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GARY CULVER: 2005 PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE CHAMPION

ISSUE 008 SEPTEMBER 2005

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE I am saddened to have to formally announce that the Club has decided to discontinue the PMFC following the significant reduction in the numbers of competitors this season.

In order to maintain MSA championship status it is necessary to have a minimum average number of cars on the grid throughout the season of sixteen. We have never approached this number at any race this year and the average is woefully below the required MSA minimum.

The reason for the sudden decline in popularity of the series, after twenty years of huge success, is not clear. It may be that the sheer cost of running a 360 Challenge car in class S is seen as simply too expensive.

Invariably these cars have had professional teams involved, with the attendant expenses of big transporters, teams of mechanics, and all the other costly resources that are employed. Another possible deterrent may be the high repair costs in the event of an accident with these high-tech machines.

Although measures we took for the 2005 season to minimise the risk of accidents – the 360 aero pack, the rolling start procedure, the tighter control on driver behaviour, etc – have been a great success, previous history, particularly in 2004, was not encouraging. A further reason for the decline in numbers may be the significant performance gap between the 360 and the older F355 cars. Drivers in the latter category have had no realistic hope of standing on the

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top step of the podium as overall winners. This has acted as a disincentive for owners to bring out their earlier cars despite the fact that they are far more cost effective to race and arguably much more driver friendly.

The Club continues to be as enthusiastic as ever about circuit racing. Ferrari is the finest high performance marque in the world and it is right that we should be examining every possibility of continuing to provide the opportunities to race the cars in competition. Our Ferrari formula classic series is now a proven winner and will continue without significant change in 2006.

However, clearly a new format is required for more modern and/or more modified Ferraris that will fit with changing circumstances.

For this reason we have decided to devise a new invitation race series for 2006 which will be titled ‘Pirelli Ferrari Open’ (PFO). In order to make the series more attractive to more competitors, we are imposing a cut-off manufacturing date for eligible cars. This will be 1st January 1999, which effectively discounts the 360 tipo.

In addition to attracting F355 Challenge competitors – who will run in their own class C – we want to encourage all those highly developed Ferraris of previous years, running on slicks with little restriction on specification. In the past many competitors enjoyed developing their Ferraris for track use, an aspect of competition which our insistence on factory specification effectively put a stop to. By opening up the series to these cars we hope to attract the rich variety of shapes, sizes (and noises!) that made our series so

special.

In the next few weeks the PFO steering committee will be finalising the details of the new series and deciding on how many races to arrange in the first experimental season. Once this has been done we shall be circulating the information to members to enable them to plan their racing for next year.

PFO will be a series unbedevilled by countless rules and, we think, will have great appeal to many of the racers who became disenchanted with the previous format. Our principal sponsors, Pirelli, will be generously supporting this new initiative and we shall do everything possible to make it a great success.

END OF SEASON DINNER This is a final reminder for those who have yet to apply for their tickets for the Presentation Dinner on Saturday, 5th November. All subscribers should already have their ticket application forms and details of accommodation at the venue, Ettington Chase near Stratfordupon-Avon. If you have mislaid the form let us know without delay.

As always we want as many of you as possible to attend this (Black Tie) function. There are lots of trophies and other goodies to hand out to those who have taken part in PMFC and Ffc this year. Do make sure you are there to receive and applaud!

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS The last two rounds of the 2005 PMFC took place at Spa at the beginning of the month. We

shall be reporting on this event, which also included a few Ferrari formula classic cars, in the next issue of CompRes. Meanwhile, for the record, we include this final PMFC points table and send our heartiest congratulations to the winners in the two classes: GARY CULVER (Category S) and WITT GAMSKI (Category C).

JOHN MAY

Graham Reeder

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David Dove

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David Back

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Our Eligibility Scrutineer, John May, is due to go into hospital later this month for an operation to rectify the results of a leg injury he sustained at Spa last year, when he was hit by an errant weigh cell thrown backwards from a Ferrari wheel in the pit lane. Following his operation, we understand that John will spend the CATEGORY C first six weeks at low Witt Gamski 151 speed on crutches We send our Mike Reeder 106 very best wishes to Charlie White 86 John for a rapid Mike Furness 46 return to full health.

Ted Reddick 45

Alan Newton

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Les Charneca

Ted Reddick

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Phil Nuttall

CATEGORY S Gary Culver

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Kevin Riley

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FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP This issue contains reports on all the latest Championship rounds up to but not including the final event, at Cadwell Park on 15 October. A full account of this meeting will be in next month’s issue of CompRes. However, as Richard Allen mentions in his RA column, the 2005 Championship went right down to the wire and we take this opportunity of congratulating this year’s champion, RICHARD PRIOR, on his notable win. His final points tally was 131, just two points ahead of runner-up Geoff Dark. In third, after a devastating final performance in his 348GTC at Cadwell, came last year’s champion, Nick Taylor, with a total of 114 points.

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PETER TODD

We regret to announce the death of Peter Todd, Kart, Race and Speed Executive at the RAC MSA. Peter sadly took his own life at the end of last month for reasons that have not yet been made clear.

It is a tragic end to a long career at the MSA, during which time I have dealt with him on a continuous basis in running the Maranello Ferrari Challenge.

Many are the battles we have had over rule interpretation and regulations, especially concerning racing overseas, but happily we never fell out. I recall one particular time, when I was having competition licence problems for some drivers with the race stewards at Spa, Toddy waded in, despite it being a weekend, and sorted the Belgians out for me in no uncertain way.

Peter was, of course, the elder son of Richard Todd, the actor.

On behalf of the Club I sent a letter of sympathy to Colin Hilton, Chief Executive of the RAC MSA. I received a reply from John Symes, Technical and Risk Control Manager at the MSA, who said: Dear John, Many thanks for your letter of 6 October addressed to Colin Hilton and for your kind words in respect of Toddy. As you can 0

imagine I have had many calls and conversations concerning Toddy’s untimely death and what is very clear is how fond of him people in motorsport were. Like us all Toddy had his particular quirks and again like us all he could be totally unreasonable, but he was ‘Toddy’, and we all greatly miss him.

I’ll not remind you how long ago it was when I was running rounds of your Ferrari championship at various meetings!

With best regards, John Symes

CHINESE TAKEAWAY For owners who may be contemplating disposing of their 360 Challenge Ferrari, I draw their attention to a scheme which gives them the opportunity of selling their car in China and at the same time have some fun.

NIGEL LAM, the CEO of Mega Racing International Limited MRIL), has given me details of his plans, which are essentially based on creating a Ferrari race series in China. He wishes to hold a ‘party’ in China, either at the Zhuhai International circuit, near Hong Kong, or Beijing. The date envisaged is either January or March next year.

The conditions that apply to this scheme are as follows: 1 The car must be a Ferrari 360 Challenge car in good competition condition, capable of passing Corse Clienti scrutineering under the regulations applying to the 360 Challenge series.

2 The owner must be willing to sell his car at a reasonable price, having taken into account the car’s condition, relevant original equipment and spare parts (eg wheels, etc) being sold with it.

3 Following agreement on the price and terms of sale, a contract is entered into.

4 Having made the contract, MRIL will pay the costs defined in items 5, 6 and 7, as under: 5 MRIL will pay all costs of insuring the car, for theft and damage during transportation

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whilst in their care.

6 MRIL will pay the cost of shipping the vehicle to China and, if the car is not sold in China, the additional cost of shipment to any reasonable sea port in the UK. 7 MRIL will pay for two return tickets from a European airport (probably London or Paris) to Hong Kong and transportation to Zhuhai International circuit or any other circuit in China where a race event is being held.

8 The owner will take part in a race event in China, to be called the ‘GT Party’. Alternatively he may nominate another driver to drive on his behalf. The owner will bear his own costs for the race, such as tyres, fuel and oil.

For the purpose of clarification there will be no entry fee and if such a fee is applicable it will be waived.

9 MRIL will own all advertising rights on the body of the car during the GT Party race event.

Please note that CompRes is giving these details without any warranty as to the bona fides of Nigel Lam or MRIL. Interested owners need to satisfy themselves about the conditions that apply before entering into a contract although we have no reason to doubt that this proposal is a genuine one.

Nigel Lam can be contacted at nigellam@hotmail.com

TRAILERS Readers may recall that last month I reported that my 4wheel car trailer had been stolen by persons unknown (but suspected by the police to be a gang of gypsies) the day before I was due to set off for Castle Combe. I was pretty cross at the time, as you may imagine, not least because the trailer I had to hire at very short notice turned out to be a complete turkey. The wretched thing had a tyre burst and generally was in such unsafe order that I am surprised that we ever managed to get to the circuit and back home again.

The stolen trailer was ten years old and although good in its

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day (hydraulic tilt bed, good towing speed capability, a useful well below the deck for fuel, etc) it had been left behind by The new Swift trailer on its first outing, to Brands Hatch. advances in trailer design. ability to take not just my F355 Armed with a generous but a 360 if necessary. It tows settlement cheque from my like a dream (the makers whisper insurers, I was now in the market 120mph if you really want). The for an up-to-date replacement, detailing is superb and the price, wide enough to carry not only my including container for jerry cans, 308GTB but also the F355 if wheel rack, 2-speed cable winch, necessary. and other extras, a useful saving These days most people, on comparative quotes. when they think of car trailers I am mentioning this purely automatically think of Brian as a very satisfied customer – James, the market leaders. And and suggest that if you are in the so did I, getting a quote for the market for a new trailer, take a tilt bed design that would suit. look at Woodford. Oh, and by But then, talking to one of my the way, if there are any gypsies TVR Tuscan friends, it was reading this, the new trailer has suggested that I look at more security devices fitted to it Woodford Trailers, based at than you would ever believe.

Woodford Halse, near Daventry.

I was glad that I did.

SCUDERIA ECOSSE Woodford is an engineering Congratulations to Scuderia firm, first and foremost, who at Ecosse on their magnificent one time did a lot of sub-contract achievements in British GT this work for Brian James. When the year. Their leading pairing of excontract came to an end they PMFC driver Nathan Kinch and decided they could beat their Andrew Kirkaldy took pole customer at their own game. The position in every single one of the result is a range of fully British GT events in 2005 – that’s galvanised trailers that 13 out of 13! By the time they incorporate lots of innovative arrived at Silverstone at the design features that make car beginning of this month for the transportation a pleasure rather final two rounds of the season, than a chore. The construction is they had already won the to a very high standard (for Championship. instance whereas BJ use pressed To add to this success, Tim towing hitches, Woodford use Mullen and another ex-PMFC more rugged forged items). driver, Chris Niarchos, bagged The trailer, which Woodford the runner-up spot for the built for me in double-quick time Scuderia in the second Ferrari for the Brands Hatch weekend, is 360 GTC. proving to be every bit as good The next event for the team as was promised. I chose a unit is the final round of the LMES from their Widebody tilt bed Championship at Istanbul on range which gives an ultra low 12/13 November. loading angle combined with the

RA’s HILLCOMMENT The Last Round at Cadwell Park on Saturday 15th October should see an exciting climax to the 2005 Championship.

