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This makes good reading.... Chris Harris at his finest.

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5760248/how-ferrari-spins

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Rick
 
I read this a few weeks back. He certainly stuck his neck above the parapet but has received a lot of respect from fellow motoring journalists for doing so.

I'd like to see a like-for-like Porsche vs Ferrari vs Nissan GTR battle for fastest lap at the ring. Standard-tune road cars on 'as supplied to the customer' road tyres. Independently verified. Bring it on!! [:D]
 
Great piece by a top uk writer/racer.
Like the man says, they don't need to do it.
Poor old Henry Manney must be spinning in his grave!

Tony
 
Great article - fun to read.

It´s ridiculous what Ferrari does. I think, they are not the only ones with very special testcars.


Hacki
 
Loved it.

Notwithstanding Harris, what the press says about cars is often funny. Remember what they said about the 964 RS... And then how long did it take Clarkson to *start* "mastering" a powerslide?

My personal favourite, when it comes to describe the handling of a car, is Mark Hales (he writes in Octane and wrote in Circuit Driver when I had the subscription). I have yet to read a better translation of the complexities of car handling in words.
 

ORIGINAL: PhilRS

I have yet to read a better translation of the complexities of car handling in words.

What about this: " If you see the tree you hit, it was understeer. If you only hear it, it was oversteer." W. Röhrl
 
Agree with Mark Hales, Circuit driver morphed into Track Driver, which is now Free! but bi-monthly. He's still as good. Last issue on braking was right on the spot, and 100% relevent to 911s!
 
In defence of fezza, they have not sold out to the mass market and have kept close to their origins ...... the FF lovely all round eventer and a genuine departure to a well thought out market still retaining the essence of the marque.

Yes agree manipulating test drives not good .... but do we see a big fezza 4x4, big fezza saloon car ... or is the cynical marketing releasing held back ugrades to lure buyers back to the showroom to ave their trousers taken down and get a good teutonic sha66ing by the well rehearsed salesfuhere, explaining why the gen 3.2 is not as good as the gen 3.3 because the turbo slightly larger or it has a commenerative plaque from 1955 celebrating old Dr P 4 cam engine .......

The Porsche Marque IMHP was never aimed at the the prancing horse from the beginning, peoples sport car was the remit of the day .... they have made it a reluctant supercar .......
 
Is anyone surprised at this?

There have always seemed to be a lot of slightly shady goings-on with Ferrari always trying to control the situation. Its happened for decades in F1
 

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