[EDIT] London, Rome, Maranello, Monaco, Paris, Dreux *VIDS*

[rpantoja0]

Hi everybody!
I´m from Brasil (also our mate raphaelws´ country).
Recently I made a great trip to Europe and now I´ll show you the pics in 4 parts. This is the first and less amazing part. Hope you enjoy.

London:







Motorbooks (near National Gallery, a great and traditional car books store)





Rome:

Ferrari Store:








How not to park a F575


Libreria dell´Automobili (next to Termini station)



That is it. Sorry for the non-professional photos...
Soon I´ll upload some from Monaco, Maranello, Paris and Dreux (stage de pilotage!!!)

[rpantoja0]

Yes, I´ve been to Maranello!!!!!!!
It is a small town that breathes Ferrari. Everything is Ferrari related.
That day there was a superbike gathering, only with Ducatis, CBRs, Ninjas, GSXRs etc, but 1 single F360 passed and I forgot about all the bikes...

Oh, of course, the pics:



Restaurant Cavallino (damn, it was closed since it was Sunday...)


THE factory


museum outside


F430 engine


F1 cars




F288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, F360 NGT, F355 "World Tour", etc:





















Everything is Ferrari...

[Everlasting]

great pics!

Maranello is one place i must visit!!
maybe next year

[Garretts_turbo]

hahaha im so jealous...one day i will go....one of my good friends is in italy right now...i made him promise to get me some pics...

[bmagni]

thnc for the pics

Originally Posted by rpantoja0 Restaurant Cavallino (damn, it was closed since it was Sunday...)

don't worry you need a reservation anyway...

[MIHALS]

you've been in london and you're showing us just one pic of F430?

[pterps]

I have been in Maranello about 6 times now, and I still like visiting it. If you have got some time than try to follow the test track on public roads, always a good place to hear some screaming Ferrari's.

And keep your eyes wide open and your camera standbye, because you never know what you can scoop, I took these pics in June and September 2005:

[vakpemil]

Héhé was are all the Lambo's and Porsche's? Txnk for the 2 Ferrari's

[TT]

I merged your two topics: really better to have all the pics together IMO

[Pehtren]

Nice cars, i like the 575M.

Oh, and wellcome to JW

[stmoritzer]

Great trip

[rpantoja0]

Hi!


MONACO

The best place in the world! I spent only one single day, but I can say it is perfect, not just for car and F1 fans, but for all those who want to put up a smile on their face. GO TO MONACO!!
And of course, for those who like cars, there is a plus:

Zonda F




The bay


Lets take an "onboard" lap through F1 circuit:
Finishing line

Going up towards the Casino

Left curve (Hotel de Paris)

Casino (the f1 cars pass behind the photografer)

That little straight where there is a bump and all drivers have to escape from it (the bump is where there people cross the street)

Curve where there was "traffic" last year, after a crash (are you understanding my descriptions? I think they are horrible...)

Everybody knows this one!


F430 passing by on this curve!

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continuing...


view from above of the curve that leads into tunnel

same curve, ground level (schumacher crashed some meters before in 1996, heavy rain)

Entering tunnel (Senna crashed here while leading, remember?)

Inside tunnel

Tunnel exit

Chicane (those plants are removable)

Now f1 cars accelerate towards the camera and turn left (curve where Ralf and Fisichella crashed hard recently)

They keep going...

...and going... (wow! F575!)

...until La Rascasse (very slow turn to the right)

Then they can enter pits...

... or simply complete a lap!


Bonus:

Gransport


Panoramic view from "left side" of Monaco, where F1 races.


Panoramic view of "right side", where F1 doesn´t race and there is a stadium (I forgot the name of the stadium, Louis something...)


Then me and my broher caught a helicopter to Nice.



Hoped you liked it. Paris and Dreux will be up in a few minutes

[Everlasting]

dude how come u get to travel to all these cool places?!

[rpantoja0]

From Nice, I took a plane to Paris.
Lets see what I found:

PARIS

Toyota store, Champs-Elysée (it´s a nice simulator, real size!)


Renault store (Champs-Elysée):





FIA (Place de la Concorde)


575 Superamerica




Hotel Ritz (Place Vendôme)


Dreux (where I had my "Ferrari therapy") in a few minutes!

[TT]

Since it is related to the same trip, it is more interesting, IMO, to have them all in the same topic, they were ence merged