Following the penultimate round at Longleat, Geoff Dark goes in to the final meeting leading Richard Prior by just one point. Due to the vagaries of the point system, where only the best seven score count, Richard needs a maximum 20 point result to add to his total.

A second place on points earns seventeen and the lowest score he has to drop is a 17, so this will not be enough to stop Geoff taking the overall series win.

Interestingly, Richard has on average achieved the highest scores per round through the season, but crucially Geoff has four maximum 20 point scores against Richard’s three. A further problem facing Richard is that one or two of the runners at Cadwell have raced there, whilst most of us have never seen the place. No problem for Geoff - he is unlikely to add to his total and can just sit back and wait!

A1 Grand Prix at Brands Hatch was really very interesting.

Many of us were present doing the Formula Classic round for two or three days, and this proved an ideal opportunity to see what was happening. On Friday, when it was quiet, I spent a considerable time wandering around the pits with Martin McGlone. We were very impressed with the general standards of presentation, thought the cars looked great, and some of the colour schemes for the different countries were really terrific. Most of the mechanics or technicians were understandably Brits, but there was evidence of the individual countries involvement besides the driver. All the drivers looked brand new, diminutive and none needed ironing. I spent some time talking to Salvador Duran, the Mexican driver, and as he had never been to Brands before was able to give him a few useless tips. He did well too, coming third in the main race, rather better than I did in Ffc!

The A1 GP cars are horrendously noisy and they may need to do something about this. The main problem is on the overrun when it sounds like WW3 has broken out.

There was a lot of interest and a huge turnout of spectators all rooting for the GB car, though I am sure Piquet Jnr was a popular winner. A bit like football on wheels, A1 GP should be a great success.

a GTS or Spyder – maybe he has chiffon scarf tendencies!

Surreptitious Racers have been mentioned in this column before – you may remember Christopher England and Mike Haigh have been busy with an A40 in the Top Hat series. It seems there are other unsung heroes out there, including Jos van de Perre, who ran a VW Scirocco in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club championship for three seasons, and long term FHCC driver John Dobson, who is another circuit racer – he has been out in the HSCC series in the Road Sports class driving an Alfa Giulia. The car is 2000cc and apparently few if any mods are allowed. There are extra points for driving to meetings and being a generally good chap apparently. “Have you been on the podium yet” I asked John – “Only behind it” was his answer!

The 575M Maranello is a seriously grunty piece of kit, and you will notice in this issue I ran mine at Gurston Down – the first time I had driven the thing in anger. Gurston is very narrow, and the car proved a real handful although not so much on the corners strangely enough. It was very difficult to get off the line and maybe second gear would have been better than first. On the second official run, when I should have produced a really good time, I fumbled the settings for the ASR and sport controls, and was still fiddling around with them half way up the course. On this run the speed in the top trap over the finish line, where the road is twisting about, was 94mph. Last Sunday the 575M was timed at 179.8 mph into a strong headwind at the FOC RAF Marham Speed Day – the runway was very wide and Dobbers at the wheel of his Alfa. this did not feel anything like as fast as going over the Back on the Hills Brian Gurston finish line. Incidentally, Jackson has been running his Paul Hargreaves was running his F355C in the Midland Speed F430 at Marham and this was 4 Championship Modprod Class. or 5mph slower than the 575.

This year he used List 1B tyres which are allowed and won the Andrew Duncan is a class, though he modestly admits vertically challenged chap as you that he was the only one who did know and has to drive the all 8 rounds to maximise the 328GTS with the roof off when point score. Anyway, well done wearing a helmet. On the road Brian and make sure you do not there is still no headroom and he put your times in the FHCC has to have frequent haircuts to archives! cope. He is now shopping around for a F355, a tipo which I thought Chris Butler as many of you had room for a tall chap plus know lives up near Scotland at a helmet. He tells me there is still very nice place called Barnard not enough for him wearing a Castle which is a bloody long way helmet and he will have to go for from anywhere. Just recently he and Ali have moved a few miles

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to the north and now they are really deep in the boondocks. He says the views are worth it and another three miles won’t make much difference to the distances he travels to meetings!

Demon Starts are a very important part of the hillclimb scene, and I have written about the 0-64ft times previously. As I recall, though some clever person may correct me, our best times were around 2.30 seconds until this year. Now all of a sudden we are getting times well under the previous bests. Several of us, including the very fast starting

Pauline Goodwin, have got under 2.30, and at Harewood Christian Mineeff clocked a truly remarkable 2.20 with his 328GTB. Quite amazing and one wonders whether the clock is faster or the distance has been rounded down metrically!

Multi-tasking when driving is a sin most of us are guilty of and I note the police have prosecuted people for eating when driving, never mind making a phone call. Bluetooth is a boon for this and I now find it easy to carry on shaving whilst receiving a call. Driving a motorhome on a

very straight deserted French autoroute I have often wondered about the practicality of fitting a Krooklok and then diving in the back to make a cup of tea. The toilet is tempting too!

FHCC Prizegiving Dinner on October 29 is not long off now and you should be booked in at Moore Place Hotel by now. Our Chairman Jack Sears and his wife Diana are joining us, and we also expect Tony and Jane Willis. We hope that Moore Place will maintain their standards and are making every effort to see this is another memorable occasion.

PIRELLI FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 11 GURSTON DOWN: Saturday 10 September 2005

AY OUT WEST in Wiltshire, this rather agricultural venue has been in the calendar right from the early days writes RICHARD ALLEN. Narrow, very fast and not a little daunting, it is in many ways similar to Shelsley Walsh, and in the same way favours the smaller Ferraris – the class record of 37.19 here is still held by a 328 despite the recent F355 onslaught.

This time around the Ferrari class had but one F355. and, unusually, a 308GT4, rarely seen nowadays but once a popular choice for the hills. We were pleased to welcome Andrew Holman from Suffolk making his competition debut with a Mondial QV – he had been one of the star pupils at the Club’s Curborough School in May. Perhaps significantly the two top rated drivers from those sessions were also present: David Tomlin (F355), already with several events under his belt, and John Day (328GTB) on his second.

The 308GT4 mentioned earlier was in the hands of Mark Hargreaves, a regular entrant from years ago, but not seen much nowadays. Nick Taylor, on a roll lately with his 348GTC,

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looked favourite to win the class whilst Richard Prior and Geoff Dark would squabble over the 20 points. Just for fun I had brought along my 575 Maranello – not yet driven in anger, but as I know my way around Gurston, this seemed like a good place to try it out.

It was a very early start, around 8.30am, as the Ferraris lined up for “Just for fun I had brought along my 575M.” practice, the weather looking suspect with much rain be not much of a threat. David reported around other parts of Tomlin already had his F355 up the country. There were to be to good speed, and Mark the odd spots, but nothing to Hargreaves, hotly pursued by affect the driving conditions. The Barry Wood (308GTS), was track has been recently leading the rest. John Day was resurfaced, and the pleasant rural going well with the 328GTB and scene spoiled by a liberal already ahead of Andrew Holman application of Armco on the top and Jos van de Perre (308GTS). half of the course. Places where Fortunately the meeting you could previously run off organisers BARC (SW) decided to across the grass now greet you start the official runs around with a loud clang!

12.45pm otherwise life would Such was the speed of this have got very boring. We had meeting that we were through kept ourselves amused listening our two practice runs by 10.30 to the nasty noises coming from am, and by then Richard Prior David Tomlin’s F355 engine bay. was ecstatic – his best time of A bit concerned, David had asked 38.57 was well clear of the rest, me for an opinion and I got hold with only Geoff Dark (on 39.03) of Barry Wood who, like me, is and the 575M (at 39.29) half clued up on this sort of thing, anywhere near. Nick Taylor was for a second opinion. We way off the pace and appeared to concluded that the heavy rattle

than anyone, and he was quickest to the half way split, moving in to third overall with a very useful 38.47, a time as it turned out that would just take the twenty championship points from Richard Prior. Nick Taylor was slow and apparently the start line marshals had allowed his car to roll before he really departed. The start pad at Gurston is Nick Taylor on the line with his 348GTC. He sloping downhill and took the class with a time of 38.05. they actually hold your was external and most probably a car on the line. He was allowed a loose alternator or some other second go to our chagrin, but engine accessory. To be sure we was still behind Geoff with 38.69. got hold of Geoff Dark – he David Tomlin was in a quiet spot knows a thing or three about on his own next and Barry Wood, motors – as soon as he put his now producing his best times head in the engine bay the noise here to date, was leading the stopped and healed up rest. Intriguingly a close contest thereafter! was developing between John On the first official run I Day and Andrew Holman, just found myself in the lead with the two hundredths apart.

575M on 38.17 and Richard Prior On the second Allen, Prior was just two hundredths behind. and Dark all went slower whilst Geoff Dark knows Gurston better the crafty Taylor at last got his

348GTC up to speed to take the class on 38.05 – a close contest then with just four tenths covering these first four runners.

David Tomlin, having hit the Red Bull, put in a really fine effort with his rattling 355 to clock 38.86 – a truly remarkable time for a first visit to this tricky hill, and one that won him the Club handicap in the process. Barry Wood went still faster with his 308GTS, just seeing off Mark Hargreaves and his 308GT4.

John Day improved even more on this final run. He nearly caught Wood and Hargreaves, and placed second on handicap.

Andrew Holman went a little slower with the Mondial, but his first run of 42.48 is still exceptionally good going for a first timer, and he finished ahead of Jos van de Perre’s 308GTS. Geoff Dark must have very been pleased with all this as he bought Nick and the two Richards a drink at the Gurston bar afterwards! 

