Friday's Ferrari

Ferrari Corse Clienti is a Department of Ferrari, based at the Fiorano test track near Maranello, which restores and maintains Ferrari single-seaters and transports the cars to various tracks throughout the season where they can be driven by the clients. They regularly appeared at the SeeRed meetings at Donington Park and I took this photograph at the September 2004 meeting as four of the cars  came through the Craner Curves towards the Old Hairpin on one of their demonstration runs.

Leading the way is Ferrari test driver Andrea Bertolini in a Ferrari F2002 from the 2002 season, followed by Paul Osborn in a 1993 Ferrari F93A, Graham North's 1991 Ferrari 642 and, also from 1991, the Ferrari 643 of Larry Kinch.

Friday's Ferrari

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998 celebrated 50 years of racing at Silverstone with a display featuring a car representing each of those 50 years.

The car representing the year 1993 was the Ferrari F93A of Paul Osborn, a 3½ litre V12 engined car, chassis #143, which was campaigned in that season by Jean Alesi who finished in sixth position in the World Championship with his team mate Gerhard Berger in eighth place. Ferrari finished in fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.

I've shown photographs of this car previously, on 14 September 2012, 21 September 2012, 26 April 2013 and 15 July 2016, at SeeRed meetings at Donington Park.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006.

It's Paul Osborn at Redgate Corner during a demonstration run in his 1993 Ferrari F93A, and it's probably chassis number 143, the car driven by Jean Alesi in the 1993 racing season.

Friday's Ferrari

The SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006 included a demonstration run by a few F1 cars. I can't remember how many cars took part but one that did was the Ferrari F93A of Paul Osborn. The photograph below shows it in the pit garage without any wheels being readied for its run.

These two photographs show the car at Redgate Corner during the demonstration run.

It's probably serial number 143.

Friday's Ferrari

Some more shots of the Ferrari Corse Clienti cars at Donington Park in September 2004, this time in action on the track. Not particularly good photographs as I didn't have a particularly long telephoto lens at the time. All the photographs were taken at the Old Hairpin, at the bottom of the Craner Curves.

The 2002 Ferrari F2002 driven by the Ferrari test driver Andrea Bertolini

The 2001 Ferrari F2001 driven by Frank Mountain leading the 1993 Ferrari F93A driven by Paul Osborn

The 1991 Ferrari 642 driven by Graham North

The 1991 Ferrari 643 driven by Larry Kinch

The 1993 Ferrari F93A

The 1991 Ferrari 642

The 1991 Ferrari 643

Friday's Ferrari

Ferrari Corse Clienti is a Department of Ferrari, based at the Fiorano test track near Maranello, which restores and maintains Ferrari single-seaters and transports the cars to various tracks throughout the season where they can be driven by the clients. They have appeared at Donington Park on several occasions and the following photographs were taken in the pits at the SeeRed meeting on September 2004 as the cars went out for a practice session prior to the demonstration run later in the day.

Paul Osborn preparing to get into the driving seat of a 1993 Ferrari F93A, at one time driven by Jean Alesi

Final preparations before going out onto the track

Frank Mountain in the 2001 Ferrari F2001 - the F93A is going down the pit exit road

Ferrari test driver, Andrea Bertolini, returning to the pits in the F2002, previously driven by Michael Schumacher

The F93A back in the pits

Larry Kinch in the 1991 Ferrari 643 previously driven by Alain Prost

Andrea Bertolini finishes his run in the F2002

Paul Osborn pits the F93A