Corse Clienti event at Road Atlanta:

Actually I see #240 now in your pics from yesterday. The driver has the gold helmet. #2 Rubens F2004 is the 2nd pic of yours: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/145874955/

 

Yeah they do look similar and if you don't know the subtle differences. It's hard to tell apart especially when they are flying by!

I can at least tell them apart in photos regardless of small livery changes. It's easiest to ID them on the sidepods

Side of sidepod is vertical: F2001 and F2002. To then tell these two apart, the sidepod downslopes back more on the F2002 than the F2001.
Side of sidepod curves inward on the bottom half: F2003GA through F2005.

2003-GA vs 2004 gets a bit trickier, but the easiest for me is to look at the engine cover. The back half of the F2004 is cutoff vertically and looks incomplete. The 2003-GA continues its swooping slope all the way down. Another clue is the bodywork around the exhaust tips are black on the 2004 and red on the 2003-GA (usually). There is a lot of variation of the attachments to the sidepods. Some ran "smoke stacks" while others had gills and even some were just smooth body panels

The 2005 is easiest to ID imo and has a wing that is black above the rear axle unlike the 2004 and a Mach 3 razor like wing as a chin. Of course those aero things are variable, but for the most part follow that pattern.

 

I know it's been a while, but didn't your friend's car set the track record in New Orleans a while back by Gene as well?

 

That Road Atlanta time is insane btw. The V12 LMR is 10 seconds slower. https://www.motorsport.com/alms/news/road-atlanta-bmw-v12-lmr-final-qualifying/

 

5 seconds faster than the Peugeot LMP1 record from 2008.

 

Yep, still a record at Laguna!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Raceway_Laguna_Seca#Lap_records

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login Only saw a handful of personal F cars. 575, 599, 430, 458, 612, 348, 488. (There were 50 Porsche there easy)

Will try to get a couple videos up.

 

Well Porsche sold 55,000 car in USA last year and Ferrari 2500. So that is a ratio of 22 to 1
And if 50 P cars and 7 F cars were there that is a ratio of 7-1

Based on that the F cars were way over represented-as would be expected at an F car event.

So the numbers support what you saw.

 

Yeah I’m aware as I have Porsche’s as well but would have been nice to see more local F cars given it was a Ferrari based event on a beautiful day.

 

But that would require putting miles on the car.

All kidding aside, the event was not on a weekend so it is difficult for a lot of people to attend. I think Ferraris are treated more like weekend cars and would more likely have shown up on a weekend as dealing with traffic is no fun, too.

 

Yeah. I was in debate as well but traffic in that direction was not bad at all. Glad I took mine. Great cruise on a Friday especially given how nasty it is today.

Hopefully I can make the next buckhead gathering to meet and greet a bit.

 

Any body know the fastest FXX-K time?

 

Sure did...I got to see it happen. Was held by a Indycar for a long time but Marc did one lap to warm up and then beat it.

 

TIM is Telecom Italia. Alice was their DSL high speed internet service and offered in other places like Germany too. Not sure if they still exist.

 

Stomping on brakes at end of longest straight.
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Awesome pics! The LaF with winglets is the FXXK, full wing is the FXXK Evo.