Le Manoir & Jerez

Pre-Season Lunch

The last 10 days have seen the pre-season FF Corse lunch on Sunday February 28th , followed by a 2 day event at Jerez and the first Silverstone track-day – a busy start to the year, which is set to only get even busier as the track-day and race season unfolds.

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Le Manoir in Oxfordshire made a fantastic setting for second pre-season lunch and the event was attended by 30 FF Corse members and guests – the maximum number possible in their private dining facility. The lunch and service was excellent as expected and it was great to see so many old and new faces.

FF Corse member Russ Nathan commented “ FF Corse has truly established itself and the lunch marked its coming of age”

All guests received copies of the FF Corse hardback year books featuring photographs of FF Corse drivers and cars from events and races throughout 2010. Copies of the books will also be sent out this week to members and drivers who were unable to join us at Le Manoir.

Jerez

Straight from Le Manoir the previous day, FF Corse members flew down to Jerez for some pre-season testing in Southern Spain. The weather for the event was excellent and with only a handful of cars in attendance, the track space and time provided the perfect opportunity to blow away winter cob-webs. The good conditions also enabled the drivers and team to test a series of new development parts on the cars.

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FF Corse is considering a return to Jerez next year and has already provisionally made enquiries and hopes to again run another similar event.

Next FF Corse Events

We have lots of exciting events planned this year both with the racing and the track-days. The first GT race meeting at Silverstone has already attracted a confirmed four drivers and the GT Trophy and Ferrari Open events look to be equally as well supported.

The next events we have coming up are as follows

UK Track-days (Apr – May)

April 5th : Oulton Park April 11th : Silverstone (Ferrari OC) April 12th : Donington April 18 th : Silverstone GP

 

General Testing (Race-licence required)

March 29th : Donington April 15th : Silverstone April 22nd : Snetterton 300 (new circuit layout) April 29th : Silverstone

 

Races

April 2nd & 3rd : Donington (GT Trophy – 2hr race) April 16th & 17th : Silverstone GP (GT Cup) April 30th : Silverstone Nat (Ferrari Open)

 

We also still have a place available on the Race-Ready Intensive course at Silverstone on April 20 th & 21 st . The activity involves a Caterham car-control course, an overnight stay at Whittlebury Hall, an intensive driving course on the Monday and successful participants receive an ARDS National B race licence at the end of the course.

For further information or to book any of the events please email aodowd@ffcorse.com or contact Andy O’Dowd on 01327 857601.

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