GURSTON DOWN HILLCLIMB 10 September 2005 Round 11 Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship Pract 2 39.79

H/C

Run 1

Run 2

0/64

split

348GTC

Pract 1 41.35

37.75

38.69

38.05

2.56

Richard Allen

575 M

39.29

40.11

37.50

38.17

38.28

Richard Prior

348ts

38.57

38.65

37.75

38.19

308GTB

39.03

39.49

38.20

F355

41.16

40.53

Barry Wood

308GTS

42.41

Mark Hargreaves

308GT4

John Day

Driver

H/C Pos 5

PEP % +2.50

PEP time 39.00

Pts

20.40

speed traps 84/87

2.59

20.76

93/90

8

+1.50

38.74

15

38.32

2.37

20.36

83/86

6

0.00

38.19

17

38.47

38.66

2.37

20.24

79/82

3

-1.00

38.08

20

39.00

40.61

38.86

2.35

21.19

82/88

1

+2.50

39.83

12

43.30

41.00

41.39

41.30

2.46

21.81

77/76

4

-2.00

40.47

11

44.41

42.30

41.00

41.80

41.51

2.46

22.27

77/77

9

-2.00

40.68

10

328GTB

46.40

42.93

41.50

42.46

41.65

2.36

22.63

81/77

2

-0.50

41.44

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Andrew Holman

Mondial QV

45.91

43.32

42.00

42.48

42.91

2.49

22.44

75/72

7

-2.00

41.63

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Jos van de Perre

308GTS

43.89

47.66

42.00

44.28

43.10

2.39

23.10

70/73

10

-2.00

42.24

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Nick Taylor

Geoff Dark David Tomlin

Tipo

BARC Class Awards: FOC Handicap Awards:

1st Nick Taylor 1st David Tomlin

2nd Richard Allen 2nd John Day

3rd Richard Prior

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Photo: Dave Clark

PIRELLI FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 12 HAREWOOD: Saturday 17 September 2005

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but there were so many I can somewhere on his second only mention the more notable attempt and Pauline Goodwin, ones. Andrew Holman had a who can never be accused of not torrid time, going off at Quarry trying, had a big off at Quarry. It on both practice runs - first to looked so dramatic they called the right and then to the left, but the ambulance out, though he still managed to cross the fortunately it turned out the 328 finish line! On his first official run needed more attention than the clutch went Pauline! Mineeff gallantly offered half way up – you Pauline a seat in his 328 for the need a sense of afternoon and she soon got the humour for this hang of his unruly device. sport and Three official runs were taken fortunately Andrew and Jon Goodwin assumed his has one. customary lead on the first at Two 66.88, then it was Taylor on practice runs were 67.67, Mineeff 67.83, Butler taken, and whilst 67.91, Prior 68.16 and, very Nick Taylor significantly, Geoff Dark, who had (348GTC) showed stormed his 308GTB up in 68.16 the way on the - nearly a second faster than he BARC helpfully provide a plan of the course. first, it was Chris had been here before. On the Butler (F355), with second official Nick Taylor really could be seen in the paddock a stunning time of 66.90, who produced the goods with a Saturday morning on what was to topped out the remain a very nice sunny day. chart. Jon David Tomlin (F355) and Andrew Goodwin (F355) Holman (Mondial QV) were on on 67.92 was their first visit here, and Jolyon next, with Nick Harrison, having ditched his third on 68.46.

328GTB, was out for the first Other strong time in his recently acquired red front runners F355GTS which refreshingly has a were Christian colour keyed roof panel.

Mineeff There was some great (328GTB) on competition in the Ferrari class 69.08, Richard during the day, but at the same Prior (348ts) at time there were a record number 69.13 and Geoff of red flags and many delays as Dark (308GTB) the Ferrari drivers chucked their on 69.43. cars in to the scenery. Normally Richard had Pauline Goodwin had a big off at Quarry, but thanks I keep some account of these, fallen off to the generosity of Christian Mineeff she shared his Ferrari for the rest of the meeting to good purpose.

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Photo: Alan Jackson

Photo: Dvae Clark

HE SECOND TIME around here in 2005 attracted another remarkably strong entry – more than have been seen here previously for this September meeting writes RICHARD ALLEN. Hordes of F355s and all the usual suspects

Photo: Alan Jackson

it everything and a bit more besides, coming unstuck at Orchard and wiping out another 348 front bumper. Richard took this setback with his usual good humour, but at Harewood he was expected to finish ahead of Geoff on points, and this result may cost him dear! Although he will

“Hello dear. The chips are great but the bad news is I’ve lost the front end of my car.”

not be impressed, Geoff also won the FOC Handicap as a result of the huge improvement made over his previous best here.

Once again the BARC Yorkshire Sections hill seems to have topped the popularity poll with the Ferrari drivers. We will be back again next year, and expect to see Nick Frost, armed with his 348GTC, contesting the class win – he missed putting in his entry and spectated this time!

Photo: Alan Jackson

Photo: Alan Jackson

is the power steering or even the level of investment!

He was well behind next man up the chart, Mark Buckland (Mondial 3.4t), who had recently done a session at the Harewood School - he clocked a best Philip Whitehead applies a touch of opposite lock as he posts a sub-70 second time in his F355. of 70.62. Just ahead of Mark remarkable 66.57, taking the was long time Harewood player, class win from Jon Goodwin, and Christopher England – he got Chris Butler who moved in to down to 70.43 with his 308GTS, third with a strong final run of but was some way off the next 67.54, - sadly still short of his man Hitchman Snr. The Mondial second practice time.

3.4t did not fancy Harewood and Christian Mineeff finished a refused to go, so Peter was convincing fourth on 67.70 - a sharing the F355 with Chris. His very good time that appropriately notable time of 69.69 was just netted him the 20 point shaded by the similar car of Philip maximum score, whilst Geoff Whitehead on 69.67. David Dark picked up 17 points for his Tomlin really got the hang of remarkable performance.

Harewood on his final run, with Elsewhere amongst the Ferraris an excellent 69.41 – remarkable there was a lot going on. Andrew for a first timer here but maybe Holman, as mentioned, went he did the school as quite a few away empty handed whilst others admitted too! Once again Lorraine Hitchman was not this I struggled with Harewood - my time able to get to grips with time of 69.16 with the F355 was arch rival Pauline. I am certain I well short of what I managed saw Lorraine spinning off at years ago in slower tipos, and Country Corner, but it does not some way behind next man Chris show on her times – her best was Hitchman - he always goes well 75.59. Peter Rogerson (F355) here in his F355 and did a best of had another event to go to and 68.57. elected not to take a third run, This leaves our two 2005 but recorded 75.14. Pauline, a Championship contenders, and as little cautious by now, clocked up the Ferraris lined up for the final a useful 73.31 whilst warming up run Christian the Mineeff 328, finishing about a had the 20 second behind John Dobson – his points to hand, 328 on historic Goodyear Eagles and crucially ensuring there was not too much Geoff Dark, on grip to be had! Jolyon Harrison, account of his still new to the F355, was finding stunning first it none too easy to match his 328 run time, had times, and he was just shaded by the 17.

Andy Grier – he knocked off a Richard Prior useful best of 71.45 with his had it all to do 328GTS. – he really John Swift was a class needed the 20, winning hero at Harewood in the or lifting the 17 old days with his 308GTB, but off Geoff would despite all that technology with do nicely. As the F355 he was well short of his you would earlier achievements – maybe it expect he gave

Christian Mineeff (328GTB) bagged the twenty points.

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HAREWOOD HILLCLIMB 17 SEPTEMBER 2005 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 12 Driver Nick Taylor

348GTC

Pract 1 68.46

Jon Goodwin

F355GTS

69.08

67.92

66.00

66.88

67.34

67.42

2.49

75/78/78

+2.5

68.55

12

Chris Butler

F355

69.90

66.90

66.80

67.91

68.34

67.54

2.70

75/77/78

+2.5

69.23

10

328GTB

69.27

69.08

67.10

67.83

67.70

68.32

2.42

78/80/75

-0.5

67.36

20

348ts

69.13

77.65

67.90

68.16

68.34

fail

2.54

74/75/-

0.0

68.16

15

308GTB

70.03

69.43

69.00

68.19

68.86

69.45

2.37

76/76/76

-1.0

67.51

17

Chris Hitchman

F355

73.29

70.97

67.50

69.79

68.57

68.72

2.66

77/79/-

+2.5

70.28

9

Richard Allen

F355

72.08

70.39

69.25

69.16

69.81

70.17

2.42

78/80/78

+2.5

70.89

7

David Tomlin

F355

75.42

70.70

69.25

85.95

69.41

70.01

2.68

-/74/73

+2.5

71.15

5

Philip Whitehead

F355

75.50

70.48

69.10

71.08

69.67

75.41

2.76

76/75/65

+2.5

71.41

4

Peter Hitchman

F355

70.05

69.46

69.25

90.93

69.69

71.81

2.66

-/75/78

+2.5

71.43

3

Christopher England

308GTS

72.73

71.95

69.50

71.49

71.09

70.43

2.30

71/72/72

-2.0

69.02

11

Mark Buckland

Mondial

72.77

71.41

69.85

70.92

70.62

71.11

2.46

73/73/73

0.0

70.62

8

F355

77.72

73.42

69.50

71.64

71.35

71.30

2.86

72/76/69

+2.5

73.08

1

328GTS

72.99

71.52

70.75

71.71

71.51

71.45

2.56

76/74/76

-0.5

71.09

6

F355

73.18

72.97

71.00

71.96

72.50

---

2.85

74/74/-

+2.5

73.76

1

John Dobson

328GTB

75.41

74.47

71.25

72.94

72.48

72.44

2.92

69/73/71

-0.5

72.08

2

Pauline Goodwin

328GTB

73.92

fail

71.50

74.10

73.21

74.32

2.34

73/72/70

-0.5

72.84

1

F355 GTS

75.47

74.58

72.25

75.14

75.39

---

2.38

70/71/-

+2.5

77.02

1

328GTS

76.80

77.23

73.50

77.03

75.59

77.93

2.45

61/57/61

-0.5

75.21

1

Mondial QV

98.76

85.33

73.75

fail

dnf

---

2.51

-/-/-/

-2.0

---

1

Christian Mineeff Richard Prior Geoff Dark

John Swift Andrew Grier Jolyon Harrison

Peter Rogerson Lorraine Hitchman Andrew Holman

Tipo

BARC Class Awards: 1st Nick Taylor FOC Handicap: 1st Geoff Dark

Pract 2 68.63

H/cap

Run 1

Run 2

Run 3

*0/64

66.75

67.67

66.57

68.10

2nd Jon Goodwin 2nd David Tomlin

3rd Chris Butler 3rd Richard Prior

PEP % +2.5

PEP time 68.23

Pts

2.53

speed trap 78/78/77

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4th Christian Mineeff

T

he penultimate round of the 2005 FHCC was at Longleat in Wiltshire and the day dawned bright and sunny although a little misty first thing reports BARRY WOOD. A few of us walked the track before the event got underway.

