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  1. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    #1 jknight, Nov 7, 2006
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    I spent a wonderful weekend at the Monza circuit immersed in Ferrari and had a fantastic visit with Ferrari friends from London and Maranello. Obviously the highlight of the weekend was Sunday and the F1 demo with Michael, Massa, Badoer and Gene. The festivities leading up to the four drivers taking to the track was very emotional to say the least. The Ferrari Owner's hospitality area was fantastic, food was delicious, the F1 simulators were lots of fun, viewing from all levels of the Formula One Paddock Club area was awesome. We were in the garages, in the pit area, on the pit wall, in the Challenge "garage area", couldn't have gotten any closer to some of the cars without sitting in them. I ventured off and spent much time in the historics garages talking with the guys and taking lots of photos. I am especially thankful to the guys from Switzerland and Germany there with the original Birdcage who opened the bonnet so I could take photos and gave me a history lesson of the car. Saturday was the day to explore and see things. Sunday was jammed packed with a plethora of Schumi fans with their banners just wanting to see him drive an F1 car for the last time. His gift from Ferrari was his car he drove in Brazil - it was encased in an enormous bow of Italian colors. It was a very emotional time seeing him making the last lap slow carrying the Italian flag. I watched the fans flock around fence surrounding the transporter and tent - Massa was ever so kind to walk along the fence providing autographs - fans were waiting to see Michael one more time. I found myself fascinated watching these folks all the while thinking about F1 Test Day April 13, 2005 - the day with Michael, the briefing, the personal autographs, the early morning greeting I received from him as he passed by . . .memories forever. After dinner Sunday night with my friends, I drove to Malpensa, turned in my rental car, went to the Crowne Plaza and didn't want to go to sleep even knowing I had to be at the terminal about 5:15 am - I didn't want the day to end.

    My thanks to those who made the weekend possible and a special thanks to a wonderful husband for a great belated birthday present.

    Here's a bunch of photos of the weekend - I hope ya'll enjoy them as much I did taking them!

    I'll do them in groups - it may take a day or so to get it done - please check back!!

    Carol
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  2. speedy_sam

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    #2 speedy_sam, Nov 7, 2006
    Cool! Keep it coming...
     
  3. jknight

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    #3 jknight, Nov 7, 2006
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    Don't pay any attention to the date/time on photos - slight malfunction!

    A few more general photos . . .

    In the last event of the day, Michael was driving the black FXX - wow!! in the setting of the sun, the sound of the car, the physical character of the FXX, I was transformed to the Mulsanne Straight for a short time . . well, wishful thinking on my part.

    enjoy ,,,,,
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  4. jknight

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    #4 jknight, Nov 7, 2006
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    A few of the FXX'x in the garage and the orange one - oop's..

    Misc. Ferraris in the parking lot in the "P" lot on Saturday; Sunday they were parked by color. We were in a silver Mercedes in the lot parked with the "others". Crowd estimate was 45,000 and I didn't count the Ferraris, but there were many, many of them from various countries. At our hotel, there were several from Germany.

    I liked the black 599 with the yellow calipers - it was from Switzerland.

    Enjoy viewing . . . .
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  5. jknight

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    #5 jknight, Nov 8, 2006
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    A miscellaneous array of Challenge cars from Saturday and Sunday.

    Last four are of Jean Todt headed to the podium for the Challenge Race awards.

    Nice to meet you Bruce!! you are in a couple of the podium photos!

    Carol
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  6. jknight

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    #6 jknight, Nov 8, 2006
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    A few more Challenge cars.

    My most favorite of any Ferrari built - the 333SP.

    Cars displayed outside the Challenge area.

    enjoy ! !
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  7. RP

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    #7 RP, Nov 8, 2006
    Great great photos, wish I could have been there. Thanks for sharing.
     
  8. jknight

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    #8 jknight, Nov 8, 2006
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    Very nice Maseratis and one outstanding 1935 Alfa Romeo followed by a 512M.

    Absolutely beautiful automobiles . . .
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    #9 jknight, Nov 8, 2006
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    THANKS RON ! ! !

    Here's some of the Birdcage and the Breadvan.

    Will do more later today as time permits.

    Carol
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  10. speedy_sam

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    #10 speedy_sam, Nov 8, 2006
    Excellent stuff!! Thanks Carol.

