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TAKING THE WRAPS OFF THE F2012

ISSUE 071 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS WELCOME! A very warm welcome to the first edition of the 2012 CompRes. We wish everyone a successful and, above all, enjoyable season of Ferrari competition. Despite our quite lengthy explanation, in the previous issue, of our revised policy for the magazine, we have heard that some folk have been spreading an ill-founded rumour that CompRes is no more. Nothing could be further from the truth. We shall continue, as we have said, to provide news and stories of not only the Club scene but the world of Ferrari generally. Our cover features the unveiling of the new F2012 GP car. This is the 58th F1 car produced by the factory. We think everyone who has seen the new 2012 F1 machinery, not just the Ferrari, has expressed surprise at the looks of the cars.

The front end of the latest offering is far from aesthetically pleasing. The step front end is due to the 2012 regulations requiring designs to lower the front part of the nose. At the same time, it is necessary to raise the bottom of the chassis for aerodynamic reasons. Perhaps we shall eventually get used to its odd duck bill appearance.

2012 COMPETITION CALENDAR Included with this issue is a calendar giving the dates of all the 2012 PFfc, PFO and PFHC rounds, the Club’s track days and many other Ferrari events as well. Throughout the season we will also give the up-coming dates in the ‘What’s On’ feature and, if there are any date changes, we will notify registered

competitors via the Group email service as well as in the pages of CompRes.

2011 HOUSE POINTS This issue lists the ‘house points’ scored by every competitor who took part in any of the Club’s three series – the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic, the Pirelli Ferrari Open and the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship. We send our congratulations to Chris Butler on amassing the greatest number of points in the Victor Ludorum competition and thereby winning the coveted Sir Anthony Bamford Trophy. The runner-up but no less meritorious is Jim Cartwright who takes the Ken Wharton/Bill Blyth Trophy. All the silverware will be presented at the AGM and Prizegiving Luncheon on Sunday, April 22nd at Whittlebury Hall. We look forward to applauding these and all the other successful drivers at that time.

PRE-SEASON DINNER and KARTING

Even Maranello didn’t escape the recent snow. Here Massa and Alonso shiver at the launch of the F2012.

The annual Pre-Season Dinner and team karting enduro are on Saturday, 31st March. With this edition of CompRes you will find the necessary booking forms – one for the Dinner and a second one for the karting race. Do make sure that you submit your forms by the closing dates indicated if you want to avoid disappointment – this precursor to the Ferrari racing season is always hugely popular and demand usually exceeds supply. I would like to remind everyone that the karting is supposed to be an add-on attraction to the Dinner, not a separate event. I hope that the

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whole day’s activities – including the Dinner - will be well supported. The evening’s jollifications at Newbury’s finest Italian restaurant never fail to be great fun.

CARACALLA The class winners from our two circuit racing series have now received their Italian leather wash bags from our sponsors, Caracalla Bath, and very handsome they are too.

As you will see from the photo, they are finished in Ferrari red with contrasting white striping. Simon Jordan, md and founder of the luggage specialist, is again sponsoring us in 2012 and has promised some more exciting items as prizes at the end of the season.

PIRELLI CALENDARS We promised that the first three competitors to register for the 2012 race series would receive a splendid Pirelli calendar. The three early birds registering for Classic were Jon Goodwin, Martin Hart and Nicky PaulBarron. In the Open series, the first out of the traps were David Hathaway, James Shirley and Mario Ferrari. These winners should be receiving their calendars from Pirelli very soon now. We haven’t forgotten the hillclimbers and just as soon as the MSA have finished rearranging the deckchairs and issued us with Championship approval, we shall get the registration documents posted out. As with the circuit racers, the first three to register will be rewarded with a Pirelli calendar.

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RACING ABROAD To keep you up to speed about our overseas racing excursions this year, for our visit to Spa on 22-24 July (Friday to Sunday inclusive) I have again block-booked the superb Hotel de la Source that we used so successfully in 2011. I have also made arrangements for a special Ferrari Dinner on the Friday evening. Always good to know, I have managed to negotiate the accommodation at last year’s heavily discounted prices. This is a good time to book ferries at the best rates so you can make your reservations with confidence for this weekend. I have also exchanged contracts for the Nürburgring event on 5-7 October. Again this is 3 days of racing – Friday to Sunday inclusive. Our 30 minute Sunday race is timed to finish at midday so you can plan your return journey based on this (but allow some time for the podium, parc fermé etc). Again, I have made a block booking for accommodation at the 4-star Dorint Hotel at Nürburgring. The Dorint is located virtually on the circuit, opposite the start/finish area, and the superior ‘Comfort’ rooms I have reserved have private

balconies overlooking the track. On the Friday evening I have arranged with the Dorint for a private dining room for a Ferrari Drivers Dinner.

SUCCESS FOR DAVID TOMLIN In the last issue of CompRes we gave details of David Tomlin’s plans for competing, along with Nick Adcock, in the 2012 London to Cape Town Rally, a gruelling event over 10,000 miles of the most inhospitable roads on the planet.

David’s trusty Land Rover.

We are delighted to report that not only did they complete the journey in their Land Rover Defender TD5 but won their class

The Dorint Hotel—our base for the Nürburgring weekend.

and finished 4th overall, a tremendous achievement. Space precludes a full report of their adventures but details can be found on the event’s website www.londoncapetownrally.com David was supporting the Marie Curie charity during the event and on behalf of all the Ferrari competitors who subscribe to CompRes we have sent a donation of £100 to this worthy cause. We understand that David and Nick have collected a total of over £5,000, a great effort.