There is quite a steep slope in places but as you turn to look at your line the view of the house and beautiful valley below is breathtaking and can take your

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mind off the job for a minute or two.

The surface seemed quite slippery, especially the stretch between Hope Rise and Prospect Bend which is the most difficult part of the course. This would be

Photo: Ali Dixon

PIRELLI FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 13 LONGLEAT: Saturday 24 September 2005

Photos: Ali Dixon

Left: Jos van de Perre (308GTS) improved throughout the day Right: Chris Butler, suspected of running his F355 on rocket fuel, not only set the fastest time of the day but also collected a full bag of points.

Andrew Holman (Mondial QV) and John Day (328 GTB). David, careful on his first practice, dramatically improved on the second to 45.06 seconds, putting him in theoretical third position.

With the second practice everyone went faster as the track improved. The only area to remain damp was under the trees at Syretts Leap which is flat out in first, second, and third. Noone reported any problems with this. A pity there are no speed traps at this course though.

During lunch many of the Ferrari competitors made use of the catering facilities of the main house, the organisers not opting

for a marquee in the paddock like last year. Perhaps the very wet weather we had last year put them off.

The first competitive runs of the afternoon got off to a hesitant start when David Tomlin was red flagged by some confused marshals just after the start line, but he was able to reverse back and start again.

This mishap didn’t rattle him as he completed a very good 43.40 sec run, closely followed by Geoff Dark in the running order, who managed two tyre warming sessions thanks to David’s two starts. I don’t know if this was an advantage, but Geoff knocked

Photo: Ali Dixon

something to bear in mind as the Ferraris were in the second practice batch and the track would not have much time for the sun to improve its adhesive qualities.

Twelve originally, but only eleven Ferraris appeared as Nick Taylor – last year’s champion – had dropped out due to the conflicting Formula Classic race at Brands Hatch. We will never know what the noise test man would have made of Nick’s Tubiequipped 348 GTC and, as things turned out at Brands, he'd have been better off coming to Longleat!

The men to watch would be Richard Prior and Geoff Dark, both after the Championship laurels - Richard trying hard for his first Championship and Geoff, with many under his belt, equally resolved to stop him.

First practice started and right away Chris Butler in his 355 (the furthest travelled on the day) put the cat amongst the pigeons with a 43.57 second run followed by Geoff (308 GTB) on 44.77 and Richard (348ts) on 45.09. This was sorting out the pecking order.

Behind the fast men the rest were in the high 48s as people got to grips with the slippery centre section. The hairpin was proving awkward as some competitors thought the best way to attack it was to hold second gear, others hooking first, with a variance of ideas on a tight or wide line.

Three of our number were new to Longleat and newish to the series: David Tomlin (355),

To the winners the spoils. Winner Chris Butler is flanked by secondplace man Richard Prior (left) and David Tomlin.

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a second off his best practice time to record a 43.52.

Chris Butler must have put rocket fuel into his 355 and did a cracking 41.68, the best Ferrari time, and enough to take the twenty points off Richard and Geoff, despite their best efforts.

Richard’s best time was also on the first run at 42.75. This was enough to fend off Geoff and take second place. Geoff improved a little in the second run and finished on 43.41 and in third place, which was enough to move him into the lead of the

Championship by one point from Richard.

Your reporter spent the day trying to stay in touch with Andy Grier but in the end Andy recorded a best time of 44.87, enough to beat my best of 46.31, PEP or no PEP. Mark Hargreaves was out again in the 308 GT4 and ended on 47.65 and took seventh position.

Andrew Holman and John Day were having their own competition throughout the day and enjoying every minute of it.

Swapping best times between

them, they ended up on 47.65 and 47.82 respectively. Jos van de Perre gradually improved during the day and managed to pip Peter Rogerson to get seven points.

So the scene is set for a tense final round at Cadwell Park where Richard must win to take the title. If he does so and Geoff finishes third or lower, then Richard will get it, but If Richard wins and Geoff finishes second they will tie on points and have the same number of wins - sort that lot out RA! ď Ž

LONGLEAT 24 SEPTEMBER 2005 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 13 Driver

Tipo

Pract 2 42.73

H/cap

Run 1

Run 2

F355

Pract 1 43.57

Chris Butler

PEP time 42.72

Pts

20.24

PEP % +2.5

n

41.68

42.40

2.45

Richard Prior

348ts

45.08

43.36

o

42.75

43.32

2.44

20.53

0.0

42.75

17

David Tomlin

F355

48.11

45.06

t

43.40

42.78

2.40

20.45

+2.5

43.85

13

Geoff Dark

308GTB

44.77

44.66

43.52

43.41

2.42

20.69

-1.0

42.98

15

Andrew Grier

328GTS

48.12

46.56

k

45.91

44.87

2.60

21.67

-0.5

44.65

12

Barry Wood

308GTS

48.81

47.18

n

47.10

46.31

2.68

22.16

-2.0

45.38

11

Andrew Holman

Mondial QV

50.23

50.18

o

47.82

47.65

2.59

23.06

-2.0

46.70

10

Mark Hargreaves

308GT4

49.28

47.64

w

48.28

47.68

2.59

22.85

-2.0

46.73

9

John Day

328GTB

52.08

49.60

n

47.82

48.32

2.46

23.36

-0.5

47.58

8

Peter Rogerson

F355 GTS

52.25

49.71

48.41

48.47

2.50

22.99

+2.5

49.62

6

Jos van de Perre

308GTS

54.03

50.29

49.21

50.03

2.56

23.68

-2.0

48.23

7

Class Awards

1st Chris Butler

0/64

split

2nd Richard Prior 3rd David Tomlin

Points after Round 13 Geoff Dark Richard Prior Nick Taylor Chris Butler Jon Goodwin Christian Mineeff David Tomlin Richard Allen Andy Grier Barry Wood Charlie White Pauline Goodwin 11 CompRes

129 128 110 109 96 88 69 65 59 54 52 50

Brian Jackson Chris Hitchman John Marshall Peter Hitchman Mike Spicer Mark Buckland Jos van de Perre Philip Whitehead John Day Christopher England Peter Rogerson Colin Campbell

48 45 41 37 35 29 27 25 23 22 21 20

Lorraine Hitchman Andrew Duncan Mark Hargreaves Andrew Holman Nick Frost John Swift John Dobson Marco Pullen David Hathaway Jolyon Harrison

20 19 19 19 17 17 7 5 4 1

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PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE: ROUNDS 9 & 10 Brands Hatch 23-25 September 2005

Kevin Riley and David Back (in black) were at each other’s throats all weekend.

longer races so this was an ideal opportunity for them to ‘put their money where their mouths are’.

It was also a chance to race in front of a potentially huge audience – the actual number of spectators attracted to Brands varied between 40,000 and 75,000 depending on who you talked to, but it was certainly a very big gate.

The circuit in use was the GP circuit, a course that most of our

Photo: Simon Cooke

he penultimate rounds of the 2005 Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge, contested at Brands Hatch on the weekend of 23-25 September, were unique in a number of ways. Firstly, it was the race meeting that saw the very first A1 Grand Prix, the socalled World Cup of Motorsport created by Sheikh Maktoum – or, more correctly, His Highness Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum (which is an extravagant mouthful of Maktoums).

It was also the first time in the 20-year history of the Championship that we had two back-to-back races of 45 minutes duration, which is about the limit possible without refuelling for our Ferraris. And, also a first, was the introduction of a compulsory pit stop within each race.

The reason for all this novelty was that, because we were unable to produce a viable number of cars to allow an exclusively Ferrari grid, an option agreed with Jonathan Palmer’s MotorSport Vision (MSV) organisation was to combine the PMFC races with the inaugural TAG Heuer GT250 events for GT sportscars. A number of our competitors have lobbied for

Photo: Simon Cooke

T

Gary Culver (360/Ch) slips past our old pal David Ashburn (Porsche GT3 Cup) in Race 1.

drivers are familiar with having taken part in the Club’s track days. Most competitors regard the full circuit at Brands as the best in the UK although your scribe has reservations. By modern day standards the track width is relatively narrow and, apart from at a couple of spots, it is difficult to create a passing manoeuvre that will stick without jeopardy. The gravel trap at Paddock Hill Bend is a notorious graveyard for cars that have been taken too close to the edge, a threat that was to affect the Ferraris as well as many of the other cars racing during the weekend.

So, after concluding protracted (and expensive!) negotiations with MSV, what had we got? Two long races, with two almost equally long qualifying sessions, pit stops, the rare chance to compete on arguably the best track in the UK, and a bumper crowd to show off to. It seemed like a golden opportunity that would instantly appeal to every driver in our championship. And the response: a miserable field of just eight PMFC cars – four ‘S’ class 360 Challenge cars and the

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Photo: Simon Cooke

same number of ‘C’ category F355 Challenge Ferraris. If I had arranged a similar race five years ago I could have bet my trousers that the grid would have exceeded 30 cars.

However, let us not dwell on the past. Our eight cars represented 25% of the 31-car field and the drivers who did see the event as a once-in-a-lifetime chance were all front runners in the 2005 series. An exception to this was the first appearance this

Q1

Gary Culver leads the Carman/Scott 360GT car in Race 2, with one of the many Porsches sandwiched in between.

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This time some of the Ferrari drivers encountered difficulties.

Kevin Riley’s 360’s gearbox developed a bearing problem (necessitating some quick refurbishment from the men from Damax) while David Dove ended up in a gravel trap. David’s setup in the paddock looked like a motor show, with a display of four or five race-prepared Ginettas surrounding his spectacularly liveried 360 Challenge car.

The session ended five minutes early with red flags hanging from the marshal’s posts and rain starting to splash onto the track. The timesheets showed that Culver was easily the quickest of the ‘S’ class PMFC runners, his time of 1.34.837 being almost four seconds ahead

Photo: Simon Cooke

Photo: Simon Cooke

Charlie White (33) made a sensational start in Race 1. Here he is ahead of last year’s C class champion, Ted Reddick.

season of David Back, in his ‘Back in Black’ 360 which he mostly races in BritCar events.

