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FERRARI ONE -TWO AT BAHRAIN

ISSUE 052 MARCH 2010

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS SEEING RED In celebration of Ferrari’s one-two win at the second Grand Prix of 2010, at Bahrain in the middle of March, CompRes is wearing its suit of red clothes on the cover. It was a tremendous achievement on the part of the Scuderia’s team drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, and marked a very welcome change of fortune for Ferrari. The jury is still out on how the 2010 F1 season will work out as a spectacle but for our money there doesn’t seem to be much wrong with it so far. It is always going to be difficult for racing cars with similar performance to pass each other – it’s quite tricky even with our Formula Classic cars! – and we shall continue to be glued to the TV screen to watch the races. Fortunately there are quite a number of potential winners out there to make the racing tremendously exciting, to make up for the comparatively dire APRIL performances of some of the also-rans. The fact that MAY the Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 doesn’t have sufficient fuel tank capacity to complete a Grand Prix makes you want to weep . . .

CIRCUIT and HILL RECORDS In this issue you will JUNE find tabulated lists of the current lap records and hillclimb fastest times at all the venues at which we compete. In the case of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic series, because of last years

reclassification of the various competition groups, we have only included 2009’s lap records. If you wish to compare these with what has gone before you will need to refer to the March 2009 (042) issue of CompRes.

DAMAX We are delighted to welcome Damax as a sponsor of our Pirelli Ferrari Open series this year. All cars competing in the series will display their distinctive logo on the windscreen sunstrips. Robin and Sharon Ward are the moving forces behind Damax and need no introduction from us. Damax has been involved with Ferrari for many years now and have gained an enviable reputation, particularly in race preparation. It takes a special talent to be able to carry out this sort of work under the extreme pressure that usually applies to race cars, when time is so critical.

Damax have amply demonstrated their skills and considerable experience of dealing with the complexities of the latest machinery to emerge from Maranello. Their customers have an additional advantage in knowing that Robin has the ability to drive their Ferraris just as fast as they can!

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

The entry packs, containing full details of the weekend, regulations, a booking form for the Friday evening special Ferrari Dinner, and an entry form, have already been despatched to all registered competitors for both our race series, the PFfc and PFO. We published the timetable for the event in the last issue of CompRes together with other essential information. I have endeavoured to discover if any track day organisation has arranged a test day immediately prior to this race meeting but unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be one. However, WHAT’S ON all Ferrari drivers will have the opportunity of taking 24 Goodwood Sprint part in the test session at 9.00 o’clock on the Friday 8/9 Harewood Hillclimb morning. Spa has always been 11 Oulton Park Track Day the highlight of our racing season and I am sure this year will be no exception. 28-30 Spa-Francorchamps: Pirelli Everything is in place for Ferrari formula classic; Pirelli Ferrari Open another memorable weekend. Just make sure 29 Prescott Hillclimb you are part of it! 5/6

Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb

Brands Hatch Track Day

19/20

Doune Hillclimb

25-27

Knockhill: Pirelli Ferrari formula classic; Pirelli Ferrari Open

SCRUTINEERING CHECKS With the introduction of the 360 Challenge and 430 Challenge tipos into the 2010 Pirelli Ferrari Open series, we need to be able to

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OUT-OF-DATE KIT Competitors need to be vigilant about the dating and labelling of various items of their racewear. Most items have a specified maximum ‘life’ and are unacceptable to the MSA after this is over. Safety scrutineers have directives from the governing body regarding the validity of these items and more and more, in these safety conscious days, they will refuse to issue the vital ‘pass’ sticker to enable drivers to race if anything is beyond its sell-by date. Helmets are perhaps the most important item of equipment for the driver and there are a number of different standards that apply. The subject is covered in the 2010 MSA Blue Book on pp173/174. With regard to helmets conforming to Snell 2000, you will see that these “may be withdrawn with effect from 01/01/11”. However, a few weeks ago the MSA issued a directive which extended the validity of these helmets to 31st December 2014. The BS6658 type A/FR standard was originally due to become invalid after 2013 but has now been given an extension to at least 2015. All this means that drivers who need to replace their helmet this season may find it cost effective to buy one of these extended life helmets at a bargain price, knowing that there is a significant ‘life’ remaining in them. Overalls must be clean and manufactured from Nomex III. Proban or similar materials, and the standard label must be stitched into the fabric as

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described in the 2010 MSA Blue Book on p172. The standard varies according to whether the race suit is used in circuit racing or for speed events. However, it is essential that the suit conforms to the written word if it is to pass scrutineering. Seats as with other items, have a specific validity period and normally bear a label stating ‘Not to be used after XXXX’. Scrutineers routinely check these labels and so it is essential to make sure that yours is still within its specified age limit. Finally, make sure that your seat belts are within their validity period – usually 10 years from manufacture. The ‘out-ofdate’ label should be affixed to the harness and, again, scrutineers will fail the car if the belts are invalid by even a few months. You can read all the relevant regulations on safety harnesses on p166 of the Blue Book.

DOUNE HILLCLIMB In the last week or so, Anne has sent out an email flyer to all registered PFHC competitors giving full details of the Doune weekend on 19th/20th June. This is one of those events which, if you haven’t experienced it before, you should really try to get to. Competitors will be based at the Dunblane Hydro hotel where, on the Saturday evening, they will enjoy a special Dinner in the company of members from the four Scottish Area Groups. If, for some reason, you have been omitted from Anne’s group email but would like to attend this wonderful event, whether as a competitor or simply as a spectator, you need to request details from her as soon as possible – the contact addresses are on page 1 of this issue.

