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Ferrari Club Japan (Racing Service Dino) New Year Party

hfo — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:11:28 +0000

東京プリンスホテルタワーでフェラーリクラブジャパンの新年会が開かれました。30年前にレーシングサービスディーノ代表の切替さんが始めたクラブは日本最古のフェラーリクラブです。切替会長と最初お会いしたのは1995年の355チャレンジの説明会。会社名からわかるように、この会にはツーリングもしますが、多くのメンバーがサーキットでレースをするレーサーです。切替会長とお二人の息子さんも歴代フェラーリレースのチャンピオンで、フェラーリレーサーとしては国内最速のファミリーです。去年は参加できませんでしたが一泊温泉ツーリングもものすごく楽しいクラブです。みなさん楽しいお時間ありがとうございました。

2010 Finali Mondiali 599XX FXX Evo Cars and Alonso

hfo — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:44:07 +0000

これは自分で撮影したワンカット（編集無し）の映像です。2億EUの車が20台近く勢揃い。裏には往年のF1が複数ある、スペインバレンシアで。機材はPanasonic GH2にNokton 25mm f0.95レンズで。川靴はいているから揺れがひどい、またマニュアルフォーカスなのでこちらも大変でした。友人の車をアロンソが運転する貴重なシーン。

Film I shot at Finali Mondiali in Valencia Spain on November 28th 2010. Watch all the 599 XX and FXX Evo cars lined up, and Alonso getting ready to drive Eric’s car.

hfo Fuji Speedway Test — 430 Challenge with bunch of Porsche・hfoのフェラーリ430チャレンジ2時間テスト

hfo — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:51:09 +0000

Today I took the 430 Challenge out for a spin. 4 session for Sports Cars S-4 class, so it is the last day for me this year to drive the 430. No spin or major errors in the 2 hour drive. Getting faster safer and better all the time. Car is a stock Challenge. Tunewearからレーシングシリーズ近く出します。

今日は富士でS4枠4本を走りました。なんと2時間近い走行、1回もスピン無し、ベストタイム更新1分52秒。もう少しで40秒台、頑張りましょう。

友人のマイクも996RSRテスト。PCCJ B Classチャンピオンは早い。Yunboさんとのバトルみてみたいが。。マイクは軽く46秒台。ここの写真は全部松本Hideya。Pro Motor sports写真家、デザイナー＆Webに会社のボス。私の車のデザインもラインはFrank YU、Advertisementは松本氏デザイン。いいセンスしています。

フェラーリ先生桧井さんと勉強

「ここがだめですね。。。」

eightは松本さんの会社

さ、行ってきます。

Ferrari 458 GT2・フェラーリ458GT2

hfo — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:46:30 +0000

from Axis of Oversteer Cairone Andrea

Andrea from Axis of Oversteer sent me this picture this morning. This looks like the “Ferrari” authentic GT2 developed with Michelotto.

Here are my assumptions on noticeable differences are :

front section lower bumper — completely different, small winglets
front may have been widened
front hood — slits in 3 rows and 2 holes next to the Ferrari logo
door mirrors are lightweight carbon, small and long, also to cover site to adjust to widening of the car
side spoiler — gives more air to the wide rear
308 type rear air intake in widened read body wheel sill
18inch tires with BBS wheels and probably steel brakes
2 plane wing, massive wheel covering widened body
car height much lower than challenge
car is made from Challenge as no one has a car except Ferrari and the front lexan window is from a Challenge
car is tested in Fiorano on November 30th as I was told so on November 29th in Valencia during 458 Challenge test by a Ferrari staff
Kit to be available to 458 Challenge owners later on in 2011, initially available to the major Ferrari GT teams, Kessel, Rizzi etc

私の経験から458チャレンジとの違いを述べると

全面スポイラーの変更、ウイングレット追加（可変フロントスポイラーは無い）
フロント車幅ワイド化
フロントカバーの変更、3列のスリット、2個の穴がロゴ横に開く
ドアミラーの軽量化、リアワイド化に対応のため細く長く突き出ている
サイドスポイラーの形状変化、ワイド化のため会わせている
リアにエアーインテークを設けている 308タイプ
１８インチタイア、BBSホイールとスチールブレーキ
強大な二枚構造のリアウイング、ワイドボディーもカバーする巨大なもの
チャレンジより低い車体
車両は458チャレンジをベースにしているのは明らか
車両は11月30日雪の上がったフィオラノでテスト（バレンシアで458チャレンジテスト時「明日458 GT2のテストだ、でもフィオラノは雪だ」と聞く
このGT2キットは458チャレンジオーナーへ来年後半で供給する。現在はミケロットと共にトップGTチームへ供給予定（KesselとRizzi等）

Ferrari Racing with Hideki Francis Onda – an early film teaser

hfo — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:37:35 +0000

I am making a short film about Ferrari racing. Just a quick early teaser.

フェラーリレーシングのショートフィルムを作っています。Produced by Hideki Francis Onda and Directed by Ryo Suzuki.