FERRARI TECHNICIAN CHALLENGE Many of you who compete in our race series will have met Dean Pallett. Dean is Graypaul Nottingham’s head Diagnostic Technician and is a senior member of Graypaul Racing’s team. We are delighted to report that against stiff international competition, Dean has won the 2011 Ferrari Technician Challenge, a competition Ferrari created in 2007 to recognise the finest talents throughout the global network. It is open to any Ferrari Technician with at least 5 years experience. Over the two day event, the finalists were rigorously tested through a series of theoretical and practical challenges in order to demonstrate their knowledge and skills of Ferrari products. The tests focused on a variety of different areas, including the current and previous model ranges, Ferrari Genuine Maintenance and Ferrari Genuine Accessories, in addition to knowledge of the history of Ferrari’s road and race cars. The event also included a driving competition which tested the finalists’ driving skills and techniques in the Ferrari California, 458 Italia and FF through a series of time trials and driving skill challenges. Matteo Torre, Regional Manager for Ferrari North Europe, commented: “We are extremely proud of Dean’s outstanding performance at the 2011 Ferrari

are now stored away and unused. My digital collection includes DSLR, bridge cameras, and some small compacts which are handy for travel. All of them take great photos, the more modern ones giving the best results. Here at CompRes Towers we are fortunate in Dean Pallett, Ferrari Technician of the Year. receiving lots of Technician Challenge. Dean photos from readers from which commented: “I was so excited we are able to choose ones for when I found out that I would be publication. However, I have to competing in Maranello against say that recently we seem to the best Ferrari technicians from have been sent some really dire around the world. The images that are some way below competition was exciting and the standard of prints I used to challenging and the whole get with my Kodak Box Brownie experience was made that much as a schoolboy hundreds of years better when I found out that I ago. had won the title of Ferrari And it appears the reason for Technician of the Year!” these fuzzy manifestations is that people are using their smartphones instead of proper END OF SEASON DINNER cameras. I know that a phone I know it seems like aeons can be very convenient to grab away but for those who like to an instant shot and the results organise their diaries the date of may look fantastic when viewed the 2012 ‘Racers’ End of Season on the phone’s tiny screen, but th Dinner is Saturday, 17 try putting these awful images November. into a publication and the The hotel we have chosen is problem is immediately apparent the 4-star Oxford Belfry. You can – I nearly said ‘clearly apparent’, view its many tip top facilities if but clear it is anything but. you Google its website. For those who wish to Contracts have been exchanged, combine handiness with brilliantly demon special prices negotiated, crisp definition, my latest and we are looking forward to acquisition seems to be just the having just as good a time as we job. It is a Panasonic Lumix enjoyed at the Dinner in TZ10 equipped with a Leica Vario November last year. -Elmar lens with a huge 12x Full details nearer the time optical zoom range from 25but for now just make sure you 300mm. The 25mm end is a keep the date free! very useful true wide angle. It has extremely effective CAMERA ANGLE compensation for hand-held wobble, is equipped with GPS, Although not claiming to be and also shoots movies in HD. any sort of photographic expert – As you may have gathered, I you need to be in the company of am really enthusiastic about this the likes of Simon Cooke or little gem of a camera and Jonathan Tremlett for commend it to those who are authoritative opinion on the struggling with their Nokias and subject – I do have a fair number such, and wondering why the of cameras I have collected over results are so horrible! the years. Some of these are rather nice film cameras which, sadly,

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RA’s HILLCOMMENT Here we go again as we all look forward to yet another season of Ferrari Owners’ Club speed event competition. As I write these notes the snow lies thick here in East Anglia and last night it was minus 8°C, so the thought of Bouley Bay only two months away is at the least quite stimulating. The low-rent opener at North Weald on March 18th is really soon now, and then there is much more to look forward to, with all our favourite hills and sprints coming up thick and fast once the season gets really underway in May Bouley Bay on Easter Monday is always an enticing prospect – the Jersey outing is a really great short holiday break and driving the hill is always an exciting experience. The spectating is very good and the commentators the best you will hear anywhere. The booking form with full details was emailed out at the end of January and the Hampshire Hotel in St Helier where we stay has already received 16 room bookings from Club members. Missed the form? I am sure Anne Swift will send you another on request. If you have not already done so, you need to get organised very soon to secure your place on the Condor Fastcraft ferry. Jersey and Bouley Bay are really not to be missed!

Chris Butler is already turning the screwdriver on the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Dunblane to ensure we get favourable room rates and a superb dinner on Saturday night. They looked after us really well last year and we are always joined by the leading Scottish club members. Like Bouley, the hill at Doune is really exciting and the view from the top paddock is adequate reward for your bravery. Ok, we know it is few hundred miles up the road, but you can sneak a day or two extra to take in the wonderful Scottish scenery and the many local attractions such as the distillery we visited in 2011. A special outing will be planned for the Friday for those wishing to make more than a hillclimb out of the Scottish Doune weekend. Loton Park (July 14/15) is another double-header and

arrangements are already in place thanks to Jon Goodwin. We are going back to the Albright Hussey Hotel for accommodation and dinner on the Saturday at prices similar to last year. Jon has also organised the paddock barbecue for the club competitors. This should be another great weekend of Ferrari hillclimbing, and the booking form on my computer at present will be sent out to you in April. Jazz in London recently for some of the PFHC boys and girls. Last October, when we had that big 25th Anniversary occasion at Curborough, I was generously presented with a Jazz Evening and Night out in London. This was to be in recognition of my services to the series. In consultation with arranger Andrew Holman, we eventually went for early January and chose the Pizza Express Jazz Café in

Harewood (May12/13) is a double-header as usual, and although there are no arrangements yet in place, there will be a recommended hotel and dinner on the Saturday evening. Details on this will be forwarded to you within the next month. Doune (June 16/17) will be similar to previous years and

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The Easter trip to Jersey is not to be missed.

remains to be seen, and it will be interesting to watch his progress as he learns the 348 and gets the chassis sorted. I suspect the 348 is pretty much as it left the factory – not the best handling car on the block. Philip Whitehead still expects to be out competing with us in 2012. He has been looking around for a replacement F355 or maybe even a 360 Modena. Obviously Spiders are out and only a Berlinetta will do. If you know of a car that would suit Philip please give him a call on 01352 754307. Incidentally I heard a rumour, since confirmed, that his old car has been repaired and fortunately not ended its life in a parts bin. Best to look out for his name on the registration doc if you are buying a red one! All that jazz. RA chats to sax playing legend Scott Hamilton at the Pizza Express Jazz Café in central London.

central London. With some sixteen of us attending - many I guess not diehard jazz buffs - we decided to see Scott Hamilton, a top American sax player who apprenticed with Benny Goodman in the early eighties. It was a good choice, with Hamilton’s small group’s swinging lyricism going down a treat. The atmosphere was what you would expect on these occasions and our crowd all enjoyed themselves immensely. I would like to thank all concerned for treating me to such a memorable occasion, and Andrew Holman who expertly organised it all including our overnight accommodation. Chris Butler was on TV with BBC2 – no third rate satellite channel for him. On Friday 10th February there was the chance to see Chris and even his F355 too on the antiques programme inelegantly titled ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’. David Harper, a famed local antique dealer from Barnard Castle, was on the programme buying items to sell for a profit to be donated to charity. At an auction he bought a Ferrari watch in a fancy box with 360 cam cover style lid the box actually looked better

than the watch. Harper knows Chris and his Ferrari habit and obviously had him in mind, meeting Chris and the F355 on a lovely day in front of a local stately pile. He duly stiffed Chris with the watch making a terrific profit. Chris thought they were only acting and he was going for a Bafta award, but soon realised he had a watch surplus to requirements!

