Those of you who’ve not heard of James Glickenhaus might not feel sorry for it but there’s something undeniable about him, he’s a true Ferrari nut.
Some have even associated his desire to work alongside Ferrari on their cars, even their finer ones, with the passion Enzo himself had for them.
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His latest project is the racing version of his one-off Ferrari P4/5 Competizione. They’ve been hard at work on it and it all shows.
Willing to put it all on the line, American movie maker turned investor decided to take the P4/5 Competizione for a quick lap round the infamous Nurburgring race track.
The result is actually quite impressive for a gentleman driver. Though a lot of the credit is the car’s he managed to set a record lap time around the Nordschleife.
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Having managed a 6 minutes 51 seconds lap, he’s now driving the fastest Ferrari to ever go round the Green Hell, edging out the 599XX by 7 seconds.
He may be a gentleman driver and not a professional racer but he can certainly outrun a qualified Ferrari test driver.
Getting back to the Ferrari P4/5 Competizione, underneath it’s a racing version of the Ferrari F430 Scuderia. Essentially, it’s as fast as the previous mid engined Ferrari will ever go.
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No wonder it managed to finish the 24 hours of Nurburgring in 12th place. Maybe with some of the quicker drivers it could have gone beyond the top 10 place.