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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 8, 2022 6:53:00 GMT -5
I really like the looks of that one. You two stumbled on a gold mine!  We are lucky dudes with this haul Jerry.  I like that a lot. Glad I got Simonsen's 2011 Ferrari in Hankook colours or I'd be very upset. PS Glad to see I'm not the only one who hasn't worked out how to multiple quotes in the same reply. Let me know if you find a solution. I do have that one as well Ian and I'd suggest the livery looks better on the 458. As with many things in life, I have learnt from the master (Jeff) when it comes to replying  I can't say it's my favourite Tom, but it is unusual. I'm more in the "good" camp myself Jeff. Another droolworthy F car. I remember this one retiring. Not sure how many different ways there are to say I'm impressed. Looks like Mom really did like you best... She does today Scott - I took her shopping in the nearest city to us (an hour away) - our shopping opportunities are somewhat limited in town.  |
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 8, 2022 7:07:04 GMT -5
The next Ferrari F430 cab off the 2009 Le Mans rank is the car that carried #96. Another car that had a short racing life, and with a team that wasn’t around in international motorsport for long but is still alive today in the UK I believe. Virgo Motorsport was formed in the early 2000s by Chris Warne in Essex in England. The team was supported by Jim McWhirter, better known as the man behind the successful JMW Motorsport team since 2009. McWhirter’s early racing career was at the helm of Ferrari’s that were run by Virgo. Virgo Motorsport moved up to international racing in 2006, entering a Ferrari F430 in the European-based Le Mans Series (LMS). They fared well against strong competition and wound up 4th in the GT2 class at the end of the year, with Tim Sugden and Dan Eagling in the driver’s seat. Things got even better in the 2007 LMS as Virgo beat off a larger field to win the GT2 class. The primary driver that year was Rob Bell and he was joined on occasions by Allan Simonsen and factory Ferrari GT ace, Gianmaria Bruni. Virgo repeated their LMS GT2 class win in 2008, with Bell again sharing the car with Bruni and fellow Ferrari contracted driver Jamie Melo. The team also took their F430 to Le Mans for the Team’s first try at the 24-hour classic. Bell was joined by Sugden and Tim Mullen and although the car looked good in its yellow and white Dunlop livery, they were a late retirement with engine problems. With McWhirter’s support gone for the 2009 season - he was now running his own team - Virgo had to look elsewhere for backing. They found this from wealthy UK property developer Michael McInerney and his Signia Developments business. McInerney teamed with his son Sean and Dutch racer Michael Vergers for an attack on the 2009 LMS. McInerney father and son had raced a Panoz in the 2007 LMS but had moved back to Britcar racing in the UK for 2008. In 2009 they had a new F430 GTC at their disposal (chassis #F131 EVOGTC 2638) decked out in their blue and white Signia developments colours. Virgo’s season got off to a sound but unspectacular start at the Catalunya 1000km, finishing 9th in GT2. They improved one place in their next outing, the Spa 1000km, before tackling the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It would be Verger’s 4th attempt at the race, however the McInerney’s were rookies. They qualified 16th of the 17 GT2 cars and maintained that level of performance in the race. The #96 car was the last GT2 car to greet the chequered flag, 10th in class – 49 laps behind the winning Risi Competizione F430 and 22 behind their nearest GT2 competitor. That was the last international appearance for the McInerneys and “2638”. They would combine for four outings in the 2011 Britcar series, scoring 3 wins and one DNF. Tecnomodel
Ferrari F430 GTC 4.0
Virgo Motorsport – Michael McInerney, Sean McInerney & Michael Vergers
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans – 34th Overall / 10th GT2
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 8, 2022 7:35:30 GMT -5
A great looking car if not the most successful results. How big an addition to your house are you planning for all these Ferraris? 😆
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Post by Tom on Apr 8, 2022 7:36:34 GMT -5
Nice livery indeed. |
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 8, 2022 7:36:35 GMT -5
Another example of a nice livery making the car interesting.
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 10, 2022 6:30:26 GMT -5
A great looking car if not the most successful results. How big an addition to your house are you planning for all these Ferraris? 😆 Well, if you're offering Jerry, if you feel like duplicating the museum you did a year or so ago in your backyard over this way, let's talk. Nice livery indeed. It does have a freshness about it Tom. Another example of a nice livery making the car interesting. Not enough blue for you Jeff? I'll try one more then |
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 10, 2022 6:33:54 GMT -5
In a blatant grab for Jeff’s attention, I’ve kept this blue version to be the last of the Tecnomodel F430s that arrived recently. The French JMB Racing squad are regulars in my collection, as they almost exclusively raced Maserati and Ferrari products from 1998 through to 2011 – this is the 16th JMB car to come my way. The team did start out in the Porsche Supercup in 1995, as well as the Andros Trophy ice-racing series, before switching to “red” cars with a couple of Ferrari 333 SPs in 1998. They used the 333 SPs to win the International Sports Racing Series/Sports Racing World Cup three times in a row, from 1999 to 2001. JMB then switched to GT racing, winning many races (and titles) with Ferrari 360s/F430s and Maserati MC12s. JMB quit frontline racing in 2011 but are still very active these days, running many sportscars from the 1990s and 2000s in historic racing, including many of the cars they raced in period. One of the cars from their heyday is this one, an F430 GTC carrying chassis # F131 EVOGT 2466. First seen in JMB’s hands at the Sebring 12 Hours in 2007, where it finished 20th overall, it then appeared for the first of its three attempts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Wearing Red Bull colours, “2466” raced to 4th place in GT2, behind the winning IMSA Performance Porsche 911. A 9th place overall, and 3rd in GT2, in the 1000 Miles of Brazil race rounded out the car’s 2007 season. In 2008 “2466” was one of two F430s that JMB entered in the Le Mans Series (LMS). It was the better finishing of the two, ending the year 4th in class, with a best result of 3rd in the Spa 1000km. A second run at Le Mans, with regular drivers Ben Aucott and Stephane Daoudi – joined by Alain Ferte, resulted in a 4th place in the GT2 class, as Ferrari swept to a 1-2-3-4 GT2 result. “2466” then served as John Hartshorne’s car for the first three rounds of the 2009 LMS, again entered by JMB. Hartshorne was joined by a variety of drives before switching chassis for the last two 2009 LMS events. A 6th in GT2 at both Catalunya and Algarve being the car’s best results in 2009. In between the Spa and Algarve LMS races, “2466” also took time out for one last whirl around Le Mans. A new set of drivers were installed for Le Mans, headed up by the man who divides opinion more than any other sportscar driver, Christophe Bouchut, who was joined by fellow Frenchman Yvan Lebon and Portuguese Manual Rodrigues. Bouchut put the car 4th in class on the grid. In the Ferrari whitewash that was GT2 in 2009, the JMB car had slipped to 8th in class by the end of the race, 29th overall. “2466” raced on by JMB in some minor events in 2010, before being retired from period competition, the new 458 now being the choice for Ferrari teams. Tecnomodel
Ferrari F430 GTC 4.0
JMB Racing – Christophe Bouchut, Yvan Lebon & Manuel Rodrigues
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans – 29th Overall / 8th GT2
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 10, 2022 7:42:33 GMT -5
I would say it has just the right amount of blue this time.