James Spicer eldest son of Mike Spicer has been amongst us at some of the sprints recently. He has been out for a couple of seasons sprinting with, first a Caterham, and then a Lotus Exige, doing very well at Hethel last year as I recall. Recently James had the good fortune to acquire Richard Prior’s very successful championship winning 348ts that has been lying idle of late. James, who turns 31 this March, will soon make his mark with this car and should give similarly mounted Sean Doyle a hard time!

Sean Doyle joins the big boys or rather hopes to. He has recently acquired Peter Wilson’s 348ts. This sounds great but sadly means we have lost Peter, a long time Ferrari hillclimber, for now, and we have also lost Sean in the classic section with his GT4. Sean, as you all know, was ultra competitive with his 308GT4 and you can bet he will give it his all with More spice in the PFHC. James Spicer, son of the 348. Whether Mike, has acquired Richard Prior’s championship he can make it in winning 348ts. It will be nice to see this historic to the first division Ferrari on the hills again.

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308GT4 Sale or glut maybe, with at least three really nice cars coming up for sale. These tipos have proved very popular for Formula Classic recently and, as you may have noticed, are great for the PFHC Classic Cup. Starting with Sean Doyle’s 2011 Classic Cup-winning car, rumour has it he will sell soon when he has put the engine back together. Then there is my pal Martin McGlone. He has the ex-Richard Preece 308GT4, which is available now and Martin wants to sell. A third machine is a silver 308GT4 once owned by me and used on the hills as long as 20 years ago. This has led a peaceful life since then in the hands of Steve Target, the Essex Area Group organiser. He is thinking of a 328, and if you are interested in these GT4s give me a call and I will advise you the contact details. These are all known very choice cars with good history. Richard Prior recently took his ARDS test for a circuit race licence at Cadwell Park. He though it would be easier there and passed with flying colours, more especially as he went out with an instructor by the name of Nico Ferrari who was impressed with his lines even before he left the paddock. Taking top marks in the written test with an uncanny knowledge of the Cadwell track, he could do know wrong. Maybe Richard didn’t know that even a monkey could pass this test on a good day,

unlike the ARDS Instructor test that boasts an 80% fail rate. Richard has been signed up by Holman Enterprises to race the Citroen 2cv in the 2012

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Snetterton Deux Chevaux 24hr race. He, along with Andrew Holman and another Club member, 599 owning Carl Burgar, will share the driving. And there is still a spare seat, available to any hotshoe with the necessary sponsorship. Before the Snetterton enduro they will take in a couple of short races at Silverstone and Mallory Park. Max noise level limitations

many of you will know are getting to be a worry, especially for our Club track days and the very latest cars like the 458 Italia. Whilst restrictions are lifted for international race meetings, there are signs that the permitted levels are likely to be lowered for club competition, and sadly you can bet that will include hills before too long. If you are about to invest in a new system it is as well to bear this in mind for the future. New Car Technology you will recall I am always whingeing about. In the last few years the volume manufacturers decided we did not need engine temperature gauges or indeed dipsticks; Ferrari to their credit still generously include these items. Ok, I know they give you a warning light or an electronic level check, but with a temp gauge you could see a problem developing, take account of it and have time to act accordingly. When that electronic oil level check malfunctions, as it surely will, the only way to find out how much oil you have is to drain it off – assuming you still have a drain plug of course. The other great thing about a dipstick is you can glance at it and think, ‘Hell, when was the oil last changed?’

Harness Cross Bars are fitted to many of our competing cars and inevitably the MSA has now recognised their existence. They are defined in the 2012 MSA Blue Book on p150 under 1.1.13. Unfortunately the wording of this clause seems to indicate that harness bars must be of round section rather than the square or rectangular section that most of ours feature. Through the good offices of our Eligibility Scrutineer, Gerry Walton, we have taken up the apparent anomaly with John Symes, the Technical Director at MSA. He has ruled that the harness bar, if properly attached, is deemed to be part of the chassis. Since the latter is fabricated from rectangular hollow section tubing, a rectangular harness bar is perfectly acceptable. Gerry will be making this ruling known to his fellow scrutineers this season. Hopefully the little scare that was apparently doing the rounds will now be scotched and you will not need to change your harness bar unnecessarily.

Winner’s Tales: JIM CARTWRIGHT

HE FIRST ROUND of the year was at Silverstone on the National circuit. It isn’t my favourite track but it was still very exciting to be out racing again. I qualified 2nd being beaten by Gary Culver but was pleased and looking forward to the race. As the lights went out and we set off, Chris Butler beat me to the first corner - he simply came flying through between Gary and me and we had to follow him through Copse. We headed into the next right hander with me behind Chris and Gary to my left. I just left the braking really late and dived up the inside, used loads of kerb, even got some wheels airborne, and made the pass. Getting a good run out onto the back straight on this track is vital and I thought I made a good enough job of it. However I didn’t realise Chris was still up

alongside me and I almost put him on the grass as I moved to the right for the turn-in point. From then on it was just a case of trying to keep it clean and not make any mistakes. By about lap 6 I had a massive lead but then lost some momentum as I started to catch the back markers. This is when I realised that Culver had broken away from the pack and was chasing hard to catch me. Towards the end of the race there were only a couple of car lengths between us but I managed to take the first win of the season. This was a great feeling and an early victory puts you in a good state of mind for the coming season. The second round of the season was at Donington Park for a double header. This is our home circuit and I love driving there; thanks to my dad I get plenty of practice. Qualifying didn’t go too well, as I had to pull off the track when the oil

pressure gauge stopped working. This gave me a good opportunity to watch the cars up close, which was quite instructive. In the pits we found everything was fine with the car - just a faulty sender unit. The qualifying times came up to reveal that despite coming in early I was still good enough for 4th on the grid. The start of the race was fun, with some close racing through the first few corners and I made it up to second place to chase Gary. I closed up to within a few feet of his bumper and just stayed there for some laps until my car started to get too hot due to a lack of cool air going through the radiator. I went for a pass going in to the final chicane and took the lead. From then on it was just such a fun race, with lots of overtaking and super close racing. At one point I got held up by some back markers and Culver pulled a gap so I really had to go for it and catch up. After 20 minutes of hard racing I

