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Car Forum / Ferrari Cars / June 2005Villeneuve's 1980 Ferrari 312 on Show
As a warm up to the Ottawa Exotic & Race Car Parade weekend event, the organizer is showing off the 1980 Ferrari 312 driven by Gilles Villeneuve tomorrow, Friday, 27May05 at 12:15 to 1:00 pm at Johnny Guido's (Preston and George). Guido's has a large patio with lots of tables with umbrellas. They have a deli counter, coffee, and assorted drinks. They are opposite Sakto's construction site so there might be some dust and noise. Sakto's got a 1200 spot parking garage with entrance on Rochester just up Aberdeen. Scott Fowler editor/publisher CORSO ITALIA NEWS www.corsoitalia.net SHAMELESS COMMERCIAL PLUG: If you view the www.corsoitalia.net/exotic webpage for info about the weekend event, please plug the google ads so we can put some pennies in our pocket. Couldn't hurt. Thanks. > As a warm up to the Ottawa Exotic & Race Car Parade weekend event, the > organizer is showing off the 1980 Ferrari 312 driven by Gilles Villeneuve > tomorrow, Friday, 27May05 at 12:15 to 1:00 pm at Johnny Guido's (Preston > and George). Just looking at the 312 reminds you that one accident could cost you your legs... Granted you can still get skewered by a strut in the new cars but in the old 312 your legs _were_ the crumple zone... Scary stuff... -Matt- :::off to Nashville to pick up a Quattro for a friend::: matt borland wrote: >>As a warm up to the Ottawa Exotic & Race Car Parade weekend event, the >>organizer is showing off the 1980 Ferrari 312 driven by Gilles Villeneuve [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Granted you can still get skewered by a strut in the new > cars but in the old 312 your legs _were_ the crumple zone... Nothing to worry about in that car. The 1980 car didn't go fast enough to hurt anyone... T308  SignatureLIVERPOOL FC - European Champions 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 > matt borland wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > T308 IIRC the 1980 car was one of the worst the team produced wasn't it? I think they came 10th in the constructors championship that year having won the championship with pretty much the same car the previous season! SN > > matt borland wrote: > >> "corsoitalia" <corso@nospam.rogers.com> wrote [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > SN :cry: Sorry you’re not very happy with my car. Yes, it was a pig to drive that year but it was still faster than the T4. The problem was that Ferrari chose to concentrate on developing their turbo car so only made a small evolution to the T4. Unfortunately, everybody else made a big leap, putting them into the middle of the pack. Remember, Ferrari didn’t win another drivers championship until 2000--a long dry spell. Anyway, I hope you got to hear and see it run in the speed event Sunday. Hope that made up for its poor race history. With good fan support, we’ll be back next year. Bud > :cry: Sorry you're not very happy with my car. Hold up, hold up! Now just you get yourself over to the "Roll Call" thread and get posting right this minute, mister! -MCPD > :cry: Sorry you're not very happy with my car. Yes, it was a pig to > drive that year but it was still faster than the T4. The problem was [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Bud Hi Bud, Sorry I disrespected your T4! No matter its performance its still a Ferrari F1 car and for many of us that makes it priceless. Many Ferrari's, road or track, haven't been the best in their league (just look at this years F2005!) but the fact they are all part of the Ferrari legend which is one of failures as well as triumphs is what is important. The fact that Gilles drove the car makes it even more special! All the best in your endeavours! SN |
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