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12 unusual facts about Ferrari


Andy van der Meyde

He was fined by Everton for breach of discipline and, to further add to a miserable week, his house was burgled during Everton's friendly with Athletic Bilbao five days later: his Ferrari, Mini Cooper, and dog were amongst the items stolen.

Bremerton National Airport

This was Ferrari’s debut on a Northwest track at a time when the company was just starting to dominate west coast sports car racing.

Esteban Loaiza

On June 14, 2006, Loaiza was arrested after being pulled over by police who clocked his Ferrari at 120 mph on a California freeway near San Lorenzo.

Juan Pons

In the 97-98 season he was highly acclaimed in a production of Sly by Wolf-Ferrari alongside José Carreras, as well as in Giordano's La Cena delle Beffe, both productions presented at the Zurich Opera.

Lego Racers

The Lego Racers Ferrari sets allow you to create your own Ferrari races.

Maria Labia

She also portrayed Felice in La Scala's first production of Wolf-Ferrari’s I quattro rusteghi (1922), a role that became her favourite and in which she continued to appear until 1936.

Mercedes Llopart

In 1924, at the invitation of maestro Arturo Toscanini, she made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Sieglinde in Walkure, and went on singing there as Alice Ford in Falstaff, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, and created the role of Dolly at the world premiere of Wolf-Ferrari's opera Sly in 1927, with the great Italian tenor Aureliano Pertile.

Pia Tassinari

She was also much admired in contemporary works by Zandonai, Wolf-Ferrari, and Respighi.

Poly Technologies

Poly has established business relations with hundreds of enterprises and governmental organizations of nearly 100 countries and regions, including many world famous multinational corporations such as Boeing of the United States, Bombardier Inc. of Canada, Chevron - Texaco of the United States, Benz of Germany, Ferrari of Italy, State Corporation 'Rosoboronexport' and Japanese Sagawa Logistic Co., Ltd.

Sheaffer

Recently, in 2013, they have launched collection of Ferrari special edition ball point, fountain and roller ball pens.

U.S. Route 9W

US 9W exits the right-of-way, turning north onto Lemoine Avenue, later Sylvan Avenue, in Englewood Cliffs, where it passes the headquarters of Ferrari of North America, Unilever, and CNBC.

William Boyett

Boyett earned much praise for The Hidden as a hospital patient named Jonathan P. Miller, possessed by an alien being with a taste for red Ferraris and rock and roll music.


118 WallyPower

The hull of the 118 WallyPower is the result of an extensive R&D program including tank testing at the SSPA facility in Gothenburg, Sweden, and smoke testing in the Ferrari Wind Tunnel Facility in Maranello, Italy.

1978 United States Grand Prix West

Carlos Reutemann took over at the halfway mark from Ferrari teammate Gilles Villeneuve, when the Canadian crashed out of the lead, and won by eleven seconds.

1979 United States Grand Prix West

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve captured pole, fastest lap and the win for Ferrari, followed by teammate Jody Scheckter, as the Prancing Horses took a big step toward reclaiming the Constructor's and Driver's Championships from Lotus.

1988 British Grand Prix

Meanwhile the Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto got the jump on everyone and occupied the front row of the grid.

2002 Canadian Grand Prix

Ferrari were also testing at Monza while BAR had a private session at Circuit Paul Ricard to test the new components to be used here and that includes a new engine, gearbox and aero package.

2006 Monaco Grand Prix

Schumacher's actions in the qualifying session would serve as ammunition for Schumacher's critics to go along with his actions in the 1994 Australian Grand Prix and the 1997 European Grand Prix, although to this day Schumacher himself denies any of the allegations that he "parked" his Ferrari on purpose to block Fernando Alonso from taking pole position off him.

2007 Formula One espionage controversy

Along with Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne, Nigel Stepney was part of the colloquial “dream team” credited with the change of fortunes of Ferrari in the late 1990s.

2011 Chinese Grand Prix

In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively.

Adam Wilcox

His GT Racing Career started by winning the new Lotus Sport Elise Championship in 2000, and then backed by ADVAN/Yokohama Tyres he moved to Japan to compete in the All Japan GT Championship for 3 years during 2001 - 2003 seasons, driving a Porsche GT3R and a Nismo Nissan S15 before moving back to the UK in 2004 and winning the British GTC Championship in a DRM Racing Ferrari F360 GTC.

Arlen Ness

The museum displays his famous Untouchable, the twin motor Two Bad, the antique inspired Ness-Tique, Blower Bike, the Italian sports car inspired Ferrari Bike, the '57 Chevy inspired Ness-Stalgia, the Bugatti-like Smooth-Ness, the Discovery Channel's Biker Build-Off bike Top Banana, and his jet-powered Mach Ness.

Baron Selsdon

His son, the second Baron, was a successful racing driver, winning the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans in the first Ferrari (although his codriver, Luigi Chinetti, actually drove for all but one half hour).

Can-Am

Well-established European manufacturers like Ferrari and BRM appeared at various times with little success, March tried to get a share of the lucrative market in 1970-1 but couldn't establish themselves, and Ford flitted across the scene with a number of unsuccessful cars based on the GT40 and its successors.

Cliff Allison

Allison and Dan Gurney shared one of three team Ferrari cars that competed in the June 1959 1000 km Nürburgring race.

Comisión Federal de Electricidad

According to evidence presented at trial, the intermediary bought a CFE official a $297,500 Ferrari Spyder and a $1.8 million yacht, as well as paying more than $170,000 towards the official’s credit card bills.

F430

Ferrari F430, a supercar produced by Italian automaker Ferrari from 2004 to 2009

Ferrari 125 S

Fourteen days later, the 125 S claimed Ferrari's first victory at the Grand Prix of Rome on Caracalla, where it was also driven by Cortese.