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An early victory at Silverstone set the pattern for a brilliant season.

took the chequered flag. Second qualifying went much better and I took pole. It was a great Cartwright moment, with me and brother Ben occupying the front row. I was very happy with this and my car was performing brilliantly. The second race was less eventful than the first - I took off from the grid so cautiously that I lost a few places but got them back and took another win by quite a margin. For rounds 4 and 5 we headed off to Zandvoort. I’d visited the circuit to watch dad and Ben race in 2009 and really enjoyed it just as a spectator. The place seems to have a great atmosphere, with enthusiastic fans turning out to watch the action. Dad and I got to the circuit on Friday morning and I was very keen to get out and learn the track. However, due to some really heavy rain I didn’t see much point and only got a few laps at the end of the day. Although I really enjoyed this handful of laps I didn’t really feel at ease and almost felt out of control for most of the lap. The qualifying session went well and I felt really happy going faster and faster every lap. I was

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having a great time, but as usual in qualifying, I only stayed out for half the session. When the timing sheets were produced I was amazed to find I was on pole by a margin of 2.5 seconds. The race for me was just great fun. I was able to pull another gap from the classic cars and have a fantastic time racing some of the Ferrari Open cars. The second qualifying went

All the trappings of success.

much the same as the first and we just enjoyed such a great weekend of motorsport. Zandvoort is most certainly one of my top three favourite tracks, with such a tremendous mix of fast and slow corners, and it just flows so well. I drove home feeling good about the results but also a little sad that the weekend was over and I might not go back there to race again. As always, we had a good laugh on the ferry back to Hull and the journey home. Next we were off to Spa, a race meeting in the calendar I especially look forward to. We stayed at the new Hotel de la Source which was very nice and walked around the track at night which took a while but actually makes you realise just how steep some of the gradient changes are. I suppose you just become accustomed to them in a car once you have done a few laps. First qualifying didn’t go too badly but I was out-paced by Danny Winstanley, which was certainly no disappointment because he was driving a car that his father, Craig, had brought from us no less than 2 weeks before. The car had been driven on the road all the way from the

Going Dutch. Giant killing with the PFO boys at Zandvoort.

north of England down to the channel then onwards to Spa, and set a pole first time out. Amazing! The first race was wet and my car was steaming up so badly in the paddock that I could hardly see where I was going. Luckily on the warm up lap it soon cleared. Being on the starting grid at Spa is just such a good feeling and I couldn’t wait to get going. On the first lap we headed down to Eau Rouge behind Danny but I struggled to turn in and cut the corner, which is a bit of a cheat and it did give me lots of momentum and I was able to pass Danny going up Kemmel straight to take the lead. From then on I had the pressure on big time and all I could see in my rear view mirror was the silver 328 - mostly sideways but always under control just a couple of feet behind. Around mid-point of the race I was able to create a bit of a gap but was struggling with some of the PFO cars. It’s always fun racing these faster cars but when

you’re just trying to focus on winning your own class it’s quite annoying as Danny was really challenging for the win. Then the ‘60 limit’ signs came out whilst a car was being recovered from the track. After a lap or so I was caught unawares by the green flags and I could see Butler and my brother Ben flying up in my

mirrors. I went down the gears but couldn’t get up to speed and they came shooting past. Danny had also been caught off guard and been passed, and was right on my bumper again. I managed to squeeze past Ben C and was desperate to get past Butler. Chris is a competitor I know and respect but is not an easy driver

Still in white primer after his ‘off’ at Oulton Park, Jim’s 328GTB took him to another win at Castle Combe.

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to get past, and this makes it so much more fun battling for position. I tried to out-brake him into La Source hairpin; this didn’t work so I had to tuck back in on the back straight and try and get a better run up Kemmel Straight to snatch back the lead. This did come off and I set about trying to make another gap. I won the race but only by the smallest margin. The second race was dry and I took another win. Last year’s lap times were completely smashed with 2:56 being the norm. For round 8 we were off to another of our favourite local tracks: Oulton Park. I set off at about 11pm on Thursday night after having a few last minute issues whilst working on my car and got to the pub where we stayed just down the road from the circuit really late but very excited. The next day was an official test but I didn’t drive my 328. Instead I spent most of the day driving dad’s Chevron which was great fun.

The next day it was qualifying and once again Danny Winstanley nudged me out of pole position. I had put a different seat in my car for the weekend and thought it was perfect, but when I was out on track I found the steering wheel was too far away (so this was my excuse!). I repositioned the wheel whilst waiting for the race. Then, as usual at Oulton, it rained half an hour before the race. Danny’s 328 had been used by his brother in the Intermarque race immediately prior to the PFFC event because his Porsche’s turbo engine had blown in qualifying. The car just made it to the assembly area and I followed him out onto a super slippery track. I thought that with the car having already just done a race it might have struggled with brakes etc. As it turned out, it wasn’t a problem. The start lights went out and we all headed into the first corner, Old Hall. Danny and I soon broke away from the pack, and seemed to be absolutely

flying round. I was just basically following thinking that I would do everything he did and simply wait for a mistake or an opportunity to pass. Every time I went into Shell hairpin I was locking up and sliding into the corner but just finding enough grip at the high part of the banking to make it round. Every time I did it I thought I was going to fly off the track but I didn’t. I was determined not to get left behind but to keep the pressure on. On around lap 6 I went into Shell way too fast and I could feel the back tyres had no grip whatsoever. I knew I wouldn’t make it round the corner so I aimed for the gravel trap. It didn’t slow me down all that much, probably because I jumped over most of it, then I crashed head-on into the barrier. Standing with the marshals I was so gutted I could have cried; the car looked so horrible covered in tyres and mud. My ambition of winning all the races was over, but still my dad and everyone cheered me up in the paddock

All the previous year’s lap records at Spa were smashed. Jim took wins on both days.