The rest of the high class field represented some of the best in British GT and Porsche Cup, as well as a few rapid cars from other Mike Furness drove his F355 to an excellent series. The fastest class second place in the first race. cars on paper looked to be a pair of MT900 Moslers Damax had a 360GT car for (Barry Whight and the Hyde/Keen another ex-PMFC driver, Rod pairing) together with our old Carman, to try along with copals, ex-PMFC driver Ian Khan driver Aron Scott. The Damax and Tim Sugden in Ian’s gruff car was fitted with experimental sounding Porsche GT3RS. Avon tyres which didn’t appear to There were hosts of GT3 Cup be working too well.

Porsches, their drivers including previous PMFC competitors David Testing Ashburn (now running a very On Friday morning the cars professional looking and no doubt went out for a 40-minute free commensurately expensive 2-car practice session immediately outfit), Martin Rich, and young following the Ferrari formula Alex Mortimer in his father’s RPM classic qualifying period. Gary team. Of the other non-PMFC Culver, with two Ferraris on Ferrari 360 entries, there was a parade, was engaged in both so no-show from JMH’s pairing of some rapid transfer between cars Phil Burton and his new partner, was involved. None of our PMFC Adam Wilcox (replacing Ian Flux), drivers appeared to have whose car was in the workshop problems and all were present with serious engine problems and correct for the half-hour Q1 after its last outing in British GT. in the middle of the afternoon.

Q2

Photo: Simon Cooke

The second TAG Heuer qualifying session was timed for 9.40am on Saturday. This time Charlie White had some sort of oil problem which meant that he only got his car out for the last few minutes of the half-hour session. His misery was complete when his alternator belt broke and his car was returned to the paddock on the end of a tow

Photo: Simon Cooke

of the next placed Dove and a full second quicker than the Carman/ Scott 360GT Ferrari. Riley and Back were almost level pegging on 1.39.390 and 1.39.524 respectively.

In category C, championship leader Witt Gamski had the legs of the opposition. His time of 1.40.995 compared well with the slower 360s and was some 5 seconds quicker than the ever enthusiastic Charlie White.

Charlie was over the moon just to be there – he managed to get the necessary upgrade to his National B licence just a week before by doing a day’s marshalling at a race meeting at Brands. He was also delighted to be a couple of seconds ahead of current C champion, Ted Reddick, and Mike Furness.

Mamma Mia! Dove spins into the path of Riley’s 360 in Race 2.

rope. Back was also in trouble; his 360 spun on oil at Druids and the front end of the car was hit by an errant Corvette.

Again it was Culver who headed the PMFC times – slightly slower than Q1 at 1.35.259 but still ahead of the GT car and over 4 seconds quicker than Dove, who again was the best of the rest. Gamski once more was the pick of the F355s on a 1.41.812, shading a speeded up Reddick by 1.5 seconds. White and Furness were on virtually identical times – 1.45.100 and 1.45.235

respectively.

Once again Gary Culver had to leap from one Ferrari to another, in 1950s Stirling Moss style, to join the Ffc race immediately following the end of the TAG Heuer Q2.

Race 1

The first of the two races came towards the end of an extremely busy Saturday, and immediately after the A1 GP qualifying. The weather was now cloudy but dry. Concentrating primarily on the Ferraris rather than the rest of the field, from the rolling start all eight cars got away cleanly despite the relatively big grid. By the end of lap 1, Culver was out of sight, seemingly relishing the opportunity to stretch his 360’s legs in this heady company.

Behind, Dove lead the rest of the S class, ahead of Riley and Back. Not far in arrears came the C brigade, with Gamski a few lengths ahead of a charging White, who in turn was keeping a decent cushion to Ted Reddick turned the tables on Witt Gamski in Race 2, mainly due to superior Reddick and Furness. strategy at the mandatory pit stop.

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Photo: Simon Cooke

Charlie White showed an impressive turn of speed in his 355 Challenge car but was hampered by injuries sustained in the paddock.

one minute to align with British GT rules. The PMFC cars all completed their stops without any apparent snags and for a brief and glorious moment Gamski was leading the rest of the Ferraris.

When the order had shaken out again the redoubtable Culver had a huge lead of virtually a lap from the well matched pair of Riley and Back; Dove seemed to have lost out at the pitstop and was trailing a further 10 seconds behind, in 4th place. In C division, Gamski continued in the lead from Furness, with White desperately trying to make up for

Photo: Simon Cooke

By lap 3 Culver had demonstrated that the 360GT (with Carman doing the first stint) was no match for his Challenge car. Indeed, the British GT car was now being hounded by the Dove/Riley duo with Back dropping back (it’s intriguing what you can do with David’s surname!). A lap later Riley slipped past Dove at Surtees only to be promptly repassed.

By lap 7 Reddick had moved up to the tailcoats of White’s 355 but at the same time the race leaders were looming large in their mirrors and looking to get past. In the excitement Charlie executed a neat spin, dropping down the PMFC order to dead last and promoting Furness to a class 3rd.

Lap 10 saw Riley have another joust at Dove, making it stick this time and claiming second place. Then, on lap 13, Reddick pulled into the pits with strange messages on his dashboard. The oil gauge was showing max pressure but the low pressure warning light was on. Not wishing to risk ruining his engine, Ted wisely decided to park up for the rest of the race.

At about this time the cars were coming into the pits for their compulsory pitstops, changed to 45 seconds duration from the original prescription of

his earlier contretemps. And that was the finishing order, with the interloper GT car, now driven by Scott, about half a minute behind Culver.

Looking at the lap times, Culver set the fastest S time with a 1:34.664 (compare Scott at 1:36.279, and the best of the rest of PMFC, Back, on 1:37.915). Gamski’s best lap, in C class, was 1:41.875 which is surprisingly not all that much faster than those of runners-up Furness (1:43.779) and White – with that last ditch spurt – on 1:42.204.

In the evening, at the request of Brands Hatch, we provided a couple of Ferraris for the guests at the A1 GP Ball to gaze at while they sipped their Bellinis and Martinis (or perhaps carrot juice in the case of the Sheikh). The cars chosen were the sparkling red Ferraris of Gary Culver (328GTB from the Classic series) and David Dove (representing PMFC with his 360 Challenge). They gave a nice touch to proceedings and did no harm at all for the prestige of our two series.

Race 2

Witt Gamski (F355/Ch) cemented his place at the top of the Category C points table.

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The weather forecast for Sunday was not too encouraging; heavy overnight rain had soaked the circuit but there was every hope that by mid-morning, when the TAG Heuer race was

the start. brought out the safety car for the scheduled, the breeze and some Lap 2 saw the GT car slip third time – its driver seemed to fitful sun would have dried things past Culver although no doubt be doing almost as many laps as out. The iffy weather didn’t Gary saw no real point in the competitors in the race – discourage the vast hordes of resisting, while Back was being where it stayed almost to the spectators and a traffic snarl-up challenged for 3rd by Riley. A lap finish with just one lap of proper right back to the Dartford later, Culver was now well clear racing sandwiched in between.

Crossing was reported by of his PMFC pursuers with Riley Even the Moslers managed to hit scrutineer John May, struggling relegating Back to fourth and each other as they emerged from to get to the circuit.

Furness displacing White for a the pits together.

Prior to this there was podium position in C. All this kerfuffle resulted in consternation in the Charlie On lap 5 Dove got it all Gamski being demoted from an White camp when he injured his wrong at Stirlings and ended up almost assured class first to a hand, not once but twice. In a backwards in the tyre barrier. desultory third behind Furness, moment of derangement he had David was okay but the rear of with Reddick gleefully seizing the tried to clean his 355’s clutch his 360 looked very much the category C baton. At the head of while the engine was running. A worse for wear. The car was in a the Ferrari line, Culver continued badly sliced finger necessitated dangerous position and the safety unchallenged in front of a handan urgent ambulance journey to car was deployed for the first to-hand duel between Riley and the other side of the circuit and time.

Back. These two touched at the medical centre. After Druids on the last lap, and having had the finger a few corners later Riley patched up, Charlie was pulled off, his damaged released into the paddock car unable to continue. again and immediately got Gamski moved ahead of the same injured hand Furness but was unable to wedged between his car’s do anything about Reddick brake calliper and a wheel, by the time the chequered causing further bruising. flag was hung out.

For Christmas we are not Looking at the sure whether to give him a results, Culver set the copy of The Idiot’s Guide fastest PMFC lap in to Car Maintenance or DIY 1:35.510 (slightly slower Surgery. than in the first race) Ted Reddick’s F355, while Gamski was again which had posted a DNF the quickest F355 in the day before, was 1:41.864. checked over by Mark Shortly after the Gary Culver is presented with the Wilkinson Driver Leighton and found to be of the Meeting award by Tony Willis. race we adjourned to the all correct despite the false Gary Culver paddock information conveyed by the As soon as the race space. It did not go unnoticed faulty sender units in the oil recommenced, the GT Ferrari that Gary and his immaculate pressure system. Gary Culver promptly came to halt in a cloud 360 had out-performed many was seen to have new tyres of smoke with a seized engine. ostensibly faster cars during the (Pirelli’s Pete Hopkinson fitted a Then the safety car came out weekend. Whereas most of the total of 44 to the Ferraris during again to make its second non-PMFC opposition work out of the weekend) and David Back’s appearance in the race (in total it hugely impressive pantechnicons 360’s bodywork was now heavily spent over 9 laps circulating with truckloads of mechanics, the bandaged with tank tape. during the race) and as soon as it Culver team do superbly well in The race began in bizarre went into the pit lane David the safe hands of chef d’equipe fashion when a Corvette spun off Ashburn buried his throttle foot David Preston whose tools are on the green flag lap. From the and spun, sliding his Porsche into housed in a no-nonsense white rolling start it was again Culver the gravel at Clark Curve and van. There are no lavish awnings who dashed off in the lead of bringing the safety car out once and there wasn’t a plastic floor PMFC with the GT car, now driven more. tile or a tub of potted plants to be

by Aron Scott, latched to his rear Meanwhile the pit stop seen anywhere. quarters. The order behind was window was open.

Gamski, who Tony Willis presented the Dove – Back – Riley (all in class delayed his stop as long as PMFC prizes and bottles of S) followed by the C category possible, now briefly headed the Laurent-Perrier champagne to the 355s of Gamski – Reddick – Ferrari field with Riley and Back winners, including the Wilkinson White – Furness. We all hoped just behind.

