Kobayashi discovers Moscow
Posted: 20.07.2013
Source: Ferrari
Moscow, 20 July – Before Kamui Kobayashi makes his track debut here, his first day in Moscow was spent exploring the city. Tomorrow, the Japanese driver will be at the wheel of an F60 as part of Moscow City Racing, an event that has run since 2008, bringing together the best motor sport cars in the heart of the Russian capital.
This is Kamui’s first trip to Moscow and he made the most of it, visiting as much as he could, starting with the typical sites of Red Square and the Kremlin. “It’s the first time I find myself in this city and I’m happy I’ve had the time to see some of its landmarks,” Kamui told www.ferrari.com. Usually, as a racing driver, you arrive in a city, go straight to the race track and never manage to see anything of where you are. Events like this mean you do get time to see things and also to get closer to the fans. From the little I’ve been able to see, Moscow is a really beautiful city.”
The Moscow City Racing event will be a special moment in Kamui’s career. For the three years he spent with the Sauber team, he was able to enjoy the power of a Ferrari Formula 1 V8 engine. Now, the driver from Amagasaki will finally be able exploit its raw power while at the wheel of a car completely designed and built in Maranello. “For me it’s a nice feeling taking part in an event like this,” said Kamui. “It is already an honour to be able to race in the World Endurance Championship in the 458 GT, but representing Scuderia Ferrari is really something special. For this, I wish to thank Stefano Domenicali and the team’s partner Kaspersky Lab, whose partnership with the event organisers was the key to getting a Ferrari here.”
Ferrari back at the Kremlin
Posted: 19.07.2013
Source: Ferrari
Moscow, 19 July –It’s becoming something of a summer tradition to see a Ferrari Formula 1 car roaring through the streets in the heart of Moscow. Once again this year, the Scuderia is taking part in Moscow City Racing, the event that sees the centre of the Russian capital play host to the best from the world of motor sport, this coming Sunday 21 July. For the past three years it’s been Giancarlo Fisichella who has slipped into the cockpit of a Maranello F1 car here, but this year it’s the turn of Kamui Kobayashi, who is the Italian’s team-mate in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving the AF Corse team’s 458 GT2.
For the Japanese driver, it will be his first appearance at a public event in the colours of the Scuderia, although he has actually already driven a Formula 1 Ferrari, or at least he’s done so virtually, on 28 June, when he was in the Scuderia’s simulator in Maranello. Now Kamui gets the chance to do it for real, even if it’s not the current model: on Sunday, he will drive an F60, which is regularly used for these types of event.
Ferrari’s presence in Moscow is a sign of the ever closer links with Kaspersky Lab, one of the Scuderia’s main sponsors, and an official partner of Moscow City Racing, with its head office actually in the city