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and we enjoyed watching longer and went all the a great Pirelli Open race. way round the outside. The next day I stripped It worked! From then the car down and we had on I just went round as it ready and in primer in a fast as I could and few days, ready for Castle soaked up the Combe. experience. I took A great grid of classic another win which, drivers turned out for because of Ben’s ’Combe and I couldn’t wait wedding in Italy, was to get out for qualy. I had the last of the season planned to try and get out for me. first for a clean lap but All in all, for me instead I was late, and 2011 was a fantastic one of the last out. The season of which I feel first time I went around very pleased. I was Quarry my accelerator over the moon to be seemed to stick down so I presented with Circuit turned the engine off and Driver of the Year at the went onto the grass. end of season Dinner. Nothing seemed wrong so My aim for 2011 had I continued but struggled been simply to become with traffic. I set pole more successful and a time, although my car did better driver, and also seem to be handling a to try and stay on the little strange and I had my track more than I had in first spin of the season as previous seasons. I well. hoped this would shake The start of the race off the stigma that I and Wayne Marrs, starting Jim is not only a rapid racing driver but he scrubs up spent most of my time from second, beat me to out of control. I well too. Here he officiates as best man at his the first corner. I had a suppose I am a bit of a brother Ben’s wedding celebration party. great time trying to get ragged driver but it past, which I did on lap 2 and south again. seems to work for me and I think then pulled out a big lead. I In qualifying the car felt it’s just my style. As for a secret, didn’t really have a challenge but amazing and I loved driving I don’t really have one. On I just kept pushing quite hard round the new circuit and set second thoughts, if I did want to just for fun although the brakes pole position for the race. On the give a reason for my successes in still didn’t feel that great. I won first lap, once again Wayne Marrs 2011, or any other season of the race and all in all a great day. beat me to the first corner but I racing, it would definitely be The last two rounds of the just went straight round the down to my dad. He is the season for me would be outside of him on the first corner, driving force behind all my Snetterton and one of these took the lead and won the race. motorsport activity and races would be on the ‘300’ track, Second qualifying didn’t go too encourages me 100%. His which was new to everybody. To well as we were out in the wet enthusiasm never fails to surprise get familiar with the layout dad and I was following Wayne. He me and without him I would and I went down on the was going really well so I couldn’t never get to race at all. preceding Wednesday to practice. get past and he was also emitting My favourite thing about We were hoping to leave the cars an oily smoke haze which ran all racing is the amount of good down there in the garages rather over my windscreen. times we get to spend together, than take them home, but I still When the time sheets came travelling all over and just having wasn’t happy with the brake out I found out that Wayne had a real good laugh, not to balance and the front discs were beaten me to pole. The second mention, of course, competing warping really badly. I decided race was dry, and on the starting with the cars we love the most. to trailer mine all the way back grid I was planning on going As usual, a massive thanks to all home to sort things out. Back in round the outside on the first involved in organising the the workshop I changed the front corner. As we set off I tried this meetings, to those who write the discs and also the front pad manoeuvre again but got pushed reviews, and everybody who is material for a less aggressive out onto the grass. I followed involved from the Club. compound. In addition we made really close and waited until some adjustments to the Coram. I had a quick think about geometry and set off back down it and just held it out a little

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Winner’s Tales: JOHN SWIFT

S I PUT PEN TO PAPER – or, more accurately, deformed thumb to keyboard – to write this account of my 2011 season, I realise that it is exactly, to the very day, 30 years since I acquired my 308GTB. My beloved blue Ferrari ‘Old Blue Thing’ (OBT) came into my possession many months after I had made my original bid to its previous owner. It was in the summer of the previous year when I had suggested a price that I had felt was extremely reasonable but which he had considered risible. And then, just after Christmas, I had an unexpected phone call: “Does your offer for my car still stand?” I said that it did, and the deal was done. I became the proud owner of what, looking back, was probably the best buy I have ever made. Last year, when I submitted

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my annual report of my season’s racing, I charted the car’s evolution, from bog-standard spec to highly-tuned race machine and back to near– standard again. So I won’t bore you by repeating this once again. Suffice to say, over the thirty years we have been together, OBT has become the most raced Ferrari in the UK, and probably the world. The season got off to an unpromising start. Silverstone National rates low down on my scale of interesting circuits – in fact it languishes near the bottom – but the beautiful warm and dry weather of late April made it almost appealing. During qualifying OBT’s clutch disintegrated. I suppose it shouldn’t have been entirely unexpected since it had seen many season’s use. I can’t get on with a 308 competition clutch: they seem to be fiercely either in or out – with nothing in between - and the standard one works so

well that it seems pointless to change. Perhaps the modified unit would have lasted a bit longer but I doubt it. As it was, I became an enforced spectator and we returned the car to Shiltech on the way home to have a new unit fitted prior to the next meeting of the year, at Donington Park. Now Donington, compared with Silverstone’s National, is a different kettle of fish entirely. It’s a track I was brought up on. I competed there in 1977, the year it was re-opened. The layout is rather different now but all the best bits are unchanged. If I half close my eyes I can see the ebullient figure of Tom Wheatcroft, his laughter like an old tractor engine bursting into life as he tells one of his priceless anecdotes. I can see him, proud as a peacock, on the day that Ayrton Senna showed us his phenomenal talent when he lapped the entire field in the European GP of 1993.

Donington, just like the great set sail for Holland and another of of Prosecco, and boarded the Hull Tom, has immense character. my pet venues: Zandvoort. I to Zeebrugge ferry for our The meeting was a double have always enjoyed racing here. journey to Spa. One of the many header affair and the weather, At one time, when the MSA were things we love about racing at following many days of warm being a bit picky about UK drivers this super circuit in Belgium is sunshine that had turned lawns racing overseas, I changed my the fun we have on the way there into brown toast, turned sulky name to avoid a load of and back. We usually enjoy the with occasional showers of rain. bureaucratic hassle. For the company of fellow Ferrari drivers OBT felt fit and in qualifying purposes of motor racing I which invariably includes the wasn’t far behind William became Hans van der Drift. It super-keen and always Jenkins’s 308, a car one regards convinced the Dutch spectators, entertaining Cartwright family. as a benchmark of Classic Gp2 who gave me lots of applause as There is never a dull moment performance. they thought I was one of them. with Nick, Ben and Jim on board. At the start of Saturday’s Mrs Van der Drift, as I recall, One can rely on Spa being a race, when the big field of 28 wasn’t too enthusiastic about the delicious adventure and our 2011 Classic Ferraris dived into deception and I switched back to expedition was no exception. Redgate for the first time, the being Swift again after a couple The weather is rarely the same usual mayhem occurred and of years. from one day to another, and several cars ended up in almost always there is the gravel trap. Over the traditional rain to the years I have contend with. preached about the My choice of hazards of this corner hotel, the newly opened which, like a spider’s Hotel de la Source, web, is just waiting to proved to be a great capture the unwary. success with everyone There is always at least and hosted a splendid one driver who knows Ferrari Dinner on the best and causes Friday evening. They ructions for the rest of were very us. understanding about my Jenkins was imported Prosecco for delayed more than I the pre-dinner aperitifs was but he and accommodatingly remorselessly reeled me waived any corkage in and won the class by charges. some five seconds. OBT served me Getting OBT off the line faultlessly, and we came is not straightforward. away from Spa with a The Italian restaurant in Zandvoort seems to have She is a bit of a third place followed by a adopted our Ferrari racing fraternity. screamer, with not win in Gp2 after the much happening below As usual for races abroad, I challenges from the quicker 4,500rpm. So unless the revs combined the Classics with the Ferraris of William Jenkins and are gauged spot-on, you either Open series in order to get a Chris Goddard evaporated in the stand still with wheelspin or the viable number on the grid. It rain. fire goes out and you stand still worked well and I breathed a At the beginning of August with no spin at all. The second sigh of relief that everyone we went over to Cheshire for the alternative proved to be my behaved themselves impeccably. 1-day race meeting at Oulton downfall in R2, and it was catchI spent most of the weekend Park. This event was notable for up from there on. either arm wrestling with Tris the disastrously small turn-out of Despite the tardy start, I Simpson – who was on Open cars which resulted in a thoroughly enjoyed the race, extraordinarily good form – or loss of revenue of thousands. managing to put one over my old eating pizza at the Italian Trying to balance the books in (but not quite as old as me!) restaurant in town which seems running the two race series is adversary, the Club Chairman, to have adopted our Ferrari always something of a gamble but again finishing a few seconds fraternity, even having our logo but I just hoped that this was a behind the Gulf Oil-liveried class on one of their glass cake temporary blip on the financial winning car of Jenkins – not bad, cabinets. chart. I thought, because Donington is Later that month we packed The International circuit at one of William’s all-time favourite the long-suffering Toyota Previa Oulton Park is such a super track tracks. tow car with the usual cargo of it mystifies me why anyone At the beginning of July we boxes and chests, including cases should not want to race there.