BEN CARTWRIGHT On 1st May, Ben Cartwright will be embarking on a challenge

to cycle from Lands End to John o’ Groats in 8 days along with four other cyclists, all in aid of Matlock Mencap where Ben has been a volunteer for the last 7 years. A fellow volunteer has kindly offered his valued support by driving alongside the cyclists with a variety of spares and supplies onboard. This gruelling adventure will require a high level of physical and mental stamina along with self determination, covering over 900 miles and up to 140 miles a day. The challenge will be fuelled by the great support of fellow volunteers, family and friends and any kind donations will be greatly appreciated, to support a local charity. Please contact Ben at ben@ncsc.fsbusiness.co.uk if you would like to make a donation.

WITT GAMSKI Witt Gamski, team owner and driver of team MJC, winners of the 2009 Britcar championship, got off to a spectacular start of the 2010 season by winning the first race of the season in their new 430 GT. The photo shows the flame spitting Ferrari in action

at Brands Hatch in the middle of March. We hope that Witt may be able to join us for one or two races in our PFO programme this year.

Photo: Scottie Urquhart

monitor their more advanced management systems and other technology. I am delighted that Ferrari North Europe has come to our rescue, providing one of their top technical engineers at most rounds of our season’s race programme. We thank John Kemp, their Senior Aftersales Manager, for his enthusiastic cooperation in arranging this for us.

RA’s HILLCOMMENT The New Long 2010 Wait PFHC to get back Season into action after with that ourlong Ferraris winter is is nearly now underway over. Aswith I write the these opening notes, at round coming Northup Weald to midreported February, there elsewhere in thisisissue. still snow There on is the ground much to relish, herewith in Suffolk a sprint (see at pic) and enough Goodwood the next saltevent on the – roads a to speedily venue back dissolve in the Championship your favourite after calendar tipo –twenty such isyears the power - and of Global then the Harewood Warming. double Just one month toThe header. go before full season the PFHC ahead launches sees Hethel, intothe theLotus 2010 test season track, on the Siberian back in the programme wastes of North and a one Weald, -day Shelsley and less meeting than two - this before the circuit proving very racers popular are underway when the with a double-header calendar included a second race visit weekend there some at years Snetterton. ago. Inevitably Early signs we shall aresee thatsome the still terrific uncertain economic scene competition, withwill several not drivers discourage our challenging for the enthusiastic number one Club competitors, spot, and thewith usual strong fascinating entries expected of selection through Ferraris 2010. competing fromThe littleMSA to large. Watch have really out too for thetheir Classic section – likely improved speed of service if to fire up the drivers of our older my experience is anything to go tipos! by. I applied for my new licence late PFHC January Championship by post and without Regs theyou as medical knowcertificate were published as there very was this late still a time. month The left Club on has last to year’s.each apply Remarkably year to the theMSA newfor a licence was back Championship Permit, here within and even four days! Itwhat though is aswas wellsubmitted this time of year to look remained very at similar helmets, to suits the Regs and also safety they had approved belts if you for 2009, are a the circuitrequested MSA racer. Alla these number have of a habit of going changes. This out is not of date unusual andand it is no fun to these normally first find arethis in relation out at to scrutineering. wording or formatting Hillclimbers and also need to to nothing note dothat withthe your wearing Ferrari.of suitably These changes approved all take gloves time is now to mandatory. process and the tricky part related tyres. Scene As youaknow, ThetoSocial very we have always List 1A important part ofrun theon hillclimbers road tyres andfair when season, is set for competitors 2010. You have been lobbied overthe theSwiftys years will already know that this is what the majority have have arranged accommodation wanted. For 2010, were and dinner over thethere Harewood complications brought about double-header weekend, andby Jon the change tobeen the latest MSA Goodwin has busy covering Regulations for Roadgoing Loton Park, also a double-header Production Cars whichare allow the where arrangements already use of List 1B for the first time. firmed up. Jon is also on the It was further aggravated case for the weekend whenwhen MIRA they observed our rules and Curborough are on allow List

1B where fitted consecutive days. as original Full details on the hotels and equipment on 360CS dinnersand for 430 these will be in the Scuderia. Thenext MSAissue cannot of get CompRes, their head and around the the booking PEP system details will be that makes emailed dueout allowance to competitors for in good this, andtime. insisted we change our 2010The Regs to allow the use to of 458 Italiafor continues List 1B as an option to 1A. We gather great press and has did resist, of course, but interest already generated huge inevitably if we wanted the 2010 and excitement amongst permit we were going to have to Ferraristi. At the kind invitation agree – and you know the rest of of the new Ferrari North Europe the story. boss, Matteo Tore, I went along

the top single-seaters experience and (until recently) testing resources, over the two could days. notJon cut Goodwin it with Saabbeen has - they taking soldpart 90,000 in this cars one in 2008 for years, for awhich loss £300m, maybe and explains 2009 wasmastery his much worse. of the Spyker, hill. A surprise makersaof visitor long around way 40 from cars home this annually March outand at the withpractice huge losses day on of more the Sunday than half wasaEast million Anglian euros per car, should driver Andrew do Holman well withwith Saab! his F355. Chris Butler, after go-