    So in your opinion, which car sounded the best on the track?
     
  11. jknight

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    #11 jknight, Nov 8, 2006
    without a doubt - 333SP - very distinctive sound

    have more of the F1 Cliente cars and some just general location photos will submit later today

    Sam - thanks for you kind comments - very much appreciated!

    Carol

    Perhaps Bruce will get on here and post photos too!
     
  12. Sire Bruno de Losckley

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    #12 Sire Bruno de Losckley, Nov 8, 2006
    thank for the fabulous pics, jknight.
     
  13. bmiller411

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    #13 bmiller411, Nov 8, 2006

    Carol -

    It was a pleasure meeting you. Keep in contact

    Bruce
     
  14. Remy Zero

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    #14 Remy Zero, Nov 8, 2006
    Nice pics Carol! thanx for sharing. did u meet Michael or Felipe in person?
     
  15. jknight

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    #15 jknight, Nov 9, 2006
    You're welcome Brian. I had met Michael in person at an Owner's F1 Test Day at Fiorano in April 2005. Haven't met Felipe (yet anyway!).

    Thanks
     
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    #16 jknight, Nov 9, 2006
    Same here Bruce - see you again at an IMSA event.

    Carol
     
  17. Remy Zero

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    #17 Remy Zero, Nov 9, 2006
    ur one lucky person Carol. i'm happy for u. ;) do u have any plans to come to Malaysia soon? to catch the race or something?
     
  18. GTE

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    #18 GTE, Nov 9, 2006
    Beautiful shots. That breadvan really looks awesome, in some awkward way. Thanks for showing!
     
  19. jknight

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    #19 jknight, Nov 9, 2006
    It certainly is unique - as I recall, it's a one-off. You're quite welcome, glad you enjoyed the photos.

    Brian - thanks - no immediate plans to go to Malaysia - with Michael no longer in F1, we find ourselves going back to sportscars more than the F1 cars.

    Glad you all enjoyed the photos - I'll post some additional ones and hope I don't totally bore everyone to death!

    Carol
     
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    #20 jknight, Nov 9, 2006
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    Here's a batch of F1 Clienti photos from Saturday and Sunday.

    Carol
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  21. tonyc

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    #21 tonyc, Nov 9, 2006
    Carol, you are awesome! Thank you for sharing your photos.
     
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    #22 classic308, Nov 9, 2006
    Carol thank you for these awesome pictures....BUT

    do you have any mid-70s to early 80s F1 pics?(assuming the cars were there of course). I noticed a 312T in there and the mid to late 70s was my favorite era of F1....Grazie!!!!
     
  23. Remy Zero

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    #23 Remy Zero, Nov 9, 2006
    wow, Carol, those F1 pics are briliant!! just a question tho, whose driving one f1 the cars out of the pits? the F2001 i believe.

    edit : i've been saving for so long to get myself a grandstand seat next year at Sepang, but with Michael now retired, i don't even think i will go for the race. Kimi needs to prove that the money i'm about to invest is worth it ;)
     
  24. TifosiF2002

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    #24 TifosiF2002, Nov 9, 2006
    great photo's ..... what a great heritage we have
     
  25. jknight

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    #25 jknight, Nov 10, 2006
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    Thanks so much to Brian, Tony, Paul and everyone else for your comments. I think I've come to the end of my group of photos! I shall post a group of miscellaneous, some other cars and a couple of MS.

    You guys are great and I really appreciate the ability to share these with you. I can sum the weekend up by a few words - "awesome", "unforgetable experience", "fantastic". I wish to comment about one of the F1 Clienti drivers who provided a very young boy with an experience he'll never forget . . sitting in his car, the photos, holding the steering wheel. I saw this guy with another couple at the airport in Frankfurt and thanked him for what he did for that little boy.

    Again, I hope not to bore you but here's the remainder in a couple posts . . .

    Have a great day!

    Carol

    my friend's son was in the simulator driving at Monza - you should have seen me in it! - they had to put stuff behind me so I could reach the pedals then I could barely see above the cockpit - what a riot!! like everyone else I spun and crashed but was in excess of 200 down the straights - really got into the paddle upshifting and downshifting into turns - driving at home will never be the same!!

    the 8th photo is definitely my favorite!

    how many times have you seen the TOP of the Ferrari transporter ! !
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