a selected gathering. On Friday and Saturday both cars � a red and a

yellow one - stayed in the locked pits waiting for the big showdown on Sunday.

A really beautiful car which looks better in real life than in pictures was the main opinion

on Sunday evening after Michael Schumacher had presented the Enzo, which will be

officially launched in October at the Paris Salon.

With 660hp positioned in the heart of the Enzo, it was no surprise that the new Enzo

seemed to be blindingly fast in the hands of Michael and everyone could see his smile

after this new driving experience !

So, let�s sell everything we have and hurry to our nearest local Ferrari dealer � no way, this

beau is already sold out.

Well done, Ferrari !

Bjoern Schmidt

"Enzo" Demo Laps

F2001 s/n 214

550 barchetta s/n 124090

Incredible line of F40s in the paddock

Drum Brake Class ready for the start

712 CanAm s/n 1010

Maserati Trofeo

Enzo Ferrari s/n 128779

Michael Schumacher presenting "Enzo"