to theEthanol UK launch in Petrol at the as Hurlinghambefore mentioned Club ininLondon these early February.can columns Over threaten 300 people some were of present the materials – many used of them in classic clubcars members fuel systems, and though it soon we became are apparent talking here that ofmost cars older of those than present those out excluding in the PFHC. dealers In and the last Ferrariofstaff issue CompRes have cars I pointed on order. out One dealer that Shell V-Power I spoke did to claimed not to have four contain ethanol. years worth My source of orders, was andAMOC an it is reckoned publication that and taking it large deposits appears that their this next time issue they hope said to weed the opposite, out the andspeculators. that V Power After have does the champagne ethanol in the andmix. All canapés, very confusing Matteo and fronted I am up taking a presentation no responsibility of the for458 any and of this was even assisted byeither! misinformation Giancarlo Fisichella who said it Pirelli PZero is was an his lifetime’s ambition to be with the appropriately popular choice Scuderia, though I suppose amongst PFHC competitors and I originally not referring as a test to driver! am of course the

Adrian Wilson willnews karting in Monaco, is you in the again.owned recall His latest a leftventure hookerisF355 into – Nascar. one of those On acarefully holiday in driven Florida exhe has taken Silverstone school in a drive cars.package After at Daytona, hurtling considerable work to around make the the famous car really oval nice initone wasofsold those and he fearsome has recently Nascar acquired race another cars. You red may have 355. Adrian noticed tried this the guys out for the normally first time driving at the recent NascarNorth are mostly event. Weald big andThe hairy, carso has they a will have had allpedigree, fascinating the seat starting cushionslife in forFrance in our diminutive and turning ace up hillclimber! in the I heard UK in 1998 frominChris the hands today of and he says “Daytona Graham Reeder. is awesome Graham entered – the banking the PirelliisMaranello seriously Ferrari steep and takes a lot‘O’ Challenge of commitment (for original) and Class strength and won for in 1999. a quickGary lap. Culver I managed then bought a top thespeed car, had of 146mph it and a best to converted lapRHD average by ProSport of 136mph and also .won . .never the PMFC turned ‘O’right Class once in 2000. though!” After (see that pic). the car was put back in toHaynes road trim Charles asand you has led a peaceful life until Adrian know is a professional golfer and came along. regularly reaches for a different

Automotive Loton Park Practice News lately Weekend has been ever heldmore everyinteresting, March is and thevery always one popular I like is Spyker’s amongst the takeoverhillclimbers serious of Saab. General with many of Motors, with all their huge

Preece alwaysSean a bit and Richard a race seat. Inevitably of a whizz looks likelywith to be computers, a strong has spent much time recently

A Challenge in the market ordinary List 1A road tyre. A place for encountered problem the 458 Italialast willyear come by from at least McLaren’s one of our soon drivers to be was launched MP4-12C. unavailability in sixteen Thisinch looks i.eto be very the 308/328 nice and size.maybe John Swift the most has serious competitor advised me recentlyyet. thatMcLaren, there though, are now have PZero’s a big available hurdle in to this overcome size. You would if theybe arewell serious advised about to get taking after a on setFerrari. as theseThey have no dealer premium 16 inch network performance as such and whilst tyres are gradually this was going not a problem out of with the low fashion. All the volume, silly large hugely expensivewheel diameter F1, it fitments will not do recently if they are serious about fashionable on ordinary their MP family 412C’shave cars salesmade objectives. sixteens old hat.

Prior has agreed to club. Richard He seems to have continued acquire Mike thisSpicer’s golfing nice practice red with Ferrari. F355. Knowing I have the amazing lost count of the different times Richardtipos produces we have in his seen him out often outclassed with on the 348ts, hillsyou over can the years, be sureand he now will be heup has forreached some for a smaller class wins thisiron season in thewith shape the of a 328GTS. F355. Taylor, A late Butler, 1988 Marshall, pre-ABS car, inevitably Tomlin, Mineeffrosso et al chiaro will maybe and already have to off raise to their have game! some suspension sortingis–improving otherwise all Sean Doyle Tracey will be disappear the the time and becoming ainto serious distance with herhis similar car! competitor with superbly Charles plans to be out in April turned out 308GT4. Keen to with his new acquisition and will improve further he has sharpened alsocar take the the upcoming the upinover winter Silverstone Day. ignition months withTrack electronic

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looks likely to be a strong challenger for the Classic Cup this season. Wendy Marshall’s 328GTB always looks great and works well, but during the winter months this fairly high mileage

Be afraid, be very afraid . . . Wendy-Ann Marshall looked a trifle menacing at a chilly North Weald.

car has needed some work after blown head gaskets were diagnosed. This meant engine out and apparently there were other things that needed attention. The engine is now much better and I can only think this deterioration must have been as a result of John’s driving the car in Formula Classic a few years ago!

Noise Testing at meetings can often be an embarrassment when they ask for 5000rpm and your engine is nothing like normal operating temperature. At North Weald the test was conducted as cars came in from first practice, which seemed a good idea. My 328 was 99dB(A) and interestingly Sean Doyle’s GT4 was 103 – he is little concerned by this not being a Track Day participant. If you are buying a new system and are going to turn out for any of these, be sure to purchase a unit that easily meets current requirements. There is little doubt that noise level limitations are becoming more rigorous all the time. The Social Scene during this season looks promising, starting with the Harewood double header weekend. John and Anne Swift have arranged a Spring Hillclimbers Dinner for Saturday 8th May at The Bridge Hotel near Wetherby, about ten minutes from the hill, and secured very attractive accommodation rates - a booking form has already been circulated.