‘Ferrari Driver of the Meeting’ that Charlie would last the A crashed Porsche, tipped crystal tankard to Gary in distance despite his wounded into the pits straight barrier by recognition of his brilliant hand, the dressings of which one of the leading Moslers, performance. were stained bright red even at

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TAG HEUER GT250 Race with PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE Round 9 – BRANDS HATCH 24/25 September 2005 Pos 1

No

Driver

2 Whight/Kershaw

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Mosler MT900R

Tipo

2

29

45:32.436

1:29.940

1:29.999

1

2

69 Hyde/Keen

Mosler MT900

2

29

45:44.166

1:30.336

1:30.552

2

3

95 Hartshorne/Stanton

TVR Tuscan T400R

2

29

46:06.165

1:31.476

1:33.063

6

4

51 Cole/Lake

Corvette C5

3

29

46:33.498

1:31.764

1:33.595

10

5

22 Steven Kane

Porsche 996GT3 Cup

3

29

46:41.917

1:33.224

1:33.254

9

6

97 Warburton/Edwards

Porsche 996GT3 Cup

3

29

46:56.546

1:33.152

1:34.695

15

7

5 Dave Pinkney

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

29

47:00.200

1:34.058

1:33.070

7

8

77 Rich/Westwood

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

28

45:36.703

1:33.963

1:33.106

8

9

27 Phil Quaife

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

28

45:46.568

1:33.911

1:34.591

14

10

23 Andy Britnell

Porsche 996GT3 Cup

3

28

45:56.659

1:34.558

1:33.964

12

11

20 Ashburn/Clark

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

28

45:58.356

1:34.509

1:35.283

17

BMW M3 E46 GTR

2

28

46:05.650

1:34.312

1:37.461

20

360/Ch

S

28

46:08.343

1:34.664

1:34.837

16

Porsche GT3 Cup

2

28

46:19.913

1:32.603

1:31.901

5

12 13 14

3 Donaldson/Clarke 34 Gary Culver 8 Westbrook/Young

15

17 Carman/Scott

Ferrari 360 Challenge

3

27

45:37.223

1:36.279

1:35.753

18

16

16 Gary Eastwood

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

27

45:57.761

1:37.225

1:36.963

19

Pts

16

17

7 Kevin Riley

360/Ch

S

27

46:06.971

1:38.341

1:39.390

24

12

18

40 David Back

360/Ch

S

27

46:07.016

1:37.915

1:39.524

25

10

19

70 David Dove

360/Ch

S

27

46:19.526

1:38.334

1:38.143

21

9

BMW Z3 M Coupe

3

27

46:50.769

1:39.956

1:38.793

23

20

6 Wilson/Davidson

21

14 Michael Corridan

Porsche GT3 Cup

3

26

45:35.158

1:39.919

1:41.313

28

22

43 Witt Gamski

F355/Ch

C

26

46:18.802

1:41.875

1:40.995

27

23

50 Barrett/Persson

BMW Z3 M Coupe GT3

3

26

47:05.874

1:42.847

1:42.537

29

24

35 Mike Furness

F355/Ch

C

25

45:35.058

1:43.779

1:47.877

32

12

25

33 Charlie White

F355/Ch

C

25

46:10.884

1:42.204

1:45.800

30

10

DNF NCF

1 Janes Brodie 96 Mortimer/Stanley

Vauxhall Monaro Porsche GT3 Cup

2 3

22 18

38:43.780 46:47.637

1:36.773 1:34.508

1:38.135 1:.34.379

22 13

DNF

26 Phillips/Youles

Porsche GT3 RS

3

16

25:25.427

1:33.572

1:33.747

11

DNF

38 Ted Reddick

F355/Ch

C

13

24:40.7811

1:42.095

1:47.528

31

DNF

75 Ian Khan

Porsche GT3 RS

2

6

9:20.977

1:32.446

1:31.676

4

DNF

47 Steven Brady

Ultimer GTR

2

0

1:31.231

3

DNS

58 Simon Scuffham

Lotus Elise

3

1:39.667

26

Fastest Laps:

Barrie Whight

2

1:29.940 (96.98mph)

Cole/Lake

3

1:31.764 (95.09mph)

Gary Culver

S

1:34.664 (92.14mph)

Witt Gamski

C

1:41.875 (85.61mph)

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TAG HEUER GT250 Race with PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE Round 10 – BRANDS HATCH 24/25 September 2005 Pos

No

Driver

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

69 2 8 22 77 27 5 3 95 23 34 96 51 40 6 14 38 50 43 35 33 16 1 20 26 7 97 58 17 70 75 47

Hyde/Keen Barrie Whight Westbrook/Young Steven Kane Rich/Westwood Phil Quaife Dave Pinkney Donaldson/Clarke Hartshorne/Stanton Andy Britnell Gary Culver Mortimer/Stanley Cole/Lake David Back Wilson/Davidson Michael Corridan Ted Reddick Barrett/Persson Witt Gamski Mike Furness Charlie White Gary Eastwood Janes Brodie Ashburn/Clark Phillips/Youles Kevin Riley Warburton/Edwards Simon Scuffham Carman/Scott David Dove Ian Khan Steven Brady

Mosler MT900 Mosler MT900R Porsche GT3 Cup Porsche 996GT3 Cup Porsche GT3 Cup Porsche GT3 Cup Porsche GT3 Cup BMW M3 E46 GTR TVR Tuscan T400R Porsche 996GT3 Cup 360/Ch Porsche GT3 Cup Corvette C5 360/Ch BMW Z3 M Coupe Porsche GT3 Cup F355/Ch BMW Z3 M Coupe GT3 F355/Ch F355/Ch F355/Ch Porsche GT3 Cup Vauxhall Monaro Porsche GT3 Cup Porsche GT3 RS 360/Ch Porsche 996GT3 Cup Lotus Elise Ferrari 360 Challenge 360/Ch Porsche GT3 RS Ultimer GTR

2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 S 3 3 S 3 3 C 3 C C C 3 2 3 3 S 3 3 3 S 2 2

23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 21 19 21 17 15 7 2 0 0

45:22.456 45:24.908 45:29.396 45:30.290 45:32.952 45:33.787 45:34.148 45:37.846 45:39.164 45:41.413 45:41.575 45:45.638 45:49.278 45:50.668 45:52.774 45:57.926 46:00.376 46:01.303 46:01.610 46:07.763 46:12.485 45:41.161 45:55.898 45:42.195 46:10.259 42:28.794 32:21.878 29:12.309 13:02.837 3:29.933

1:29.024 1:30.208 1:32.245 1:32.672 1:33.635 1:33.874 1:33.763 1:34.421 1:34.808 1:35.015 1:35.510 1:33.556 1:36.137 1:38.373 1:39.434 1:40.639 1:42.183 1:42.354 1:41.864 1:44.372 1:44.296 1:36.968 1:36.817 1:34.853 1:34.071 1:38.519 1:32.891 1:39.309 1:34.292 1:39.340

1:29.979 1:28.510 1:30.996 1:31.497 1:32.941 1:33.387 1:33.390 1:35.908 1:33.261

2 1 4 6 8 11 12 17 9

1:35.259 1:32.936 1:31.006 1:39.539 1:38.362 1:40.019 1:43.239 1:43.784 1:41.812 1:45.235 1:45.100 1:36.686 1:39.477 1:36.833 1:35.762 1:40.247 1:33.262 14:05.044 1:35.422 1:39.414 1:30.510 1:38.362

14 7 5 23 20 24 27 28 26 30 29 18 22 19 16 25 10 31 15 21 3 13

Fastest Laps:

Hyde/Keen

2

1:29.024 (97.98mph)

Westbrook/Young

3

1:32.245 (94.56mph)

Gary Culver

S

1:35.510 (91.32mph))

Witt Gamski

C

1:41.864 (85.62mph))

PMFC Points after Round 10

Category S

Pts

Category C

Gary Culver

154

Witt Gamski

119

Kevin Riley

104

Mike Reeder

82

Graham Reeder

54

Charlie White

66

David Dove

31

Mike Furness

46

David Back

22

Ted Reddick

45

Alan Newton

16

Les Charneca

0

Ted Reddick

14

Phil Nuttall

0

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16

12

15 13 10 9

he last official event in the 2005 Ferrari formula classic calendar was at Brands Hatch on Friday/Saturday 23/24 September. This meeting featured the inaugural A1 GP, which promised vast numbers of spectators to the Kent circuit. It was also a rare opportunity to race on the full GP course at Brands – ordinarily we might have been offered the much less exciting Indy track.

The fixture was arranged with Brands Hatch owners MotorSport Vision (MSV) almost a year before. As the date for our event got closer Jonathan Palmer, MSV’s md, became increasingly concerned as to whether we could really muster a sufficient number of Ferraris to allow the race to go ahead. I was also worried, especially in

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the light of underwhelming most prestigious we have numbers of Ffc cars at the attempted in the short life of the preceding Snetterton and Castle Ffc series. It was important to Combe races (18 and just 13 put on a good show which would respectively) not only be fun for those taking So I sent out an e-mail to part but also would be everyone registered for the series entertaining for the crowds. As and comfortingly I received 24 we shall see, circumstances were positive replies. On the basis of such that we may have failed on this I guaranteed Palmer a minimum field of 20 cars and, as it turned out, with three subsequent no-shows, we managed 21 and honour was upheld.

This event was, Ross Warburton in his lovely 275GTB finished in of course, far gleaming Équipe nationale belge yellow. and away the

Photo: Simon Cooke

Photo: Simon Cooke

FERRARI formula classic Brands Hatch 23/24 September 2005

both counts.

The 21 car field included most of the 2005 regulars together with a few occasional racers and one newcomer to the series: Ross Warburton in his lovely 275GTB finished in gleaming Équipe nationale belge yellow. I had been passengered

by Ross round the circuit a couple of days earlier at the FOC track day and been impressed with not only the car’s lusty performance but also Ross’s competent handling of it.

The field comprised four cars in the older Gp1, 8 in the ‘standard’ Gp2 and the remaining 9 in the ‘lightly modified’ Gp3.

There were certain problems in getting our cars into our allotted space in the paddock. After being re-positioned by the less than efficient paddock marshals (who were handicapped by a lack of communication from the MSV head office) we were obliged to accept an overflow from the TAG Heuer entrants. Not only that, our space was invaded by cars from other non-Ferrari races and the difficulties were exacerbated by some Ffc drivers having failed to advise in advance what space they needed. However, we eventually sorted things out and everyone was accommodated.

Qualifying Our 20-minute qualifying session was the first of the weekend, timed for 09.40 on Friday. The

skies were dull and a few spots of rain splattered the cars in the assembly area. The 21 cars – the majority in racing red – looked most impressive as they lined up to go through the tunnel and onto the circuit.