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my chief mechanic but since she spends most of her time rushing round the paddocks seeing to others, this doesn’t count – OBT enjoys a great reputation for being trouble free. I know I shouldn’t say this as it is tempting fate, but it does seem to be a fact. Thinking about it, great reliability doesn’t just happen. In my case it is probably due to the skill and experience of Geoff Shilton at Shiltech (who looks after the engine and transmission, usually checking things over at the beginning of the season), and my great pal Chris Worrell, an expert in heavy earth-moving plant and born with a naturally careful and conscientious “The indefatigable Anne I regard as my way of working. Chris chief mechanic.” helps in my garage from It’s the nearest thing in the UK to time to time with the rest an old fashioned circuit that we of the car’s mechanicals. So far get to, it rewards skill and as the driver is concerned, I try judgement (and conversely to religiously observe rev limits punishes lack of them), the (8 thou unless I’m under extreme management is helpful and pressure) and only drive the car friendly, and the infrastructure, as hard as is absolutely following heavy investment by necessary. Oh, and I always circuit-owner Jonathan Palmer, is warm everything up properly now excellent. So what’s not to before going for a time in like? qualifying; so many drivers seem Although I was worried to come unstuck by immediately about the finances of the belting round on cold tyres with weekend I enjoyed the racing an engine that is barely warm. enormously. The usual hiccup at The August Bank Holiday the start, when OBT spluttered meeting at Castle Combe has off the grid dead last, meant a lot been a regular fixture for very of hard work. At the end I many years. I do seem to have a caught up with the battling duo of lot of favourites, as re-reading Richard Fenny and Nick this article seems to reveal, but Whittaker, both of whom were Castle Combe is very firmly one driving their socks off. They of them. Anne and I have been were so intent on their own battle friends with the Strawford family, that I found it impossible to get who own the place, for as long as past (or maybe that was their one remembers. Coming to plan anyway!). ’Combe is just like calling in on By now we were well into our best mates. The atmosphere the second half of the season and here is quite unique and the perhaps due to some unreliability circuit attracts more spectators from my principal adversaries we than you would ever imagine. were shaping up to finish strongly One of the few things that I in the class. A big element in don’t care for there is the MSA motor racing is reliability and noise checker. Noise meters although we have no assistance seem to be so hit and miss, and at the circuits – Anne I regard as readings can vary enormously

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between circuits. One time at ’Combe OBT failed the test. The official, with a look of triumph in his eyes, gruffly muttered “107dB - can’t pass you at that. Try warming the engine some more and come back for another try.” I had noticed he was on his own, with no one to check the revs on the counter. I returned, but this time took the car to 4,000rpm instead of the prescribed five-and -a-half. “101dB!” he announced. “Just goes to show what a bit of experience can do” he beamed. In contrast to recent starts, my launch from the grid was faultless. And I had high hopes of making up a few places as the pack roared off to Quarry corner only for a couple of cars in front to bog down and cause me to jam on the brakes. The air in OBT gets blue when this happens. Apart from the baulked start my race seemed to be lacklustre and I was clearly outdriven by young Richard Moseley to finish a disappointing 3rd in Gp2. It was now September, autumn was almost with us, and if I wanted to have a chance of winning the class I needed a good result at Snetterton. There were new tricks to learn here as on the Saturday the new 300 course was being used while, as a contrast, the 200 layout was earmarked for Sunday’s contest. Although I had been round the 300 track once previously, it was only as an instructor at the FOC track day three months before. Then, my ‘pupil’ was a young man with a scarlet 360 Spider who impressed me enormously from the word go. He had his car writhing on the limit with his foot on the loud pedal at every possible opportunity. His car control was tremendous and it was only after we returned to the pit lane and he told me he was Kovalainen’s race engineer that the penny dropped. Qualifying at Snett I was slow. The session wasn’t really long enough and I tend to be a bit cautious at first on a strange circuit. A so-so grid position

“You live more in 5 minutes going flat out at Spa than some people live in a lifetime.”