On June 19th we are at Doune, and once again Chris Butler has arranged a splendid dinner and reserved accommodation at the Dunblane Hydro for the Ferrari entourage. In July is the double header Loton Park and for this Jon Goodwin has booked the Old Hand & Diamond just down the road from the hill for our dinner on Saturday, July 10th and secured the accommodation we need. Finally, over August 14/15, we have the MIRA/ Curborough weekend, and here Jon has booked Colton House at Rugely, near to Curborough, for our dinner and accommodation. Naturally we hope you will take advantage of these arrangements at these events to make the weekends extra special. The booking forms for these will be circulated soon. The AGM Weekend and Prizegiving Lunch is very soon now, on Sunday April 18th. I look forward to seeing many of you there so we can applaud our winners besides having a good time. 

PRIORITIES Curborough ITSE School: Wednesday 19th May is a date for your diary, when we are running our annual ‘Introduction to Speed Events’ seminar. We are hoping to attract some new competitors into the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship (PFHC), which of course also embraces some sprint events. We have four instructors lined up to help out and pass on their knowledge to any newcomers who may be understandably nervous and wary. We can always use another couple of volunteer instructors with their cars to assist. You will get lots of time on track as extra practice and of

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Lots of track time on offer at the Curborough ITSE School.

rprior348@yahoo.co.uk course have your lunch provided free of charge. If the last remaining places are not filled by newcomers we may invite any registered hillclimbers who are free that day to take part at the normal charge of £50 per half day. Please email me if you are interested in either opportunity at my address shown in the banner to this piece.

Plan of attack at picturesque Loton Park.

Loton - Party in the Park: Sunday 23rd May most hillclimbers will remember a few years ago we helped the Hagley & District Light Car Club (H&DLCC) by turning out for a charity day at Loton Park and giving rides to paying customers. Proceeds go to the very worthy cause of the Air Ambulance service. The idea has been resurrected in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Loton Park and we’ve been invited by their Chairman, Dave Parr, to take part once again. The format will be at lower than competition speed these days and will run in a convoy (albeit at a ‘brisk’ pace, says Dave, as the pace car will be a Sierra Cosworth or 350bhp Evo). If you like the idea of some additional track practice time, please email me and I’ll add you to the list. The only possible downside is that you will have to become a member of the H&DLCC to be able to take part, but as this is only £35 for the year and entitles you to a discount when entering the Loton Park rounds of the PFHC in July, this isn’t too much of a burden. I have the H&DLCC membership application forms which I will send on receipt of your email. Prescott - La Vie en Bleu Meeting: Saturday 29th May Entry forms from the organisers, Bugatti Owners’ Club, have already dropped onto door mats and you may have already

Plenty of Ooh La La at Prescott in May.

entered by now. If you haven’t yet submitted your paperwork, do so without delay if you want to be assured of an entry. Last year’s event was quite spectacular and this year even more of the same is promised. The F430 on loan to Autocar magazine will be taking part in our class and alongside the usual cancan dancers and strolling accordion players there will be more French club stands, the Breitling Wingwalkers and even the Daleks taking to the track, although we’re not sure how they’ll handle the hairpin at Pardon!

a variety of different tipos and competitors will have now submitted their application forms. We shall post a list of successful drivers and cars who will be appearing as soon as we are notified. There will be an open paddock for spectators, who will be able to get close to the competing cars and static displays from various owners’ clubs and the AA Heritage Collection. Other classes featured on the Sunday and Monday will be GT cars, singleseaters and classic racing machines that would have raced at the track in its heyday. You can find more details at www.motorsportatthepalace. co.uk So, it’s going to be a very busy Bank Holiday weekend! As British Summer Time has now started, let’s hope for the start of the summer weather too! 

Crystal Palace Motorsport at the Palace Meeting: Sunday 30th May The very next day after the Prescott meeting we shall be representing the Ferrari Owners’ Club in a non-Championship round at the revival of motorsport at Crystal Palace. The format will comprise two practice runs , starting at 9.00am, followed by two official timed sprint runs in the afternoon. We have applied for 10 entries for Ferrari drivers The course at Crystal Palace. on the Sunday in

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Photo: Andrew Holman

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 NORTH WEALD SPRINT 14 March 2010

Photo: Andrew Holman

compensation it is the ideal place to go ballistic, with nothing to hit apart from a few plastic cones. HIS BLEAK AIRFIELD Flat spotting tyres though is a venue has for some years now definite possibility, with the been the season opener for the difficulty of judging distances in hillclimbers, even though it is the wide open spaces and a strictly horizontal writes poorly defined track – especially RICHARD ALLEN. 2010 was no for the older, visually challenged exception as fourteen Ferraris amongst the Ferrari pilots. The gathered with assorted tipos, surface away from the start is from the 308GT4 right through to irregular making it difficult to get the latest 430 Scuderia, though the power down, and although noticeably the F355 was the course is mostly fast. the predominant. turns around the pins are very North Weald is not the most slow, with just a couple of fast enthralling place to blow the dust bends to enjoy. off your Ferrari, but as Looking at the entry there appeared to be several possible scratch winners with the F355s of Chris Butler and David Tomlin maybe favourites, but hang in there: John Marshall with his weapons grade 430 Scud could Richard Allen was the pick of the Classic Cup drivers. blitz the

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class, and then there was Andrew Holman, always very fast here, who was rumoured to have been at North Weald the weekend before for practice. Those without the prospect of the class win would all be having close competition so some fun was in store. It was great to see the return to PFHC action of Barrie Wood with his F355, and Adrian Wilson with what looked like an original red F355 – it has the dark silver wheels, but RHD. I thought he had the steering wheel moved across, but it is a different car. Also back on the scene was Mark Hargreaves – our newer people thought he was a fresh player but of course he has been around in years gone by competing with both a 308GT4 and 365BB. Mark is now running a red 308GTB and competed in 2009 in Formula Classic. At North Weald he was sharing the 308 with son, Jack. The weather was surprisingly clement as the practice sessions got under way, and on the first only four of the Ferraris were credited with a time. It seems our drivers were mostly navigationally bereft – the time sheet saying “wrong way” for most of them. The exuberant

Photo: Andrew Holman

Top Men. Andrew Holman, Chris Butler and David Tomlin all excelled at North Weald.

