Ferrari Mailing List: Re: We gonna need a bigger boat.

[Hunter Schultz (hunter.schultz]

Thanks and well done!

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> On Aug 8, 2023, at 7:54 PM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> I’m back from my visit to the factory and the F1 race at  Spa, Belgium. I’ll 
> try to send a few short highlights everyday.
> First, I actually had a PRIVATE guided tour of the factory. The other 2 guys 
> didn’t show up. My 2 other visits (2009-2016) we were 10-12. I had again the 
> same notebook that was given to me by Ferrari in 2009. So, now in the same 
> book I have notes from my 3 visits. I’ll compare the numbers through the 
> years.
> 
> This picture is actually where will be the new paint shop and the 
> all-electric car Ferrari will built in 2025. For those who know the factory, 
> this is facing the exit/entry door when test drivers went out. Now they go 
> out on the left of the new official entrance.

> 
> -15 new models by 2030.
> -Shield on the side: Now the shield is actually painted on the car. I  think 
> it’s fantastic.
> -F1 Cliente: They sell all the F1 cars (need to be 2 years old) Client can 
> keep the car if they want, but can’t try to start it. It can be used as 
> display only. Otherwise, Ferrari keeps the car and organise shipping and 
> maintenance when you want to participate in special events (15 in 2016). They 
> are actually running out of space to store them. So, they built another 
> building on the test track.
> -3000 employees in 2009, now 5000.
> -33 % female employees.
> -If I read my notes correctly: 5 days to built a car / 62 cars a day.
> -85% handmade. If work is too redundant then a robot does it.
> -10 test drivers in 2009 / now 100 because employees are encouraged to test 
> the cars (don’t know what the qualifications are).
> -Upholstery 40 employees / 5 pieces for 1 car.
> -All reject leather pieces are recycled. Example in keychains, etc,
> -All cars are tested 80-100 km. This hasn’t changed through the years.
> -Still have a Maserati engine line even though it is owned by Stellantis.
> -V-12 1 employe needs 5 days. No more signature, they use a barcode to 
> identify the mechanic.
> -Trees and plants in the engine building is mostly to keep the temperature 
> and humidity at a steady level, absorb pollution/dirt.
> -Romeo and Juliette are gone or will be gone soon: They use thermal 
> interference process (no clue what it is).
> -F1 building: I saw a 60% scale model / takes 4 days to assemble an F1 car / 
> 60 F1 engines a year (with Haas and Alfa Romeo)
> -2009: 900 F1 employees / 2023: 1400 (for 2 cars).
> -Another new building for ACTIVITA SPORTING GT (cars I saw were 296 challenge 
>  FXX (40 in the world), FXX EVO Aperta (34 in the world). In the same 
> building 35 F1 Cliente. I saw 2 modern F1 (Vettel’s F1), these are much much 
> bigger when you see them with Schumacher’s cars and other F1 from different 
> decades.
> -Maranello 17000 habitants.
> 
> Funny fact I didn’t know: Enzo Ferrari never wanted a Museum for his cars. 
> The Museum in Maranello opened 1 year after his death.
> 
> Reading my own hand written notes was hard at times. Hope you enjoyed.
> 
> Michael Savard (1918 308 GTSi)
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