Ferrari breaks speed records ... on water
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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ckm 4:48PM (6/20/2007)
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.
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F451 4:48PM (6/20/2007)
Has the Catholic Church issued any guidelines on boating?
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Rene Curry 12:26AM (6/21/2007)
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!
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dilslips 10:23AM (6/21/2007)
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 6:24PM (6/22/2007)
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
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