Ferrari 159 S

The oldest Ferrari car still in existence with an undisputed pedigree is a 166 Spyder Corsa number 002C, which was originally a 159 and is currently owned and driven by James Glickenhaus.

Ferrari 315 S

The 315s did not score victories in the following races of the World Sportscar Championship (24 Hours of Le Mans and Nürburgring), although the retirement of the Maseratis in Venezuela granted Ferrari the overall victory.

Ferrari 458

It is a version of 458 Italia built for English musician Eric Clapton, produced under the Ferrari's One-Off Programme.

Ferrari 512

Starting the season, former Ferrari work's driver Pedro Rodríguez had been lost to Porsche's JWA Gulf Racing of John Wyer, and to BRM in F1, while another former work's racer, Chris Amon was now involved in F1 with March, just like Mario Andretti.

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

Ferrari released a video featuring Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa driving the car at Ferrari's own test track, the Pista di Fiorano.

Ferrari Mondial

Built by Ferrari under the design of I.DE.A Institute at a cost of approximately $1 million, it was introduced at the 1989 Champion Spark Plugs 300 in Laguna Seca.

Ferrari Monza

Ferrari could not enter its 1956 3.4 L 860 Monza and 3.5 L 290 MM in race, so it instead modified three 500 TR barchettas to take the larger 2.5 L engine, and entered them as the 625 LM.

Ferrari Pinin

But after the car had undertaken a tour of that years motorshows, and after feedback from a customer tour in the United States, in the mid-1980s it was sold to Jacques Swaters, a Belgian racing driver turned businessman and car collector who ran a prominent privateer Ferrari endurance and sportscar racing team.

Ferrari TR

Other, more conventional bodies were designed by Ferrari stalwarts, Pininfarina and Carrozzeria Touring.

Filippo Gagliardi

He contributed illustrated architectural perspectives to Ferrari's Hesperides (1646) and became principe of the Accademia di San Luca (1656–57).

Formula Rossa

Ferrari Formula One drivers, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso rode the Formula Rossa on November 11, 2010, 3 days before the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Gabriel Ferrari

In May 2008, Ferrari was named to the 22-player squad to represent the United States at the 2008 Toulon Tournament.

Gerald Roush

While in high school in Birmingham, Alabama, Roush picked up a 1958 issue of Sports Car Illustrated that featured driver Phil Hill, winner of the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans and a Ferrari 4.9 Superfast, giving birth to an interest that would last a lifetime.

Głogówko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

The basilica of Holy Mountain monastery in Głogówko was modelled after the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute in Venice and constructed by polonized Italians Jerzy Catenazzi, Jan Catenazzi and Pompeo Ferrari between 1675-1728 according to original design by Baldassarre Longhena.

Günter Klass

After battling the Ferrari's drivers while it was “raining the proverbial pushrods”, Klass reclaimed the lead lost by his ill team mate Colin Davis.

Harry Roselmack

Mélissa Theuriau was offered Ferrari's job which she turned down the offer, leaving for M6.

Irma Boom

She works both nationally and internationally in the cultural and commercial sectors; her clients include the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Wiel Arets, Chanel, Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Inside Outside, Museum Boijmans, Zumtobel, Ferrari, Vitra, NAi Publishers, and Camper.

John Michael Ferrari

Currently, John Michael Ferrari is Creative Producer, Director, and Editor, who, along with partner Pepper Jay founded Actors Reporter and Actors Entertainment.

Johnny Mowlem

In 2007 Mowlem continued his strong association with Ferrari, racing a 430 in the GT2 class for the Pirelli factory GPC Ferrari team in the Le Mans Series as well as the International GT Open championship.

Luis Aguirre Pinto

Four years later he began his first continental tour with Angela Ferrari, European tango performer, and in Lima, composed one of his first popular songs, the waltz Reminiscencia.

Matteo Ferrari

Matteo Ferrari (born 5 December 1979) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for the Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.

While training with Inter Milan, the Montreal Impact organization invited Ferrari to the team's preseason training camp in Los Angeles, on 14 February 2012.

Mosley v News Group Newspapers

Mosley was eventually replaced by former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt in 2009.

Oh, For a Man!

Gino Corrado - Signor Ferrari, Italian Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Paolo Gislimberti

His coffin was wrapped with the flag of Ferrari as Gislimberti had a passion for the team, which was represented by Luca Badoer, Claudio Berro and Stefano Domenicali.

Peter Gethin

As other drivers fell by the wayside in the race, however, Gethin climbed consistently up the order, and was running as high as 8th before he was passed by Ignazio Giunti's Ferrari and Jo Siffert's March late on, but it was his first grand prix finish as he came home 10th.

Petronas

It also owned 40% of Sauber Petronas Engineering, the company that builds chassis which formerly utilized Ferrari designed engines used by the Sauber team, until being bought out by German motor company BMW.

Pierluigi Martini

Martini's uncle, Giancarlo Martini, raced during the 1970s, including some non-championship races in a Ferrari 312T entered by Scuderia Everest, a team owned by Giancarlo Minardi.

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

Signor Ferrari and Ugarte, characters portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the movie Casablanca appear in Raseir, as does the Maltese Falcon from the movie of the same name which also featured Greenstreet and Lorre in other roles.

Taso Mathieson

In 1952 he bought a Ferrari in which he finished 6th place overall and first in the 3-litre class in the Targa Florio and in 1953 he won his class at Roubaix and Bressuire in a 2-litre Maserati.

Vinnie Ferrari

Four days after announcing for president, Ferrari returned to the ring, managing former WWF wrestler Don Adams in the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania-based Elite Generation Wrestling.