Ferrari Mailing List: Ferrari World Finals at Monza - Corse Clienti

[Axel Joachim Zahn (aj_zahn]

2006 Summary

Monza, 28 October 2006 - This afternoon, in the press conference at Monza,
Jean Todt, Chief executive of Ferrari S.p.a., Andrea Bozzoli, Commercial and
Marketing Director; Antonello Coletta, head of the Corse Clienti and Roberto
Vaglietti, head of Ferrari Classiche, participated in a meeting with the
press at the 2006 Ferrari World Finals.

Jean Todt drew attention to how the World Finals represented "a special
weekend for clients, who are our representatives in the world and who take
the company's patrimony around the world. During the year it is Formula 1
that enjoys high visibility and so we would like to dedicate this event to
our clients and celebrate with them"

Todt touched on the themes mentioned during the press conference,
underlining how, for Ferrari, races are not only represented by Formula 1
but also by the activities of the clients, who are an important foundation
for the company. The chief executive especially highlighted the year's new
projects. These include the special FXX programme, the Ferrari single make
championship, the Historic Challenge, the F1 Clienti and the GT
competitions.

Andrea Bozzoli then analysed these issues in more detail: "Corse Clienti is
one of the activities that has become established over the past few years",
began the Marketing and Commercial Director. "Ferrari would like to build an
ever closer relationship with its clients. I would like to see them have a
personalised relationship based on their particular needs. One example is
the possibility of using single-seaters with an F1 Clienti dedicated team.
We have a long tradition of single-make championships. This year is the
fourteenth and has seen the establishment of the F430 Challenge. In historic
Challenge, clients can continue the great tradition of Ferrari classic cars
and, in 2006, the FXX programme has been added. To conclude, we should
remember the support given to GT competitions: after twenty years we have
claimed the Constructors', Team and Drivers' titles in the FIA GT2 as well
as the ALMS championship. Talking of gran turismo, we should make clear that
Ferrari's programme is based on the F430 GT2 and, at the moment, there are
no GT1 programmes".

Antonello Coletta, head of Ferrari Corse Clienti, then gave a very positive
overview of the year, spearheaded by a new, high performing GT car. "We also
triumphed in the Italian and English championships and we are leading the
Spanish series: twenty-eight races won in total. The 2007 package will be on
the track from November. The ALMS championship will be very important and we
would like to have the same aims as in the FIA. Our single-make
championships end here. In the fourteenth year since the Ferrari Challenge
we introduced the new F430 Challenge. It has been a fortunate year with 130
cars on the track divided into three championships: the Italian, European
and USA. In the Historic Challenge, we fielded nearly eighty cars, among
them many unique and priceless models. Despite the high value of the cars,
our clients really compete and put on exciting races. 2006 was also the
FXX's debut year. We have seen the enthusiasm of the clients and a record
year for Formula 1 Clienti with 37 cars ensuring excitement levels are
high".

Roberto Vaglietti, who oversees Ferrari Classiche, outlined the aims,
structure and functioning of the newly created Maranello department. "At the
company there is a department dedicated to vehicles produced twenty or more
years ago. The objective is to safeguard the vast and important patrimony.
The site is the oldest in the company, the foundry, and includes an archive
with the technical designs and rundowns of the cars produced as well as the
maintenance handbooks. The project is based on the guidelines for
certification. This offers clients the chance to authenticate their car
after a technical and document check. The COCER - the certification
committee - is made up of Piero Ferrari, Jean-Jaques His, Nillo Zagni,
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Angelo Bedei and Roberto Vaglietti himself. Their task
is to consider and certificate the cars. The workshops activities offer the
clients the chance to restore and repair the cars, as well as reconstruct
spare parts based on original designs.

Discussing the FXX programme, Andrea Bozzoli added: "It has been a year
since the FXX programme was set up. We would like to state that we have not
sold 29 vehicles plus one - that purchased by Michael Schumacher - but that
we have attracted 29 clients plus one. They are making a huge contribution
to the development of new cars. This year there have been seven occasions on
which each driver has covered over a thousand kilometres. Further, all the
technicians involved in the FXX programme have experience in Formula 1.
These events will be repeated next year and the feedback, including
technical data, is very important, both for the development of the FXX and
also the new supercar that we will be developing in the near future".