Emanuele
Pirro victorious in Maranello
Maranello,
24. Januar 1998
- Prize-giving
in Maranello
- Three wins
in Fiorano
On
January 24, Ferrari hosted the prize-giving
ceremony in Maranello for the winners of the two
racing series organized by the Factory. So, not
only the winners of the famous F355 Challenge
(which is divided up into three European
sections, plus an American and a so-called
"Pacific" series) had been invited to
the little city near Modena, but also the winners
of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge, a series
open to certain types of classic Ferrari sports-
and GT-cars.
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| 512 M in Monza |
375 MM during the
Grand Prix the Monaco
Historique |
Emanuele Pirro, who is know for his
passion for historic race-cars in gereral and
especially Ferrari, had participated succesfully
in Historic Challenge and the Historic Grand Prix
de Monaco. Driving a German-owned 512 M at Monza
twice to victory and winning its class in the
Monaco Grand Prix with a 375 MM. so, it was just
natural for him to be present in Maranello on
January 24 as well. However, the highlight of the
one-day event was a mere pleasure for the
professional driver:
Ferrari
hosted a Go-Kart race on the "Pista di
Fiorano", the nearby, factory-owned track.
The
drivers of the F355 Challenge and the Historic
Challenge formed different groups for the first
heat (so one had not to drive against unkown
opponents). Emanuele had to start from the 10th
position (which had been determined by lot) among
the other pilots of the Historic Challenge, but
eventually took the win. And the day became even
better.
In
the semi-final, Emanuele had to start from 16th
position - the winners of the other foregoing
heats had been set on better positions to give
them a chance for the overall win. Nevertheless,
Pirro came in on 1st again.
This
win earned him the pole position for the final
race in which he faced Ferrari's new F1
test-driver Luca Badoer, the former Grand
Prix-pilot Andrea Montermini and the Go-Kart
world-champion Beggio.
In
the end, Emanuele again was the first to cross
the finishing line, followed by Beggio and Badoer
in a remarkable distance.
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