combined with an indifferent start meant a race-long struggle to get a decent result. I was pleased for Chris Rea that he won Gp2 that day. Chris so loves his Ferrari racing and it’s a real pleasure to do battle with him although, on that day, he was over half-a-second quicker than OBT. ‘I’ll get him tomorrow!’ I promised myself. When the weather improved for Sunday’s race I felt confident that I might turn the tables on Mr Rea since I desperately needed a class win to keep OBT in the hunt. Everything started well, I was ahead of the red and gold GT4. Although he slipped past me under braking for Murray’s I made a better exit and re-passed into Riches. But then it all went wrong as we entered the new Montreal hairpin. Chris’s brakes failed and his car, now on the inside grass verge, slammed into my side and hit the off-side front wheel with some force. The steering wheel rotated madly, unfortunately with my right thumb trapped in its spokes. We both came to an abrupt halt. Chris’s car looked, as we say in the north, a bit ‘Sheffield’ which, translated, means a lot less than pristine. I couldn’t see

what OBT looked like but I thought I had better crack on and find out if everything still worked. My hand hurt like fury but I thought it was only bruised. I quickly caught up with the guys I had been dicing with and felt, if I gritted my teeth, I could just get to the finish and a class win (I saw in my mirrors that Chris had pulled off to retire). And so it was, with a hand now the size of Norfolk, that I brought OBT home to class victory. I’m not sure how Anne and I managed to load the trailer and drive the 200-odd miles back to North Yorkshire but we did and, the following week, after the swelling had subsided, a hand surgeon inserted a couple of steel pins into the multiple fracture in a successful operation to repair the damaged mitt. Since the final race of the season was the following weekend at Silverstone, there was clearly no way I could take part. However, Anne sportingly chauffeured me there in her Alfa and we were able to enjoy the racing from the grandstand. Happily, OBT wasn’t too badly damaged in the Snett accident. After several weeks I was able to drive a road car once

again and loaded her up for Northamptonshire and Damax, where Robin Ward was waiting to use his magical skills to sort out the geometry on the much distorted suspension. Next it went to the paintshop responsible for Vettel’s and Webber’s Red Bull F1 cars where they did a super job on the car’s cosmetics. They told me that they use lightweight paint on the Red Bull and Virgin Racing cars but I guess OBT’s is just the regular metallic blue that she is accustomed to. And that is about the end of my 2011 report. We finished at the top of the Classic Gp2 class to make it three years in a row. But more importantly, we (Anne and I) had enjoyed terrific fun in another season of racing in the company of some great racing pals – which is really what it’s all about. Sometimes I’m asked why I continue to race when most chaps of my age are content just to watch. What I tell them is danger is the spice of life – you’ve got to take a risk now and again, it’s what makes life worth living. And you live more in 5 minutes going flat out at Spa than some people live in a lifetime.

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THE 2011 ANNUAL CLUB COMPETITION AWARDS

We have checked and double checked the results for accuracy but if you feel there is an error please do not hesitate to contact us.

35 David HATHAWAY

653

36 William JENKINS

652

37 Nicky PAUL-BARRON

633

38 Didier BENAROYA

617

39 Gary CULVER

615

40 Mike REEDER

613

41 Brian JACKSON

606

42 Danny WINSTANLEY

603

43 Tim WALKER

558

44 Richard SQUIRE

549

45 Burgo WHARTON

544

46 Peter FISK

531

47 Philip WHITEHEAD

515

48 Tim INGRAM-HILL

507

49 Tony ATTWOOD

500

50 Tracey HAYNES

485

51 Michael SQUIRE

483

52 Arwyn WILLIAMS

477

53 Sergio RANSFORD

474

54 Gavin SHIRLEY

463

55 Jack DWANE

457

56 Chris GODDARD

452

57 Wendy Ann MARSHALL

440

58 Mark I’ANSON

435

59 James SHIRLEY

408

60 Ian HARTLEY

402

61 Chris HITCHMAN

399

62 Jack HARGREAVES

377

63 Barrie WOOD

377

64 Toby TARRANT-WILLIS

376

65 Mark HARGREAVES

372

66 Peter ROGERSON

364

67 Rupert MARTIN

363

68 Colin CAMPBELL

360

69 Jeff COOPER

340

70 Julian PLAYFORD

339

71 John SHIRLEY

333

72 Darren LAVERTY

331

73 Ian CHADWICK

324

74 Peter HITCHMAN

324

75 Mark McALLISTER

302

Chris BUTLER (Sir Anthony Bamford Trophy)

1917

Jim CARTWRIGHT (Ken Wharton/Bill Blyth Trophy)

1582

Derek JOHNSTON

1545

Paul BROOKS

1537

Nick TAYLOR

1480

Richard PRIOR

1420

Wayne MARRS

1304

Ben CARTWRIGHT

1278

Martin HART

1253

10 Andrew HOLMAN

1250

11 Jon GOODWIN

1243

12 Tris SIMPSON

1240

13 Nick KAYE

1191

14 Nick WHITTAKER

1170

15 William MOORWOOD

1149

16 Gary EASTWOOD

1083

17 David TOMLIN

1053

18 Richard ALLEN

1023

19 John SWIFT

1020

20 Paul BAILEY

991

21 Mike SPICER

966

22 Vance KEARNEY

960

23 Nigel JENKINS

945

24 Craig MILNER

930

25 Mick DWANE

878

26 Nick CARTWRIGHT

810

27 Sean DOYLE

785

28 Ray FERGUSON

769

29 Richard FENNY

740

30 Pauline GOODWIN

736

31 John DAY

733

32 Tim MOGRIDGE

710

33 John MARSHALL

708

34 Peter EVERINGHAM

689

As is the practice at this time of year at CompRes Towers, immediately the Christmas decorations have been boxed away for another year the computers are powered up to evaluate the 2011 House Points. Every Club member who took part in any race, sprint or hillclimb during the season is listed together with his or her points. The system we use is explained in the pamphlet issued some 12 months ago with the January/February 2011 edition of CompRes. The total number of competitors in 2011 was just 100, an encouraging increase of around 10% on the previous year. We have no figures to demonstrate it but I would wager this is a higher number of active competitors than in any other Ferrari Owners club in the world. Although an impressive amount of silverware was presented at the Hillclimbers and Racers End of Season Dinners in October and November respectively, there remains a small mountain of trophies to be dispensed at the Club’s AGM Prizegiving Luncheon which takes place at Whittlebury Hall near Silverstone on 22nd April. As always, we are delighted to see as many competitors as possible at this annual function, regardless of whether you are celebrating success by picking up an award yourself or simply cheering on your rivals.

