Abu Dhabi gears up for Ferrari’s biggest event of the year

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UAE - Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari is set to bring its Ferrari Racing Days back as the first event of the year to Abu Dhabi next month.

The annual celebration of all the Prancing Horse brand’s client-racing activities kicks off on February 2 and will see Ferrari’s exhilarating top-tier and world-renowned racing events such as the Ferrari Challenge, F1 Clienti, XX program, Club Competizioni GT, Club Challenge and Passione Ferrari during the four-day event.

The Ferrari Challenge, which is the Prancing Horse brand’s one-make championship that started in 1993 and features Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo cars, will have its final two rounds for the 2022 season during Ferrari Racing Days.

F1 Clienti and the XX Program, two of the most exclusive activities, bring back to the track Ferrari F1 World Championship cars used between the 1920s and 1970s, and these include one F300, one F2001, two F2007s, one F60, one F138, and one SF70H.

The XX Program features hypercars developed by Ferrari, where clients get to drive track-only cars such as the newest model the FXX-K Evo, along with the FXX and 599XX.

The Club Competizioni GT, which is a private, non-competitive event, will bring well-renowned GT racing cars from the past 30 years. Five models will be part of the show including the 488 GT3 and 488 GT Modificata, that have been unveiled in 2020.

A major event for the region, the event will kick off in Abu Dhabi on Thursday (February 2) with two test sessions of the Ferrari Challenge followed by free practice sessions the next day along with private practice sessions for F1 Clienti, XX Programme, Club Competizioni GT and Club Challenge.

The morning of Saturday (February 4) will see the first qualifying round of the Ferrari Challenge, which will determine the starting grid for the first race during the afternoon, with private practice sessions for the other activities taking place.

The programme will repeat on Sunday (February 5) where the second qualifying session and race of Ferrari Challenge will take place along with Passione Ferrari.