Yas Marina to host prestigious Ferrari festival for the first time

Sport360 staff 08:29 11/11/2014
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  • Prancing horse: There will be many great cars on display at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi in December.

    Yas Marina circuit will host the Finali Mondiali Ferrari from December 3-6, with the event taking place outside of Europe for the first time.

    The festival, which has been held at Mugello in Italy and Valencia, Spain in recent years, features four days of excitement and spectacle and brings down the curtain on the racing year with the final races of the three Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli series, Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific and the grand finale on the Saturday, which will feature a record number of 458 Challenge cars fighting it out for the title of world champion.

    Apart from the racing, the main highlight is the appearance of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team, who will put on demonstration runs, with pit stops, burnouts and starts on the Yas Marina track.

    Also on track, the Ferrari GT cars that took part in the most prestigious GT championships, running the 458 GTE, the current FIA WEC championship winning car that was also victorious in the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours, in the hands of Gimmi Bruni, Toni Vilander and Giancarlo Fisichella.

    The weekend also features a Hoping for the best: Toto Wolff will be celebrating a Mercedes world champion in Abu Dhabi. Prancing horse: Ferraris on display.

    display of some amazing Ferrari classic cars that have beaten all world records in the most important car auctions.

    On top of that, there will be a spectacular parade around the 5.554km of the Abu Dhabi circuit featuring no less than 200 Ferrari cars, as well as the exclusive cars that make up the XX, 599XX and FXX programmes, cars created for the track and run by a very select group of owners.

    In total there will be 200 Ferraris and around 15 Formula One singleseaters on show. There will be a host of other activities taking place in the paddock and other areas around the track, as well as something specifically for children.

    And of course, there are the attractions of the nearby Ferrari World, the first theme park dedicated to the Maranello marque, with all its rides, including the Formula Rossa rollercoaster.

    You can register early at www. Ferrari.com in the special section and download tickets directly to attend every day of the event free of charge.

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