jueves, 10 de mayo de 2007

Ferrari unveils new motorhome

Maybe because it has a longer tradition in the sport than any other team, Ferrari stayed with the old motorhome vehicle for longer than most, but for this year, an entirely new unit has been built to replace the previous two vehicles used as the Ferrari media facility and the hospitality unit.

And another inevitable tradition is that these vehicles get to make their public debut at the first European race of the season, which is why the new Ferrari facility is on display for the first time at the Circuit de Catalunya at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

"We started talking about this vehicle two years ago and the instructions to actually proceed came at the end of 2005," said Jon Williams of Procar International, the company that has been providing vehicles for Ferrari for over a decade. "Procar developed the concept which we took to the designer, Fran Cush at Sepang Design, who did all the styling and he has followed the project since its inception. The actual building began in April 2006, under the guidance of an Engineering Consultancy, Frazer Nash, who oversaw the engineering elements of the project, so the entire building of the structure alone has taken one year."

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