F50 GT period?? photos from the track

on 2nd and 3rd picture i would say is Dario Benuzzi,long time testdriver .
Fiorano circuit .

Ivo

 

could be right with the date...i remember that i saw such pics in the italian magazin Autosprint..perhaps '95..
have to check my magazins..

Ivo

 

I'd love some new video of this car. Its been way too long.

_J

 

Yellow and red helmet is definitely Benuzzi's.

 

The first photo was taken in Japan at the old Fuji circuit and shows F50 GT #002.

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ER

 

That's a new photo for me so I don't know. What I will say is that from what can be seen of the track surface, it appears very much like the start of a 1/4 mile dragstrip. I doubt the image was taken at Fuji or even in Japan. If I were just to guess, I'd say it could be #003 when it was here in the USA.

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ER

 

First of all: the F50 GT is one of my favourite rare supercars. And like Erik here, I really am fond of the McLaren F1. Especially the LM and the very rare GT types. Like the F50 GT there are only 3 McLaren GT's. Amazing and fantastic cars!!! Even though they are kind of getting quite old by now...


Now, the 1st photo is from most probably the same 'test vehicle' as the 3rd photo in post #1 from this thread. See the stickers on the side of the front bumper.
- Edit: after looking again a bit more thoroughly at my photo collection, I also think the Ferrari badge on the side is quite a hint. None of the current 3 GT's have a badge on the side of the front fenders. So which F50 GT would have been in it's early life this 'test' car??? The GT #001? Seams obvious enough, but I am no expert.

The 2nd shot here is from one of the rare occasions the F50 GT #002 is hitting the track with its stable mates. Those 4 Ferrari's are from the same Japanese owner!!! See the 3rd famous picture for proof of that.

And well, there are loads of pictures around of the F50 GT #001 running (and craching twice...) on tracks in the USA. The 4th shot is one of them.
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Nice!!

 

Do you have the original files of those two pics? They look identical to pics I took of s/n 001 at Leguna Seca in 2004...

 

Still ugly, but not as bad as the street F50.

Pete

 

Werent those last two pictures posted from that one guys blog who wrote about taking his ferrari to a ferrari track day and some guy showed up with the F50GT and ran it around the track?

 

Heh, I was going to post a link to Doug's site after skimming through the thread-- but those pics above aren't his.

http://pulpracing.com/fontana_ferrari.htm

 

Ahh...indeed, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. For me, it's pure sex on wheels!

 

Just got around to checking... The pics are mine. Anyone got a reccomendation on where I can post a gallery? I'll put 'em all up for everyone to get at.

 

Flickr, Picasaweb or Photobucket seem to be the current best options Roy.

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ER