Sean Doyle was another no timer and he was marked “4 wheels off” even though they were still affixed to his 308GT4 as he bashfully returned to the paddock. Of the four clever people left, David Tomlin (F355) was fastest with an eleven second lead over Julian Playford’s handsome grigio F355. On P2, only Peter Wilson (348ts) and Wendy Marshall (328GTB) took the wrong route, whilst Chris Butler moved to the top of the chart at 78.12, just ahead of Tomlin’s 78.47 and Holman with 79.25. Meanwhile Sean Doyle had put in a storming 83.47 with his 308GT4, moving in to fourth overall and ahead of all those vastly more powerful tipos. He appeared to be quite pleased with all this, unlike your reporter who had disgracefully spun his 328GTB around one of the slow pins! There were three official runs over the rest of the day and a short break for lunch to enable the usual fat chewing both literal and figuratively. After that we were kept busy, the weather remaining dry although rain was known to be on the way. On the

first run, John Marshall took his 430 Scud into the lead with an excellent 77.75, and Andrew Holman moved up to second with 78.01, just one hundredth ahead of Tomlin – this all looking be very close. Chris Butler was a little out of touch and had lost his timing strut out on the course, as Allen moved up to fifth with Adrian Wilson now ahead of the rest including Sean Doyle, now well off his practice time. Julian Playford meanwhile had provided some excitement by spinning his 355 comprehensively in a great cloud of smoke. On the second official Andrew Holman really got in to his stride – his remarkable time of 77.14 giving him a convincing class lead. Marshall had dropped to 79. 32 and Tomlin was now second, at 77.73. Chris Butler went slower and it was Barrie Wood who shone - with a nice tidy run of 82.60 he moved his F355 ahead of main rival Adrian Wilson. Amongst the 308 fraternity, Mark Hargreaves improved considerably with 83.92 to head off Sean Doyle. The third and final run was expected to produce some

excitement. Andrew Holman looking at the class win and 20 points asked me what I thought he need do for this last run. I remarked that with Butler stuck in the 78’s he should worry about Tomlin. A three quarter second lead is comfortable on the hills, but not a lot at North Weald. Seems I got it all wrong with Andrew making a hash of his run, David tearing the centre out of his clutch half way around, and John Marshall again in the 79’s. The big surprise came from Chris Butler, who finally got it together with a very fast smooth run on 77.04, shaving a tenth off Holman – he looked rather chuffed and Andrew looked amazed! Elsewhere, my 328 dropped into the high 79’s despite my hamfistedness leaving the gear blocker in going down to the bottom hairpin. Barrie Wood improved some more to head up the second division F355s, hotly pursued by Adrian Wilson. Sean Doyle was relieved to be back ahead of Mark Hargreaves and leading some 355s and Jeff Cooper’s 360 Modena – Jeff’s fastest first run had put him behind Adrian and ahead of Julian. Jack Hargreaves, on his first event with the 308GTB, got down to a very creditable 85.90 heading Julian Playford’s F355, Peter Wilson’s 348ts and Wendy Marshall’s 328. Wendy, on her first North Weald outing, told me after she had found it very difficult – understandable really as it seemed so to me too! Our congratulations then to Chris Butler for taking the maximum points and the class at the last moment, and of course Andrew Holman and David Tomlin in second and third respectively. An exciting contest and a foretaste of good things to come.

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NORTH WEALD SPRINT 14 MARCH 2010 Round 1 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Pos Scr

Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

Run 1

Run 2

Run 3

1 Chris Butler

F355

4wo82.17

2 Andrew Holman

F355

3 David Tomlin

F355

4 John Marshall

PEP %

PEP time

Pts

78.12

78.74

78.64

77.04

0.0

77.04

wr65.93

79.25

78.01

77.14

79.23

0.0

77.14

78.63

78.47

78.02

77.73

999

0.0

77.73

430 Scud

wr82.14

87.19

77.75

79.32

79.07

5.0

81.64

5 Richard Allen

328GTB

wr91.14

100.53

81.60

81.40

79.98

-3.0

77.58

6 Barrie Wood

F355

wr88.19

83.63

83.17

82.60

82.36

0.0

82.36

7 Adrian Wilson

F355

wr88.07

86.66

83.14

999

83.65

0.0

83.14

8 Sean Doyle

308GT4

4wo89.91

83.47

85.44

84.44

83.59

-4.5

79.83

9 Mark Hargreaves

302GTB

1wr02.38

88.14

86.72

83.92

84.15

-3.0

81.40

360 F1

90.57

86.46

84.80

86.00

86.18

+1.0

85.65

308GTB

96.94

90.27

88.56

87.14

85.90

-3.0

83.32

12 Julian Playford

F355

89.68

86.29

999

88.72

86.58

0.0

86.58

13 Peter Wilson

348tb

wr95.65

wr89.13

90.03

90.99

87.24

-2.0

85.50

328GTB

wr111.99

wr99.85

95.72

94.58

95.38

-3.0

91.74

10 Jeffrey Cooper 11 Jack Hargreaves

14 Wendy A Marshall

Key: wr = wrong route 4wo = four wheels off course Classic Competitors

Pts

Richard Allen

Sean Doyle

Mark Hargreaves

Jack Hargreaves

Wendy Ann Marshall

Championship Points after Round 1

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Chris Butler

Barrie Wood

Andrew Holman

Adrian Wilson

Richard Allen

Jack Hargreaves

David Tomlin

Peter Wilson

Sean Doyle

Jeffrey Cooper

Mark Hargreaves

Julian Playford

John Marshall

Wendy Ann Marshall

Photo: Linzi Smart

INTERMARQUE CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 ROUND 1: SNETTERTON 5th APRIL 2010

Ferrari Team scores at Snetterton HE FERRARI TEAM had a good start to the season on Bank Holiday Monday at Snetterton reports TIM MOGRIDGE. The rain held off although qualifying in the morning was a little damp but no need for those wet tyres. Our team comprised myself, David Hathaway and Wayne Marrs, all in our F355 Challenge cars and running on the obligatory road tyres. It was a smaller than usual grid of 18 cars that reduced further after some attrition in qualifying but not in the Ferrari camp - although it was a close call. On my first flying lap I braked hard at the end of the back straight, locked all wheels and spun several times. It turned out that the ABS had failed and I had not realised. We are used to absolutely standing on the brakes in these cars so it was a bit of a surprise. Time to learn how to drive without these modern aids! In the end we qualified 4th , 8th and 9th, with me at the back. The race went much better and after a good start we had 4th, 5th and 6th places after lap 1, and Wayne and I were nose to tail for much of the race. We

were never going to catch the monster horse power Scragg Aston V8, and some of the Aston GT4 cars are becoming difficult to live with. That said we all managed a 1’:21” time and the FTD was 1’:20.40” so we were not too bad. After 40 minutes we had a team finish of 4th, 5th and 7th. This, I think, puts us in the overall lead after race one of the season, so a jolly good start. The rules allow points scoring from the first four cars in each team so if we can get another Ferrari out on track we stand a chance of winning the Intermarque championship on

2010. As there are multipliers for different classes this means we are particularly looking for some Ferraris from our Classic series as they are already on the correct tyres and could bag extra points. Any Classic competitors please apply! The next race is at Mallory Park on 9th May. As a postscript, Wayne and I both did the GT One-Hour endurance race at the end of the day, with Wayne using his 360 GT2 car. I am happy to report that this ended with a Ferrari one -two, with the nearest Aston GT4 a lap down. No prizes as to which Ferrari was the winner . . . Photo: Linzi Smart

Wayne Marrs won the One-Hour GT endurance race in his 360 GT2.

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talking, and when your backside is only an inch or two off the track, the sensation of speed is tremendous. This year’s event was more popular than ever. A record number of twenty teams had signed up to take part – that’s something like 80 or so drivers, an impressive number by any standard. By 11am the Thruxton

motorsport centre was groaning at the seams with our Ferrari contingent of drivers, many of them very experienced but a few having their first taste of the Honda-engined Biz Thunderkarts they were to drive. At 11.30, a briefing given remotely by Tiff Needell via a TV monitor helped answer many of the queries by the newcomers. The format of the race was as in previous Photo: SwiftyPix

s a prelude to the season’s Ferrari racing, the traditional Pirelli team karting race has much to commend it writes JOHN SWIFT. At the end of March the first signs of spring are beginning to show – daffodils, crocus, newborn lambs, emerging leaves on the trees. It is the shaking off of the winter inactivity, the reawakening of the urge to blast off into the countryside to blow all the cobwebs away. With the never ending increase in restrictions on our public roads, with cameras at every turn, it is almost impossible to drive with anything amounting to exuberance and retain your licence. But on a kart circuit it’s different – you can blast around as quickly as your skill allows without a care in the world. Thruxton is our kart circuit of choice. It’s in the open air (and therefore subject to the vagaries of the weather) and shouldn’t be confused with the majority of indoor arenas. Here, the karts are going twice as fast and the thrill is arguably at least twice as great. 65mph is what we are

Pole position went to Pirelli’s Quicker Than Rosso team. It was only coincidence that their fastest kart was driven by a certain Phil Lowe, who just happens to build all the karts at Thruxton circuit.

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Richard Prior in kart 5 (Scuderia Rosso Corsa) is hustled by the might of the British Army in kart 30 (Bristol Fashion) commanded by ARDS instructor Peter Campbell.

Seymour and John Marenghi. They were narrowly beaten into second place in the Club’s Area Group karting event a few weeks earlier. CRAY THRUST is also a name we have seen before, the team manager being Stuart Burrage of Airborne TV. FAB FOUR was a useful looking 4-man team who are regular contenders in this event.