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Robert PULLEYN

298

GODFREY EATON TROPHY

IVAN BISHOP TROPHY

John WATTS

272

250 and 275 tipos

Steve ROUTLEDGE

267

Winner Class C1 of the Pirelli Ferrari Open Series

Paul UNSWORTH

262

Leon PRICE

244

Geoffrey FINLAY

238

Chris REA

221

Lorraine HITCHMAN

Richard BRAMHAM

Unmodified V8 road-going cars 220 (except 308GT4, Mondial, F355 and later tipos) 219

Jacques DUYVER

219

Peter WILSON

216

David EDGE

196

Richard PREECE

182

Shaun SMITH

165

Robert MACFARLANE

155

Geoff NEAL

Unmodified V8 road-going cars F355, 360 and later tipos 154

Richard MOSELEY

120

Andrew DUNCAN

118

David GOODWIN

118

Nick KNIGHT

100

Peter MOSELEY

Unmodified road-going 308GT4 and Mondial 99

Cliff FOX

Richard STAFFORD

Mario FERRARI

100 Charles HAYNES

BARACCA TROPHY Flat 12-Cylinder Not Awarded

BUMBLES TROPHY V12 Cylinder 1 Paul Brooks 1537 2 Nick Kaye 1191 No other competitors

MARANELLO CONCESSIONAIRES TROPHY V6 Cylinder 1 Tony Attwood 500 2 Colin Campbell 360 No other competitors

1 Jon Goodwin 74 No other competitors

GILLES VILLENEUVE and MARIO ANDRETTI TROPHIES

1 Chris Butler 1659 (Gilles Villeneuve) 2 Nick Taylor 1480 (Mario Andretti) 3 Ben Cartwright 1278

STEPHEN LANGTON AWARD 1 Chris Butler 1570 2 Richard Prior 1420 3 Andrew Holman 1250

DEREK COLLINS TROPHY 1 Martin Hart 2 Tris Simpson 3 Nick Whittaker

1253 1240 1170

TARGA STRADALE MODIFICATO and MODENA ENGINEERING TROPHIES Modified road-going Dino, 308, 328, 348 (except 308GT4 and Mondial) 1 Jim Cartwright 1582 (Targa Stradale Modificato) 2 John Swift 997 (Modena Engineering) 3 Wayne Marrs 798

FIORANO TROPHY Modified road-going 308GT4 and Mondial 1 Richard Fenny 2 John Watts 3 Chris Rea

740 272 221

Paul Brooks Vance Kearney Nick Kaye

DAVID HATHAWAY TROPHY Winner Class C2 of the Pirelli Ferrari Open Series David Hathaway Mick Dwane

FF CORSE TROPHY Winner Class C3 of the Pirelli Ferrari Open Series David Tomlin Gary Eastwood Wayne Marrs

GRAYPAUL RACING TROPHY Winner Class C4 of the Pirelli Ferrari Open Series Derek Johnston Paul Bailey Craig Milner

STUBBERFIELD TROPHY Winner Gp1 of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic Series William Moorwood Tris Simpson Nick Whittaker

STIRLING CUP Winner Gp2 of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic Series John Swift Richard Fenny William Jenkins

THE BIG SWIFTY Winner Gp3 of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic Series Chris Butler Martin Hart Ben Cartwright

TROFEO ITALIA Winner Gp4 of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic Series Jim Cartwright Nick Cartwright Nigel Jenkins

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WILKINSON BOWL

COTSWOLD TROPHY

The competitor who best typifies the spirit of the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic Series

Any road-going Ferrari scoring the most points in the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship on scratch

Ray Ferguson

1 Chris Butler 2 Nick Taylor 3 Richard Prior

IL SPIRITO DELLA SERIA The competitor who best typifies the spirit of the Pirelli Ferrari Open Series

HILLCLIMB TROPHY Driver scoring the most points in the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship on handicap

Vance Kearney

WILKINSON TROPHY

1 2 3

Circuit Driver of the Year Jim Cartwright

DAVID PRESTON TROPHY

Ian Chadwick Richard Prior Mike Spicer

31 29 26

ELWYNNE OWEN-JONES BIATHLON CUP

Preparer of the Year RnR

Most points gained in a mix of Circuit, Sprint and Hillclimb events

FRANK BOTT TROPHY Winner of the 2011 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship 1 Richard Prior 2 Nick Taylor 3 Chris Butler

1570 1480 1420

1 2 3

148 144 140

Chris Butler Jon Goodwin Nick Taylor

GUIDATORE NOVICIO DELL’ANNO TROPHY Most promising Newcomer to Ferrari competition Tim Walker

COPPA FERRARI CLUB NEDERLAND Best performance by a pre-1975 Ferrari Not Awarded

CAVALLINO TROPHY A particularly meritorious result in Ferrari competition (not necessarily by a Club member and not necessarily awarded each year) Not Awarded

70.00 47.50 43.00

THE 2012 CHRISTMAS SWIFTY S

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Here is the solution to the 2012 Christmas cryptic Swifty, with the usual motoring and Ferrari flavour, which we set you in the last issue of CompRes. The first three correct solutions to be selected by our unique random selector device (RSD) on the closing date of 16th January were sent in by BRIAN JACKSON, MATT SWIFT, and JEFF and BARBARA SIMPSON, each of whom wins a 2012 Ferrari calendar. We think this year’s puzzle may have been rather more difficult than in the past as entries were a bit down in numbers. However, it clearly wasn’t impossible so congratulations to each of the winners and commiserations to the gallant losers.

odford 2 Neil Wo rrari 4 Mario Fe e Rory Fordyc Chris Rea John Watts Paul Unswort ski 5 Witt Gam David Wild

mlin 8 David To erson 10 John And d-Smith Sally Maynar Sandra Dent arrington 12 Robert C innard 13 Jackie W ampbell 14 Colin C

Birthdays in March

14 Stua rt Tarran t -Willis 15 Anth ony Chad wick 17 Nick y Paul-Ba rron 21 Marc o Attard 22 Nich olas Ches ter Colin Da vids 23 Grah am Reede r Nick Tay lor 24 Richa rd Mosele y 25 Kevin Wilkins 26 Mike Roberts 27 Richa rd Allen 29 John Seale Brian Pag e 30 John Warner

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£95,000 For more details please email acheshire@ffcorse.com or telephone Anthony Cheshire on 07768 384079

Ferrari 348 GT ‘Competizione’ Nick Taylor’s 348 GTC multi championship winning car with many wins and records in Ferrari Owners’ Club events to its credit. Chassis number 41 of 50 built and one of only 8 RHD cars. 49,000 miles, full service and competition history. This extremely rare car is in excellent condition and will be sold with fresh cambelts and MOT. Spares package includes 2 sets of very rare original 348GTC wheels and tyres, plus one set of refurbished 355 Challenge wheels and tyres, 2 sport exhausts and one standard exhaust box and spare 348GTC/F40 carbon seat. Includes registration number H15 GTC and rights to www.348gtc.com website £45,000 Please contact Nick Taylor on 07747 002941

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