There were a few thrills and spills. Richard Atkinson-Willes, who was running-in after an engine rebuild following Castle Combe and who rarely gives less than 110% effort, had a lurid tank-slapper in his 308GT4 as he negotiated Paddock Hill Bend.

Then, on the next lap, Mike Spicer repeated the performance in his 328GTB. It must be something Chris Drake keeps his 330 ahead of Nick Taylor’s to do with Mondial t and Ray Hanson’s big Testarossa. blue Ferraris.

Simon Bartholomew, also in Culver who headed the times, a non-red 328, went off at with 1:47.993, about a second Druids, while R A-W enjoyed ahead of the Gp3 308GTB of another spin at the newly named William Jenkins. Nicky PaulSheene Curve (otherwise known Barron (driving the Reeder as Dingle Dell in the old days, the brothers’ ex-Thornton Mustard, title of which has been ex-Scott Winnard, ex-PMFC transferred to the right-hand kink 328GTB for the first time in the immediately before. It’s a bit series) was next up, with John

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Photo: Simon Cooke

Photo: Simon Cooke

A quick starting Mike Spicer rocketed into 3rd place, hounded by John Pogson and Nicky Paul-Barron—all in 328GTBs.

tricky getting these renamed corners into one’s head!).

After about eight minutes rain started to come down.

Mistakenly, your scribe decided that further improvements in times were not going to be possible and brought his 308GTB into the pitlane, with Ross Warburton taking the same view.

As it turned out the rain fizzled out and all the quickest times were made in the last few minutes of the session.

Nick Taylor was another to have a problem: the alternator on his Mondial t cried enough – apparently a common fault on these cars where the original unit was both undersized and too exposed to the heat from the engine. Peter Everingham (328GTB) was seen to need new brake pads while Chris Drake had completely run out of anchors on his 330GT based Ferrari GTO reconstruction. The Stuart Anderson TR also experienced braking problems due to air getting into the system.

When the timesheets arrived from the centre, it was Gary

Photo: Simon Cooke

Pogson almost a further secondand-a-half adrift in P4. Despite his lack of brakes (Nuvolari never needed them either!) Chris Drake was the quickest of the Gp1 cars, outpacing Stuart Anderson by 1.5 seconds.

Colin Campbell had navigated his little Dino round in a best time of 2:28.689, a somewhat worrying 40 seconds slower than the pole position time. One hoped that his mirrors would be working well the following day.

The timekeeping at Brands was top notch, the officials producing lots of useful information on not only each competitor’s time on every lap but also the sector times and speeds over the finish line. For the record these were as follows:

Richard Atkinson-Willes had a spirited drive in his 308GT4, seen here in front of the Ray Hanson Testarossa and Richard Allen’s 328GTB.

There was panic in the Stuart Anderson camp. Stuart’s Ford Granada tow car had already expired on the motorway and he had been forced to Pos Driver Car MPH drive the race car on the road. And now, despite all 1 Swift 308GTB 116.3 his efforts, he was unable 2 Jenkins 308GTB 115.3 to get a decent ‘pedal’ on 3 Paul-Barron 328GTB 115.1 the brakes. No amount of 4 Spicer 328GTB 114.7 bleeding seemed to improve the situation and, 5 Bartholomew 328GTB 114.5 as the time for assembly 6 Culver 328GTB 114.3 passed, he had to 7 Pogson 328GTB 113.5 reluctantly scratch from the 8 Allen 328GTB 112.7 race. What a disappointment!

9 Hanson TR 112.0 Another driver 10 Taylor Mondial 110.7 whose tow car had 11 Drake 330 109.6 misbehaved was Ray 12 Everingham 328GTB 108.9 Hanson. His 4x4 had 13 Pullen Mondial 107.7 caught fire on the journey from Wales and, like 14 Burrage Mondial 107.0 Stuart, he had completed 15 Whitman 308GTB 105.8 the journey to Brands in his 16 McConnell 308 QV 105.6 Testarossa.

17 A-Willes 308GT4 105.3 Earlier, at our 18 Simpson 308GTB 101.8 request the Clerk of the Course had done a special 19 Campbell Dino 89.3 briefing. Although it was Saturday dawned fine and necessary to know the procedure bright. The weather was perfect for taking the cars onto the track and the track in good shape apart (we weren’t allowed at this from some slicks of oil which had meeting to use the centre been dusted down with cement. paddock) and one or two other Again it was an early start for the details, principally we wanted him Ffc 20-minute race, timed for to stress how important it was to 10.25 and immediately after the be careful at the first two corners TAG Heuer qualifying session – Paddock Hill and Druids – to (which meant that Gary Culver avoid the safety car having to be had to switch from his 360 employed. Yours truly said a few Challenge car to his 328 in words on the same subject, double quick time). knowing if the race were to be

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stopped all our collective efforts would be to no avail.

Although one or two drivers commented that it was the sternest warning they could remember having been given, I felt it was vitally important knowing that these two corners are notorious spots at which to have accidents, and how long it takes to extricate cars from the gravel traps. As it turned out, the Clerk and I could have saved our breath.

Race Twenty Ferraris, their polished bodywork glinting in the sun, lined up in grid formation in front of the well populated grandstands. It was quite an occasion which I am sure all the drivers were enjoying. A green flag lap behind the pace car brought the field back to the start again, one by one the red lights came on, and then the front row surged forward as the lights went out.

Everyone exercised commendable discretion on that opening lap, with Culver leading from Jenkins, followed by a quick starting Spicer hounded by Pogson. Then it was N P-B, Bartholomew and your reporter.

Richard Allen had made a dreadful getaway and was way back in the field, just behind an equally slow starting Taylor.

By the end of lap 2, the two leaders had broken away from

Photo: Simon Cooke

“The 308’s clutch had disintegrated on the line and I had the greatest difficulty keeping ahead of a determined Evers who closed every time I ponderously changed gear with a clutch that refused to disengage.”

The battle between Peter Everingham (22) and your scribe.

clutch that refused to disengage.

Then, at the start of lap 4, just after Jenkins had found a way past Culver to take the lead, came the thing we had all been dreading. Marco Pullen lost control at the exit to Paddock Hill Bend, launching his spinning Mondial into the deep gravel.

Nick Taylor, just behind, was

Photo: Simon Cooke

Spicer, who in turn was making space ahead of the Pogson - Paul -Barron – Bartholomew – Swift quartet. In fact your scribe was in deep trouble. The 308’s clutch had disintegrated on the line and I had the greatest difficulty keeping ahead of a determined Evers who closed every time I ponderously changed gear with a

caught up in the incident and, as if in sympathy, buried his similar Mondial right alongside. And that, effectively, was the end of the race.

The safety car came out and the rest of the field formed a slow speed crocodile behind while marshals endeavoured to extricate the two stricken Ferraris. It seemed to take an interminable time to drag the cars out and I guess most of the other drivers were fuming just like your reporter. Nick’s Mondial was disinterred first and joined the crocodile, scattering gravel on the track as it did so. Marco’s car took the marshals much longer but at long last, with only a couple of minutes of our allotted time remaining, the safety car pulled in and the green flags came out to signal the race had started again A very alert Nicky PaulBarron took advantage of the situation to rocket past Pogson, Spicer and Jenkins and into 2nd place behind Culver, and this was

“Then came the thing we had all been dreading.” Marco Pullen launches his Mondial into the gravel trap at Paddock Hill Bend and that effectively was the end of the race.

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Photo: Simon Cooke

Photo: Simon Cooke

Hatch GP circuit in the future, when we might have better fortune.

William Jenkins (308GTB), seen here ahead of Gary Culver (328GTB), led for most of the race but lost out when the safety car came in.

place behind Culver, and this was the order at the flag. However, it was a sad end to what had promised to be a cracking race.

After the cars had returned to parc fermé one or two people got quite excited about the unfortunate turn of events.

However, one can’t be too hard on young Pullen – he was just one of many drivers who came to grief that weekend and put lots of miles on the safety car’s

odometer.

A short informal ceremony in the Ferrari paddock saw Paul Williams of Maranellos present the splendid Ferrari Classic Parts trophies, with Gary Culver, Nicky P-B, and Chris Drake picking up the winners’ awards along with the bottles of Laurent-Perrier champagne.

We can only hope that we are given another opportunity to race the Classics on the Brands

Nice! Chris Drake collects his trophy from Maranello’s Paul Williams.

FERRARI formula classic Race 8 – BRANDS HATCH 23/24 September 2005 Pos

No

Driver

Tipo

Group

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DNF NS

34 17 38 8 40 37 11 22 10 24 7 45 5 46 66 30 36 6 57 13 2

Gary Culver Nicky Paul-Barron William Jenkins Mike Spicer John Pogson Simon Bartholomew John Swift Peter Everingham Sam Whitman Chris Drake R Atkinson-Willes Richard Allen Ray Hanson Tris Simpson Stuart Burrage Odhran McConnell Ross Warburton Colin Campbell Nick Taylor Marco Pullen Stuart Anderson

328GTB 328GTB 308GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 308GTB 328GTB 308GTB 330GT/GTO 308GT4 328GTB Testarossa 308GTB Mondial t 308GTBi QV 275GTB 246GT Mondial t Mondial t 250GTE/TRC

2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 1

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 2

19:14.835 19:15.542 19:16.556 19:17.217 19:17.732 19:18.388 19:19.178 19:20.610 19:23.688 19:23.958 19:25.091 19:28.948 19:29.871 19:31.029 19:35.278 19:41.780 19:49.217 20:11.556 19:42.284 4:01.329

1:50.406 1:50.064 1:51.639 1:50.411 1:50.334 1:51.389 1:51.359 1:52.033 1:54.494 1:55.202 1:54.484 1:56.449 1:56.447 1:56.478 1:58.493 2:04.153 2:09.194 2:18.762 1:54.651 1:54.095

1:47.993 1:49.154 1:49.010 1:51.215 1:50.764 1:51.369 1:52.198 1:52.716 1:55.876 1:55.242 1:54.509 1:52.979 1:57.758 1:57.007 1:59.724 2:06.252 2:10.851 2:28.689 1:52.975 1:54.237 1:56.760

1 3 2 5 4 6 7 8 14 13 12 10 17 16 18 19 20 21 9 11 15

Fastest Laps:

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Nicky Paul-Barron Gary Culver Chris Drake

Gp3 Gp2 Gp1

1:50.064 (79.25mph) 1:50.406 (79.00mph) 1:55.202 (75.71mph)

Establishes Lap Record Establishes Lap Record Establishes Lap Record

Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – Europa Rounds 11 & 12 EUROPEAN CHALLENGE

Class 2 to Freddy Kremer, who now has a 4 point advantage over our man.