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years: a 2-hour enduro with each team of four or five drivers having to stop a minimum number of times, including one for refuelling. Some notes about the teams this year might be of interest. DK ENGINEERING was lacking both its manager, David Cottingham and its lead driver, the ebullient Jeremy C, but younger son James had recruited some experienced replacements. SKID MARKS seemed to consist of Nick Cartwright’s ‘B’ team. Under the guidance of Nick himself, Jack Dwane (Mick’s enthusiastic son) and ‘Jack’s friend’ were the mainstays of the side. CAPETOWN CLASSIC RACERS was the title of Vance Kearney’s team of tough looking drivers, which included Lee Moulden, his 2010 team mate, Pat Gormley, and Henry Fletcher (British GT driver who has just purchased Barry Carpenter’s F355 Challenge Ferrari). SCUDERIA CARTWRIGHT was Nick’s lead squad and seemed nonchalantly confident. They comprised brothers Ben and Jamie, who are no strangers to high-speed karts, together with Fred Honnor and Nick Robinson. FIVE ALIVE is a familiar name here and ably led by Daryl

Ben Orza’s MEALS ON WHEELS have a great success rate at Thruxton, being past winners of the event. They have an advantage, despite their team name, of appearing to live entirely on lettuce leaves which is key to their impressive power/ weight ratio. The QV team is a much respected squad although this year featured some younger members of the Warburton and Lester families. Mike Lester was keeping a managerial eye on them but elected not to drive this time. The much heralded SCUDERIA ROSSO CORSA looked like hot favourites in the advance publicity, having international experience of racing at Monaco last year. All were seasoned Ferrari hillclimb racers and their team comprised top line drivers Chris Butler, Richard Prior, Mike Spicer and Nick Taylor. If appearances are anything to go by, they certainly looked the most professional with their identical race suits and a team manager – Ali Butler – efficiently sporting stopwatches and clip board. THE WHITE MICE was a new name to us but included

Shaun Powell (4) of the Pirelli team fends off DK Engineering (11) and the Odd Bods during the early wet part of the race.

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MARATHON MUSIC was an interesting team which were under the control of Rolling Stones manager Alan Dunn (the owner of a nice collection of Ferraris including a 288GTO). Their five drivers included Mick David Barker has an argument with the barriers Jagger’s son, in the SimonPics kart. James, and Ronnie Wood’s son, Tyrone. It series this season. seemed a shame that Chris Rea The weather at Thruxton on couldn’t be around so that we Saturday morning started off could have had a full-blown gig. badly. By the time the karts KENTISH MEN were a team emerged from the pitlane for new to us, and their manager qualifying rain was pelting down was Classic series 308GT4 driver, and the track was decidedly John Watts. slippery. It was essential that Simon Cooke, our ace each driver completed at least photographer, had assembled a three laps during the session in team of five drivers under the order to qualify to drive in the corporate label SIMONPICS race, so rapid changeovers were which included well-known Pirelli the order of the day. Maranello Ferrari Challenge It was clear that a mix of competitor from the past, David water, rubber and oil on the Barker, who had come out of racing line was a recipe for offretirement for the event. track excursions. The more Nick Whittaker (also a GT4 experienced quickly sussed this pilot) had recruited most of his out and used every bit of the family under the aptly named A outer part of the track to obtain FAMILY AFFAIR. maximum adhesion, which was The British Army was evident from their lap times. represented by the BRISTOL There was a break before FASHION team, commanded by the race, during which time we ARDS instructor Peter Campbell enjoyed a splendid buffet lunch with some lower generously provided by Pirelli. ranking support. When the lights went out to And finally – signal the start of the 2-hour what a very long roll race, conditions were even call! – there was the worse. Most drivers donned the ODD BODS team circuit’s wet suits to combat the which was exactly horrible driving rain. Despite the what its name lack of grip all the teams coped suggested, a squad of extremely well and no-one got individuals who had into real trouble apart from the come along on their odd spin. own and were About an hour into the race, gathered together conditions started to improve. under one flag. They The rain eased, and even the sun were looked after by peeped out of the clouds. Lap long time Ferrari times, which had been around 1’ enthusiast Ray 25” or so, suddenly tumbled to Ferguson, whose new the 1’ 06” mark. Those without slimline appearance detailed local knowledge of the Fred Honnor helped the Scuderia Cartwright augers well for when track found themselves to be far team gain a tremendous second place. he joins the Classic more competitive.

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John Ogilvie as team manager. They could have done with one or two more drivers. There was a strong Aston Martin flavour to SEX BOMBS RETURN, led by F355 Challenge driver Tim Mogridge and some of his mates from AMOC. Our hosts, Pirelli, always acquit themselves well in this event and are known to engage one or two local hot shoes who are aces at the circuit. This year they titled their team QUICKER THAN ROSSO, a name which may have had some subtle reference to Pirelli tyres but which evaded your scribe. The quickest driver in their team this time was Phil Lowe, whom we learned works full-time at the track building the Biz Thunderkarts. Phil explained that the engines last a couple of seasons but a new chassis is used every three months. Supporting Phil were Carl Naylor, who had made most of the arrangements for this racing weekend and is due to leave Pirelli in a few weeks time, Carl’s replacement at head office, James Prescott, and their popular tyre engineer who attends all our Ferrari races, Shaun Marriott. A last minute entry was SHILTECH STALLIONS, a team that included a couple of ladies (always popular at these events) under the guidance of Geoff Shilton and his son, Kyle.

Nick Cartwright’s second string, Skid Marks, in 4th. As always, this event was hugely enjoyed by everyone who took part and we thank Pirelli for their generosity in making it all possible. Our thanks also go to Carl Naylor for his tip top organisation. In the evening, a group of us – rather smaller than usual – met at the Regency Park Hotel at nearby Thatcham to enjoy a PreSeason Ferrari Dinner. It all went tickety-boo although the Polish barman, who seemed to have only arrived in the country that same day, was foxed by orders for anything more exotic than beer or lager. Still, we are supposed to be in training so we shouldn’t complain!

