Comments on: Ferraris in pictures: 2001 to 2008

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:51:46 +0000

If only they knew the legacy they’d become, perhaps it would’ve never happened. Which is why racing heritage is so valued now, everything was born out of something and it’s important to remember roots and the good and the bad times.

By: verasaki

verasaki — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:37:43 +0000

journeyer-that is a crime. unbelievable. i always imagined there was some hidden door at the factory with a golden key or something…you know, like if you buy ten ferrari’s you get to take a peek at the real goodies, not just the factory tour you get with one. how odd to want to not want to preserve at least one of each.

thanks.

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:01:17 +0000

verasaki,

“i was wondering how literally to take this sentence: “From 1956 to 1962, Ferrari retired his spent Formula 1 cars to the scrap heap,..”

did ferrari keep at least one of each of their racing cars or was there a time that they just scrapped them? my jaw just dropped and my blood ran cold when i read that.”

Nope, all of them were ordered to be sent to the scrap heap. As a result, almost none of the cars from that era survived to this day. The very few that made it were hid from the Commendatore’s presence until his death.

By: verasaki

verasaki — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:43:18 +0000

at least they lost the “orange-red” marlboro colours. i think they deepened the red starting some time last season. the original marlboro red was just offensive after seeing them in ferrari red for so many years.

By: amy

amy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:19:46 +0000

Yeah, the red and white did look good, I thought the car looked better in the Schumacher days, but I cant wait to see how the car looks next year!

By: Polak

Polak — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:58:40 +0000

Terry Fabulous: I like the Marlboro colors, especially the paint on the McLarens of Senna’s days. The red and white looks good.

By: Terry Fabulous

Terry Fabulous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:10:28 +0000

Yeah and Have a good holiday Keith!

By: Terry Fabulous

Terry Fabulous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:06:35 +0000

the F2003_GA is a beautiful car.

I iwhs Ferrari would stop painting the cars to look like Malboro packets though. (Shouting) “Let it go! Find a new sponsor!!”

By: amy

amy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:04:08 +0000

In the ’01 pic, I thought Ferrari just had a bad nose job!

By: verasaki

verasaki — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:10:31 +0000

sounds like a great idea. but i have to admit, in ’01 the cynic in me sort of did wonder how much red paint weighs. (if i had emoticons i’d put a smiley thingy at the end of that).

a complete aside: when i was looking at some of the phil hill tributes, i found this:

http://www.philhill.com/biography_7.html

i was wondering how literally to take this sentence: “From 1956 to 1962, Ferrari retired his spent Formula 1 cars to the scrap heap,..”

did ferrari keep at least one of each of their racing cars or was there a time that they just scrapped them? my jaw just dropped and my blood ran cold when i read that.

don’t forget yer sunblock, keith. you don’t want to start looking like bernie.