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Post by Tom on Apr 10, 2022 11:10:38 GMT -5
Fan of blue here but IMO this is not the best livery in your recent acquisitions. Not bad though.
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 10, 2022 11:49:18 GMT -5
The last two together will make a striking pair! |
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Post by jager on Apr 11, 2022 17:40:16 GMT -5
You have 16 JMB cars ! And I thought I was going well with my humble Krohn collection ! How many more do you need for a full deck?
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 11, 2022 22:32:30 GMT -5
I would say it has just the right amount of blue this time. The next one is even bluer Jeff, but it may not tick many boxes for you  Fan of blue here but IMO this is not the best livery in your recent acquisitions. Not bad though. It's not necessarily my favourite either Tom, but I can live with it. The last two together will make a striking pair! They are different for sure Jerry. You have 16 JMB cars ! And I thought I was going well with my humble Krohn collection ! How many more do you need for a full deck? I'm not sure about that Ian, although as they are no longer involved in modern racing at least it is a finite number. |
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 11, 2022 22:34:30 GMT -5
After the excitement of finding the previous Red Line and Tecnomodel Ferraris, it is back down to reality for the next car from the PW F1 Collection – a car that has only one good thing going for it, the dude in the cockpit. As a long-time F1 fan I have seen teams come and go and have liked some more than others. As a traditionalist, Red Bull Racing has never made it onto my radar as a team to like – even though they have been responsible for the F1 careers of two Australians. A lot of my distain for the team stems from the management and the level of arrogance they carry – like many politicians, they are never wrong! In my eyes (and I think many others) their ridiculous carryings on peaked in 2018. Since the advent of the “hybrid engine” era in 2014, Mercedes-Benz had been the team to beat, amassing win after win. This was a bitter pill to swallow for Red Bull (and others), especially as the energy drink team had won four titles on the trot under the previous engine rules. Red Bull and Ferrari had alternated as the best-of-the-rest behind Mercedes from 2014 through to 2017 under the hybrid-engine rule set. Heading into the 2018 season these two teams were again expected to offer the best opposition to the German juggernaut. Ferrari were on the ball straight out of the box, Sebastian Vettel winning the first two GPs of the year. Australian, Daniel Ricciardo - who was starting his fifth year with Red Bull – won the next race in China before Lewis Hamilton got Mercedes’ season back on track with two wins. Although Daniel would win once more, and his teammate Max Verstappen would also win twice, Vettel would prove to be Hamilton’s closest challenger, with five wins of his own. Not that the contest was tight – Lewis took 11 wins on his way to the Title. As the year wore on, and Red Bull’s competitiveness didn’t improve, the knives were out for their engine supplier. Despite winning all of their Titles to date with the French power units, Red Bull decided that they were to blame for not being able to beat Mercedes-Benz. The bleating from the senior management was almost childlike as their relationship soured. Not that you will see the word “Renault” on the model. The car was officially entered as a Red Bull-TAG Heuer RB14, as the Swiss watch maker had bought the naming rights to the engine when fitted into the Red Bull. I guess it also made it easier for the team to promote their title-sponsor, Aston Martin – such are the ways of modern F1. OK, rant over, it is a model of a race winning F1 car driven by an Australian, and there aren’t too many of those. It is also the most modern F1 car to be delivered as part of the PW F1 Collection in Australia. PW – Formula 1 The Car Collection
Red Bull RB14 – Renault 1.6 Turbo
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing – Daniel Ricciardo
2018 F1 – 6th 
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Post by jager on Apr 12, 2022 2:11:01 GMT -5
I think you need to take off those (Maranello) rose tinted glasses Martin. The 2018 Renault engine was a dog, and if I was paying $100m a year for engines that kept self destructing, I'd be bitching like a little girl as well. Even Daniel whose normally pretty cool was openly critical of the Renault engines. I'm thinking you need to modify this one with some red and orange cotton wool coming out of the exhaust to replicate the Renault engine blowing up:  As an aside, is it just me, or after seeing the new 2022 cars run with their bigger 18 inch wheels, these older 13 inch wheels look ridiculous on a 4 metre long car. |
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 12, 2022 2:51:16 GMT -5
The only thing I like is the words Aston Martin.
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