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the time. Fastest laps were traded between the front runners and it was the Scuderia Rosso Corsa kart, driven by Chris Butler, that eventually had the honour of the best lap time of the day, in 1’ 2.282”, just a whisker ahead of QV’s quickest of 1’ 2.699”. Nick Cartwright (14) on his way to 4th place for the When Skid Marks team, harried by Cray Thrust. the two hours I won’t dwell on a blow-bywere up it was the Meals on blow account of the racing other Wheels team that took the than to say it was extremely chequered flag from Scuderia close and positions changed all Cartwright and Five Alive, with

Podium finish. On the right, in third overall, are the Five Alive team led by Daryl Seymour and John Marenghi. On the left are the runners-up, Scuderia Cartwright. And on the top step, the victorious team from Meals on Wheels, captained by Ben Orza holding the winners’ bottle of fizz.

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FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: CLASS RECORDS to 2009 HILL OR SPRINT

DATE

TIME

PEP TIME

BOULEY BAY

13-04-09

-2.00%

Richard Prior

348ts

49.84

48.84

13-04-09

+4.50%

John Marshall

430 Scud

49.84

52.08

CADWELL PARK

17-06-06

2.50%

Chris Butler

F355

102.46

105.02

CORNBURY PARK

15-09-96

3.50%

Richard Allen

F355

42.29

43.77

CREG NY BAA

27-05-00

3.00%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

41.84

43.10

CRUAGH

02-05.92

0.00%

Brian Jackson

308GTB

52.24

CURBOROUGH (1 lap)

15.08.04

2.75%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

35.02

35.98

CURBOROUGH (2 laps)

16-08-09

4.50%

John Marshall

430 Scud

62.48

65.29

DEBDEN

14-10-90

0.00%

Jeff Simpson

328GTB

65.63

DOUNE

21-06-09

0.00%

Chris Butler

F355

51.33

GOODWOOD

30-07-88

4.50%

Tony Birch

308GTS

103.47

108.13

GURSTON DOWN

20-07-08

2.25%

David Tomlin

F355

36.95

37.78

HAREWOOD (short course)

21-05-88

4.50%

Tony Birch

308GTS

46.60

48.70

HAREWOOD (long course)

14-09-02

2.75%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

65.16

66.95

HETHEL

07-08-05

2.50%

Nick Taylor

348GTC

78.01

79.96

LARAGH

03-05-92

-1.50%

Brian Jackson

308GTB

83.39

82.14

LLANDOW

18-06-05

2.5%

Chris Butler

F355

87.07

LHERGY FRISSEL (5Km)

15-05-97

2.00%

Jon Goodwin

Mondial t

140.39

143.20

LHERGY FRISSEL (2 2Km)

25-05-00

3.00%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

72.93

75.12

LONGLEAT

22-09-02

2.75%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

41.25

42.38

LOTON PARK

12-07-09

4.50%

John Marshall

430 Scud

59.62

62.30

MILLBROOK

02-05-94

2.00%

Jon Goodwin

Mondial t

89.39

91.18

MIRA

14-05-08

3.50%

Jon Goodwin

F430

53.26

55.12

NORTH WEALD (old)

16-10-88

4.50%

Sheridan Williams

308GTB

92.41

96.57

NORTH WEALD (new )

07-04-91

0.00%

Jeff Simpson

328GTB

82.62

NORTH WEALD 3rd

24-03-02

2.75%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

59.44

61.07

NORTH WEALD 4

23-03-03

1.50%

Nick Frost

348GTC

64.76

65.73

NORTH WEALD 5th

19-03-06

1.00%

Richard Prior

348ts

56.83

57.40

PRESCOTT (long)

24-05.08

3.50%

Jon Goodwin

F430

48.87

50.58

PRESCOTT (cross over)

02-09-90

2.50%

John Swift

308GTB

51.70

52.99

RAGLEY HALL

27-03-88

-0.50%

Geoff Dark

308GT4

25.99

25.86

ROTHERFIELD PARK

10-06-90

-0.50%

Richard Allen

308GTB

28.57

28.43

SHELSLEY WALSH

31-05-09

4.50%

John Marshall

430 Scud

33.03

34.52

SLOC

26-05-00

3.00%

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

41.93

43.19

SOUTH CERNEY

15-10-94

2.00%

Jon Goodwin

Mondial t

78.30

79.87

THORESBY PARK

18-09-94

2.00%

Jon Goodwin

Mondial t

42.16

43.00

WEST MALLING

26-03-89

0.00%

Jeff Simpson

328GTB

77.30

WISCOMBE

08-09-96

2.50%

Geoffrey Rollason

F355GTS

47.44

48.63

WROUGHTON

25-07-99

-0.50%

Robin Ward

308GTB

109.34

108.79

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PEP

DRIVER

yellow = new record in 2009

TIPO

PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic LAP RECORDS (established 2009) CIRCUIT

DATE

BRANDS HATCH (Indy)

13:06:09

Gary Culver

328GTB

56.252

76.70

14:06:09

David Tomlin

328GTB

56.797

75.88

14:06;09

Chris Compton Goddard

308GTB

57.905

74.47

13:06:09:

William Moorwood

308GT4

1:02.098

69.48