click above image for a few more pics of Molinari's Ferrari boat
So the prancing horse is having a little trouble on the track, but its engines aren't having any problems at all on the water. Speedboat designer Eugenio Molinari, using a production engine from an F430, broke the running kilometer world records in two categories on Lake Como, Italy. At 1,100 kg, he ran the kilo at 123.3 km/h, and at 1,450 kg, he did 122 km/h. The feats were dedicated by Molinari to Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari CEO, and the marque during its 60th anniversary year. A bit of trivia: 35 years ago, Molinari designed the first boat to house a Lamborghini engine taken from an Espada.
[Source: Motor Authority]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ckm @ Jun 20th 2007 4:48PM
Actually, Jean Todt is the CEO of Ferrari. Luca di Montezelomo is the President of Ferrari and Chairman of Fiat, he used to be Ferrari CEO until October last year: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/24/changing-direction-management-changes-at-ferrari/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Todt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Cordero_di_Montezemolo
Chris.
F451 @ Jun 20th 2007 4:48PM
Has the Catholic Church issued any guidelines on boating?
Rene Curry @ Jun 21st 2007 12:26AM
I guess I don't understand what is so great about this record. Maybe my figures are off. 123km/h is only 76mph. My old 19 foot Tahiti with a nearly stock 460 Ford was in that territory. That lake looks pretty smooth. I could do that for eight hours!
Am I missing something here!
dilslips @ Jun 21st 2007 10:23AM
Must have been a typo or some thing..a ferrari engine with only 76 mph on a smooth lake?
If it is then its no record..123 kmph is nothing..The current water speed record is 511kmph/317 mph..
check the wiki article below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_speed_record
RedDog @ Jun 22nd 2007 6:24PM
so what's so great about this - I've seen a lot of 18 to 22 foot near stock boats running a lot faster than this. That is only a tad faster than my totally stock boat that weighs a lot more than 1450 kg! I am in the range of 2000 kg