The week from November 3 to 7 in Ferrari’s history

3/11. In 2007, the first stone laying ceremony of Ferrari World took place in Abu Dhabi. It was the first theme park dedicated to the Maranello marque and was opened to the public on 4 November 2010.

The Ferrari World facility, which houses over 20 attractions, is 45 metres high and has an external circumference of 2,200 metres. Its total surface area is 200,000 m2, with a covered area open to the pubic of 85,000 m2 featuring a huge Prancing Horse emblem.

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4/11. In 1972, Clay Regazzoni and Arturo Merzario were the clear winners of the Kyalami 9 Hours, dominating the South African endurance event to the extent that the second placed Team Gunston-Richter Motors driven by Scotsman Gerry Birrell and the German Jochen Mass, finished six laps down..

5/11. In 1905 Louis Rosier was born in Chapdes-Beaufort, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department of the Auvergnes. He is best remembered as the winner of the 1950 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing his Talbot with his son Jean-Louis. The father drove for 23 hours and 15 minutes. Rosier also played his part in the history of Ferrari, as along with the Swiss members of Ecurie Espadon, he was one of the first customers to buy racing cars from Enzo Ferrari, with whom he enjoyed an open and sincere relationship.

The Frenchman, driving for his eponymous team took part in 15 rounds of the Formula 1 world championship in a Ferrari and won four non-championship races: at Albi in 1952 and ’53 at the wheel of a 375 F1 and then at Cadours in 1952, as well as in the Grand Prix des Sables d’Olonne in 1953 in a 500 F2.

He won twice in sports cars in 1955 in a 750 Monza in the Forez 4 Hours and the Bougie GP. He lost his life the following year on 29 October at the Montlhery circuit competing in the Coupe du Salon.

6/11. In 1931, Peter John Collins was born in Kidderminster, England. He was a versatile drivers, winning the sports car event, the Giro di Sicilia in 1956 alongside fellow countryman Louis Klementaski in an 857 S, as well as the Buenos Aires 1000 Km and the Sebring 12 Hours in 1958, with Phil Hill in a 250 Testa Rossa.

Collins is famous for having handed over his car in the final round of the season to his rival for the title. It happened in the 1956 Italian GP at Monza, when the Scuderia’s number one driver Juan Manuel Fangio had to stop with a mechanical problem, handing the lead to his rival, Stirling Moss in a Maserati.

A victory for Collins at Monza would have given him the title, but he chose to pit and hand over his car to his team leader, who finished second to take his fourth title. This gesture of true sportsmanship was dismissed by the Englishman, who said he would have many more opportunities to win the title, as he was 20 years younger than the Argentinian champion.

But it was not to be: Collins took his only win in a GP counting towards the world championship on 19 July 1958 at Silverstone in a Ferrari 246 F1, but was killed two weeks later during the German GP on the daunting Nurburgring.

7/11. Scuderia Ferrari dominated the Caracas 1000 Km in 1957, with a clean sweep of the top four places. Peter Collins and Phil Hill won in a 335 S, ahead of the sister car of Mike Hawthorn and Luigi Musso, while the podium was completed by the Germans Wolfgang von Trips and Wolfgang Seidel in a 250 Testa Rossa. Fourth was another 250 TR driven by Maurice Trintignant and Olivier Gendebien.

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