Ferrari Museum also called Galleria Ferrari MUST be visited if you also like Ferrari!!!

From Kastrup Airport, it’s a 2-hour flight to the airport, just north of Milan. We are now at the car rental desk at the airport to get the keys to the car that will take us to Maranello, the home of the prancing horse. The weather says summer 2007. We get the keys and off to the parking lot to find the car. A few minutes later we are in the car. The first thing to do is to check if the air conditioning is working. It works, thankfully. So, onto the highway and south towards the Ferrari Galleria.

The distance is only about 240 km. First to Modena and then the last km to Maranello. We enter from the north on Via Giardini. Just before the town’s entrance, the road leads over a bridge where the Ferrari sound of the Fiorano Circuit sings out.

The road changes its name to Via Nazionale Abetone Inferiore and further on you pass the world-famous main entrance to Ferrari on the left. Turn right onto Via Dino Ferrari. Shortly after on the left hand side is the Ferrari Museum / Ferrari Galleria.

The car is parked and as we walk towards the entrance, the conversation turns to what cars are inside the walls. It is triggered shortly afterwards. We are now inside the Ferrari Museum among historic F1s and sports cars.

On the ground floor is a stage with a Ferrari F1 from 2002 on a kind of pitlane followed by 2 other F1s. Podium with monitors to monitor the race, stands in the background against the wall. The rear F1 has at its side a 1979 F1 312T4.

In the center of the room, a paving garage look is built up. In the first garage is a 2004 f1, a stack of tires, a lift truck, an engine on a roller table and a tool cabinet behind the F1 with a monitor on top. In the other garage is Niki Lauda’s 1975 Ferrari F1 312T.

Between the garages there is an info sign stating that Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen will be driving for Ferrari in 2007. In front of the sign there are 4 engines clamped on pillars.

On the opposite side of the room are Ferrari oldies. Ferrari – Lancia D50, Ferrari 500 Modial plus several others. It is clear that safety was not the first priority at that time. But fascinating they are.

The first floor of the Ferrari Museum is for sports cars. On the stairs up is a ledge where an F430 spider is kept. First up is an Enzo Ferrari. The car is handsome, muscular, speed-radiant, equipped with both paddle-shift, ceramic brake discs and carbon fiber body.

Against the wall in the Ferrari Galleria, the red F50 is next to a Testarossa, 2 beautiful examples. In the center of the room is a Dino 206 GT. The model, it is said, was intended to appeal to a different customer segment, where the price of a sports car was more affordable, without damaging the Ferrari brand. Next to the Dino is a BB512, 5L – V12 with 360 hp, top speed 303 km/h and a black 275 GTB.

Along the back wall is a display of various turbocharged and non-turbocharged engines, arranged on columns for easy viewing. In front of them, a display case with separate engine parts in it. On the wall behind the engines hang various 1/3 size F1 monocoque for wind tunnel testing.

In front of the exhibition stand is a red Ferrari 166MM. The engine is a 2L – V12 with 140 hp. The car delivered a top speed of 220 km/h. It was used for endurance racing in the early Ferrari days. A blue 166 Inter from 1948 is parked next to it.

In an adjoining room, a gorgeous red 1957 250 GT California and a creamy white Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupé.

It is said that the reason for starting Ferrari was so that Enzo Ferrari could finance his passion for racing.

It was a couple of hours in the Ferrari Museum / Ferrari Galleria. Before we leave Maranello, we’ll head over to the Fiorano Circuit for some Ferrari testing. Don’t miss this if you’re visiting the Ferrari Galleria.

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