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PROTAGONIST THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF FERRETTI GROUP N°<strong>103</strong> VOL. 3<br />
CRN 129 80 mt<br />
Chopi Chopi<br />
Ferretti Yachts 750<br />
Pershing 62<br />
Ferrari 458 Speciale<br />
Sochi Olympic<br />
Winter Games
CLASSIC PROTAGONIST<br />
PIRELLI CLASSIC MARATHON<br />
FROM BELGIUM TO CORTINA<br />
by Rocío P. Vallejo<br />
photos by Francesco e Roberta <strong>Rastrelli</strong><br />
Mountains and challenging roads were the<br />
setting for the epic Classic Marathon,<br />
which finished at Cortina d’Ampezzo<br />
on June 21 st . Fifty of the most competitive classic<br />
rallying crews from all over the world took part<br />
in the event, which was organized by the Classic<br />
Rally Association. Sponsored by Pirelli, the event<br />
ran from Ypres in Belgium to Cortina in Italy,<br />
travelling through Luxembourg, France and<br />
Switzerland.<br />
The crews battled their way through 23 mountain<br />
passes including the world famous Stelvio and<br />
Gavia passes, testing their skills to the limit across<br />
5 countries, 35 regularity sections and 12 tests.<br />
The awards dinner took place at the exclusive<br />
Sci Club 18, a private members club in Cortina.<br />
Tomas de Vargas de Machuca, joint Managing<br />
Director, said: “The 25 th running of the Pirelli<br />
Classic Marathon was a challenge to organise<br />
due to the adverse weather conditions across<br />
Europe but Jeremy Dickson, our Events Director<br />
was able to deliver an event truly worthy of its<br />
reputation”. Tomas added: “We were delighted<br />
to see the return of Pirelli to classic rallying. Its<br />
heritage in rallying is amongst the most important<br />
in the world and helped to bring the necessary<br />
prestige to this important event.” Patrick Burke,<br />
joint Managing Director, said: “It was great to see<br />
crews from all over the world taking part in the<br />
event and it was fantastic to have such a broad<br />
range of cars competing, including a 1969 Alfa<br />
Romeo Giulia Super, a 1971 Fiat 127, a 1969<br />
Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato and various Ferraris.”<br />
Jeremy Dickson, the CRA’s event Director, said:<br />
“We were thrilled to see so many crews from the<br />
initial events joining us for this celebration of 25<br />
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years of classic rallying. We are also massively<br />
grateful to Pirelli and the sponsors for allowing<br />
us to run this great event once again”.<br />
Final results: First place: Charles Colton (GBR)<br />
/ Guy Woodcock (GBR) with a 1965 Porsche<br />
911, Second place: Jayne Wignall (GBR) / Kevin<br />
Savage (GBR) 1965 with a Sunbeam Tiger<br />
and Third place: John Korrison (GBR) / Peter<br />
Rushforth (GBR) with a 1965 Sunbeam Tiger.<br />
The 26 th edition of the Classic Marathon will run<br />
in Italy in 2015.<br />
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SPORT PROTAGONIST<br />
by Romano Torre Bianca<br />
photos by Francesco e Roberta <strong>Rastrelli</strong><br />
The largest sailing ships in the world on parade<br />
in the seas around La Spezia<br />
36 tall ships came from 15 countries to the<br />
gulf of La Spezia in Italy to take part in the<br />
Festa della Marineria and compete in the<br />
final stage of the Lycamobile Mediterranean Tall<br />
Ships Regatta. More than 300,000 spectators and<br />
sailing fans came from all over Italy and abroad<br />
to see the ships and crews for the three days of<br />
the event. These “queens of the seas” were open<br />
to the public and 10,586 people climbed aboard<br />
the Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Navy’s flagship<br />
and one of the best loved and admired ships in the<br />
world (82.4 m, launched in 1931). Other sailing<br />
ships present were Alexander Von Humboldt II<br />
(64.73 m) - a 2011 replica of the original ship built<br />
in Germany in 1906 - and Gulden Leeuw (70.72<br />
m). As well as the public, La Spezia also hosted the<br />
1,500 crew members of the tall ships of whom 500<br />
were young trainees who were given the chance<br />
to try their hands at tall ship sailing as a training<br />
experience by Sail Training International. The<br />
Festa della Marineria was organised by La Spezia<br />
town council and port authority together with Il<br />
Golfo e la Cultura del Mare association, the Italian<br />
Navy, the Liguria Region, La Spezia Province and<br />
STI (Sail Training International). The next event is<br />
in two years time in the autumn of 2015.<br />
www.festadellamarineria.com<br />
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On this page, a sailor at work<br />
on the Amerigo Vespucci<br />
and three tall ships sailing:<br />
Vespucci, Alexander<br />
Von Humboldt II (green hull)<br />
and the Russian ship MIR<br />
(blue and white hull).<br />
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FRAGRANZA D’AMBIENTE<br />
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