Ferrari Offers A Unique Opportunity For Motorsport

Ferrari is offering car and motorsport fans a unique opportunity - a visit to the normally top secret Fiorano test track, where the legendary Italian Formula One and supercar maker hones its cars to perfection.

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To kick of a year of celebrations to mark Ferrari's 60th anniversary, visitors to the Galleria Ferrari, the official Ferrari museum in its home town of Maranello, is offering guided tours of the Fiorano test track.

Maranello and the Galleria Ferrari are, at normal times, an absolute must for any motoring and motorsport fan visiting Italy - access to Fiorano makes a visit almost worth the trip to Italy!

The test track was designed to combine all the most demanding parts of Formula One race tracks around the world, giving Ferrari a real edge in development. Equally it provides Ferrari with a safe and secure environment to develop its road cars and its importance to Ferrari is clearly indicated by the fact that its latest model is named after the track, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.

The Galleria Ferrari is also kicking off the 2007 exhibition programme with a special display of pictures dedicated to the Panamerican 20,000 - the tour that led two Ferrari 599 GTB Fioranos across the American continents.

The exhibition will show a selection of fascinating images and objects, which have been collected along the way through the various countries, a previously unseen film, which tells the journey, and obviously the two 599 GTB Fiorano themselves.

The display even has an Australian and New Zealand contribution, with pictures and mementos of and from the Australian and Kiwi journalists that took part in the epic journey.

The Panamerican 20,000 - which ended after 84 days and more than 30,000 kilometres through 16 countries, from Brazil to Canada, on 17th November in New York - can now be relived thanks to the images taken by Gabriela Noris, the photographer, who immortalized the performances of the two 599 GTB Fiorano on their spectacular voyage through the most difficult and desperate terrain.

In the year which celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Prancing Horse, the Galleria Ferrari will play a big part with a series of special initiatives, another exhibition, which demonstrates the close connection between the Galleria and the company and its challenges, which Ferrari fans from all over the world can only find here in Maranello.

The Galleria Ferrari, which is in the heart of Maranello, is open every day from 9.30 to 18.00h including holidays. The Fiorano tours are available until the end of January.

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