In Class 1, Michael Cullen had a blistering result, taking over the top spot in the points table from arch rival Ange Barde.

Fellow countryman Paddy Shovlin gave Michael a hard time in Race 2 to finish second by a mere 0.2

The Italian rounds of the European Challenge took place at Mugello in mid-September. We have little in the way of information on this race meeting other than the results and latest championship points table.

However, this event saw Peter Sowerby lose his lead in

second disadvantage, and retains his solid third place in the championship pecking order.

Of the other UK contenders, Kevin Riley finished in 22nd and 17th places overall, Terry Coleman 17th and 21st, while Oliver Morley failed to finish in Race 1 but compensated with a more useful 5th overall in R2.

RACE 1 – MUGELLO 16/18 September 2005 Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

No 5 1 *3 8 69 66 87 83

9 10 11 12

68 77 98 2 65

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

26 54 58 61 84 52 76 51 97 62 11

Driver Louis Machiels Ange Barde Michael Cullen Nick Hommerson Ralf Schaeffer Frank Gelf Bjorg Grossmann Marco Coldani /Massimo Arduini Holger Harmsen Norbert Waichoffer Phillippe Prette Paddy Shovlin Mauro Miele / Renato Bianchi Raffaele de Simone Mikael Forsten Pierre Schroeder Terence Coleman John Horejsi Markus Kroyer Peter Sowerby Karl Oppitzhauser Kevin Riley Freddy Kremer Baron Marcain

Class 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

Nat B F IRL NL

Q1 2:02.626 2:03.005 2:03.078 2:05.786 2:04.405 2:04.196 2:05.691 2:03.513

Pos 4 5 6 18 12 10 17 9

Best Lap 2:04.605 2:03.662 2:04.258 2:07.013 2:07.369 2:07.351 2:07.133 2:05.931

2 2 2 1 2

D AUT MC IRL ITA

2:10.379 2:05.362 2:05.603 2:02.262 2:04.287

29 14 16 1 11

2:08.455 2:06.815 2:07.210 2:03.829

1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1

ITA FIN LUX IRL USA AUT GB AUT GB D ITA

4:27.109 I lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 2 laps 2 laps

2:02.557 2:06.785 2:08.366 2:07.087 2:07.873 2:20.553 2:04.677 2:12.330 2:08.074 2:05.561

2 21 26 22 23 34 13 31 24 15

2:06.615 2:04.430 2:09.008 2:09.578 2:10.942 2:09.666 2:11.101 2:06.365 2:11.244 2:11.339 2:09.259 2:08.763

2 2 2 2 2 2

NL D F I NL F

52:52.033 53:07.844 53:13.997 53:51.593 51:35.449

2 laps 2 laps 2 laps 2 laps 4 laps

2:03.370 2:14.676 2:09.337 2:06.266 2:15.481 2:11.065 2:21.965

8 32 28 20 33 30 35

2:16.706 2:15.672 2:19.055 2:19.485 2:14.624

2

CH

52:19.002

4 laps 2:08.152

25

2 2

USA F

2:08.961 2:25.741

27 36

2 1

D D

2:06.260 2:02.593

19 3

1 1

1

GB

2:03.120

7

1

D D ITA

Laps 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23

Time 51:44.682 51:52.167 52:07.764 52:42.424 52:47.735 53:04.851 53:10.966 53:42.642

Behind 7.485 23.082 57.742 1:03.053 1:20.169 1:26.284 1:57.960

23 23 23 23

53:48.589 53:58.307 54:25.907 54:35.833

2:03.907 2:13.625 2:41.225 2:51.151

23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21

56.11.791 49:00.103 51:58.481 52:08.265 52:14.796 52:27.462 52:44.909 52:50.730 53:06.15 53:47.814 52:38.618 52:51.625

21 21 21 21 19 19

Maria de Villota /Tamara Vidali

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

53 99 86 55 56 75

Koos van Merksteijn Jurgen Limpert Henry Hassid Germano Salernitano Fons Schelterna Carine Sicart /Jonathan Sicart 64 Ronnie Kessel /Ramon Pini 85 Jay Lee 89 Thierry Marnay

Not Classified 59 Helmut Schlotterer 6 Wido Roessler 7 Oliver Morley *25 sec penalty Fastest Laps

19 18 18

Cl 1 Ange Barde 2:03.662 (152.690 km/h)

52:31.784 41:49.264 54:10.864

4 laps 5 laps 5 laps

2:29.095

Cl 2 Marco Coldani

2:22.316 2:10.817 2:37.510

Pts 21 17 13 11 21 16 13 13 11 9 7 5 9 4 4 7 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2:05.931 (149.939 km/h)

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RACE 2 – MUGELLO 16/18 September 2005 Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No 3 2 8 1 7 5 66 6 77 11

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

62 87 54 68 76 *69 97 58 59 *86 61 75

22 23 24 25 26

84 99 65 83 64

27 28 29 30 31

55 51 89 *26

Driver Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin Nick Hommerson Ange Barde Oliver Morley Louis Machiels Frank Gelf Wido Roessler Norbert Waichoffer Baron Marcain Maria de Villota /Tamara Vidali

Freddy Kremer Bjorg Grossmann Mikael Forsten Holger Harmsen Peter Sowerby Ralf Schaeffer Kevin Riley Pierre Schroeder Helmut Schlotterer Henry Hassid Terence Coleman Carine Sicart /Jonathan Sicart John Horejsi Jurgen Limpert Mauro Miele / Renato Bianchi Marco Coldani /Massimo Arduini Ronnie Kessel /Ramon Pini Germano Salernitano Karl Oppitzhauser Thierry Marnay Raffaele de Simone

Not Classified 32 52 Markus Kroyer

Class 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1

Nat IRL IRL NL F GB B D D AUT ITA

Laps 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

Time 52:09.299 52:09.438 52:32.566 52:41.446 52:42.740 52:44.222 53:04.817 53:07.877 53:09.564 53:09.661

Behind 0.139 23.267 32.147 33.441 34.923 55.518 58.578 1:00.265 1:00.362

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

D D FIN D GB GB LUX D F IRL F

24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22

53:21.253 53:54.237 53:55.103 53:55.572 54:03.357 54:49.412 52:45.051 53:29.668 53:49.910 54:22.038 50:39.352

1:11.954 1:44.938 1:45.804 1:46.273 1:54.058 2:40.113 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 2 laps

2 2 2

USA D ITA

22 22 22

52:17.233 52:18.045 52:28.740

2 laps 2 laps 2 laps

2

ITA

22

52:50.638 53:03.401

2 laps 2 laps

2

CH

21

2 2 2 1

I AUT F ITA

20 20 19 16

52:16.508 53:51.718 53:52.333 51:38.463 38:42.904

2

AUT

11

Q1 2:02.991 2:03.034 2:04.310 2:03.041 2:03.966 2:03.524 2:03.501 2:03.272 2:05.096 2:04.451

Pos 2 3 9 4 8 7 6 5 15 10

Best Lap 2:04.224 2:05.185 2:06.384 2:05.100 2:06.765 2:06.288 2:06.150 2:05.187 2:06.837 2:06.597

2:05.004 2:06.312 2:05.938 2:15.207 2:05.494 2:04.477 2:09.176 2:07.950 2:06.685 2:04.661 2:07.976 2:15.619

14 18 17 33 16 11 26 21 19 12 22

2:07.550 2:07.662 2:08.537 2:07.675 2:09.294 2:06.687 2:10.458 2:11.999 2:09.757 2:10.028 2:09.201 2:13.218

Pts 22 16 13 11 9 7 22 5 16 4 4 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2:07.988 2:10.049

34 23 27

2:11.827

31

2:06.872

20

3 laps 4 laps 4 laps 5 laps 8 laps

2:08.553 2:15.868 2:10.164 2:27.433 2:02.566

24 35 28 36 1

28:42.345

13 laps

2:11.720

30

2:23.970

1

2:09.988 2:11.993 2:05.967 2:06.917 2:08.452 2:15.280 2:13.101 2:30.523 2:04.860

4

33

56 Fons Schelterna

2

NL

7

16:08.679

17 laps

2:10.442

29

2:11.416

1

34

53 Koos van Merksteijn

2

NL

6

13:58.307

18 laps

2:12.652

32

2:12.987

1

35

98 Phillippe Prette

2

MC

5

10:57.067

19 laps

2:05.003

13

2:07.971

1

36

85 Jay Lee

2

USA

1

2:32.044

23 laps

2:08.832

25

2:32.044

1

* 120 sec penalty for pit-stop irregularity Fastest Laps

Cl 1 Michael Cullen 2:04.224 (151.999 km/h)

Cl 2 Renato Bianchi

2:05.967 (149.896 km/h)

Provisional Points after Round 12 Trofeo Pirelli Michael Cullen 178, Ange Barde 172, Paddy Shovlin 151, Philipp Baron 89, Louis Machiels 86, Wido Roessler 73, Robert Pergl 69, Nick Hommerson 49, Maria de Villota 47, Tamara Vidali 47, Oliver Morley 45, Karl Baron 19, Massimo Mantovani 16, Loronzo Bontempelli.15, Quinto Stefana 15, Emilio Guisti 14, Raffaele de Simone 11, John Bosch 8, Sandor Janosi 6 Coppa Shell Freddy Kremer 139, Peter Sowerby 135, Frank Gelf 109, Ralf Schaeffer 104, Norbert Walchoffer 99, Holger Harmsen 91, Mikael Forsten 86, Pierre Schroeder 63, Rolf Galliker 55, Philippe Prette 55, Mauro Miele 54, Renato Bianchi 48, Ronnie Kessel 25, Ramon Pini 25, Helmut Schlotterer 24, Bjorg Grossmann 24, Fons Scheltma 23, Terence Coleman 18, Kevin Riley 17, Jonathan Sicart 14, Paulo Pinato 14, Marco Coldani 14, Jurgen Limpert 14, Germano Salernitano 12, Massimo Arduini 12, Koos von Merkestein 11, Michel Scotto 10, Karl Oppitzhauser 8, Markus Kroyer 6, Christopher Catt 6, Carine Sicart 5, John Horejsi 2, Jay Lee 2, Henry Hassid 2, Thierry Marney 2, Ricardo Weber 1 25 CompRes

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