The Formula 1 world champion and ex-teammate of Lewis Hamilton took the wheel of the legendary 1980s supercar for the first time.
Even when you were world champion, you still have childhood dreams. Nico Rosberg took advantage of the month of December to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari F40, loaned by a Monegasque neighbor …
The story of this essay is quite funny:
“I have always lived in this building and I have always seen this car. I asked the concierge to give me a post-it. I wrote: “Hi, I am Nico Rosberg, your neighbor, I am the F1 world champion. Would you let me drive your car? With my phone number. He replied: “Yes, of course” “.
” I feel like a kid in a candy store “, Laughs the 2016 world champion in a video posted on his Youtube channel. First test: exit the underground car park without rubbing the bodywork.
Finding the champion: “Wow, the clutch is hard”. Other notable incidents during his test: the retro interior that gets packed in one of the tunnels of Monaco … or a unconventional maneuver in a village.
Attacking on the small roads of the hinterland of Nice in the din of the twin-turbo V8 (478 hp) and the whistling of the IHI turbos, the German driver is enthusiastic: “This car is a brick. There is no more typical race ”.
As a reminder, the Ferrari F40 celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the brand founded in Maranello. It was also the last production car whose design was supervised by Enzo Ferrari. It was produced at 1,315 copies between 1987 and 1992.
To read on auto-moto.com:
The best Ferrari F40 video of all time?
Our review of the Ferrari F40
Behind the scenes of a day in F40
The Formula 1 world champion and ex-teammate of Lewis Hamilton took the wheel of the legendary 1980s supercar for the first time.
Even when you were world champion, you still have childhood dreams. Nico Rosberg took advantage of the month of December to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari F40, loaned by a Monegasque neighbor …
The story of this essay is quite funny:
“I have always lived in this building and I have always seen this car. I asked the concierge to give me a post-it. I wrote: “Hi, I am Nico Rosberg, your neighbor, I am the F1 world champion. Would you let me drive your car? With my phone number. He replied: “Yes, of course” “.
” I feel like a kid in a candy store “, Laughs the 2016 world champion in a video posted on his Youtube channel. First test: exit the underground car park without rubbing the bodywork.
Finding the champion: “Wow, the clutch is hard”. Other notable incidents during his test: the retro interior that gets packed in one of the tunnels of Monaco … or a unconventional maneuver in a village.
Attacking on the small roads of the hinterland of Nice in the din of the twin-turbo V8 (478 hp) and the whistling of the IHI turbos, the German driver is enthusiastic: “This car is a brick. There is no more typical race ”.
As a reminder, the Ferrari F40 celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the brand founded in Maranello. It was also the last production car whose design was supervised by Enzo Ferrari. It was produced at 1,315 copies between 1987 and 1992.
To read on auto-moto.com:
The best Ferrari F40 video of all time?
Our review of the Ferrari F40
Behind the scenes of a day in F40