458 Challenge Test Video — Valencia Spain November 29th 2010 — GH2 and Nokton 25m 0.95

hfo — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:03:14 +0000

So here is the video from test event of 458 Challenge for Challenge and Clienti drivers. Enjoy. To view at 720p, play and click the resolution button on the right bottom. This film was shot by me wearing leather shoes (I should have kept on wearing my driving suite and shoes) and handheld Panasonic GH2 recording at 24fps cine mode. The lens is a Nokton 25mm lens with f0.95 and produces amazing depth of field. I should have bought a tripod. Film was just slapped together. Maybe I will have time to edit later.

458チャレンジテストのビデオです。「スピンしちゃった」とか言っている所が自分でも笑えます。大画面で720pの画質でお楽しみください。撮影は手持ちのGH2 and Nokton 25mm 0.95。

458 Challenge test drive shots

hfo — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:34:55 +0000

Photo by Roberto Viva, courtesy of Ferrari S.p.A — Boarding now

May favorite page, Axis of Oversteer has posted my article and I am very happy I can share some images and impression of this fine fine fine car. Thanks to Andrea Cairone for the opportunity.

Photo by Roberto Viva, courtesy of Ferrari S.p.A — Some instruction

Photo by Roberto Viva, courtesy of Ferrari S.p.A — Fabulous, Thanks to Andrea from Ferrari who is in charge of Challenge APAC and is a champion racer himself

Photo by Roberto Viva, courtesy of Ferrari S.p.A — Pro driver Mr. Hinoi also teaches Pilota in Japan and is my teacher, test driver, 458 developer and brake specialist Maurizio Mediani is in the back.

Ferrari 458 Challenge driven and reviewed

hfo — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:12:35 +0000

I was excited to see that they had 4 cars ready for Corse Clienti drivers upon my arrival at Ricardo Torino circuit. Out of the 4 cars, 2 were in white thus making this the secondary color after Rosso Corsa. It just goes to show that Ferrari is selling a lot of white 458 in the general market.

Getting into the heart of the matter, the 458 Challenge is quite different from your regular 458 Italia road car. You immediately notice that the car is much lower, has two quick fill fuel openings on the side, wears a BBS wheel with Pirelli slicks and has only 2 exhaust outlets in the rear.

Since I own the 458 Italia road car and a 430 Challenge, let me compare them with the 458 Challenge.

Upon sitting in the drivers seat, the 1st thing you notice is that all the controls are on the steering like the 458 Italia. From top they are
FLASH = high beam, PIT = once in 2nd gear and below 60km, any subsequent press on gas make the car maintain 60km pit speed like a GT car, SCROLL = to scroll LCD data for telemetry and functions, RADIO = voice on off for radio with pit staff, LEFT and RIGHT = appropriately placed turn signals, WATER = windshield fluid to clean front, WIPER = front windshield wipers, and the most important switch of them all, the eDiff 2/1/OFF switch. There are no bars protruding from the steering wheel, just the good old shift paddles on left and right, slightly longer than the road car.

Instead a center rev counter and LCS’s on each side, the Challenge has one single large LCD monitor showing you all that you need to know. Turn signals, RPM and telemetry data can be observed here by using the SCROLL button. Needless to say the steering wheel is detachable.

The only other controls are located in the center area, the new IGNITION switch with covers and the ENGINE START button below it, LIGHT and RAIN LIGHT switch and the A/C ON/OFF switch with 0–1-2–3 AC FAN rotary switch. There is a power cut off lever wired to the outside of the car as well, standard in any racing cars. Thank god they placed the ® reverse button where I can see and reach below the center console.

When I sat in the car, I felt very strange because it felt comfortable unlike my 430 Challenge. It felt very roomy like my road car.

By the time I drove the car, the raceway was partially raining and the Ferrari staff had changed to new rain Pirellis. Since the condition was partially dry and the rain tire was new, I had some problems on my out lap trying to heat up the tires, so time to let eDiff do the work.

Set on 2, the eDiff assists the driver so that brand new or worn out tires will still keep you in the race. After my out lap I tried the setting 1 but could not notice a big difference since I failed to warmup the car and condition was not ideal, but once in the circuit you notice something about this car. It has endless amount of power and the traction is translated directly to the road in every way to push you forward. There is very very little loss of traction, so the car has abilities to push you out of the corner and achieve high speed immediately. The car also has very little roll. I tested the 458 Italia under similar semi wet conditions in Fuji Speedway and the car has very little roll, but the Challenge absolutely does not roll, you are flat on the ground all the time. If you are used to rolling your head wit the car like me on the 430 Challenge beware, car wont roll so it will be a good idea to train your neck for this car.

The brakes are also amazing, even at 100m and 220km the car will come to a sudden stop and turning the car is effortless as it just turns and turns and turns without understeer because the nose just dives in when you turn the steering wheel. I am told that the brakes are the same size as the FXX Evo but 8mm thicker in the front. I am told by Massimo who helped develop the brakes with Ferrari that the software and pads are more an advanced version than the FXX Evo. The brake disk will last you one race year, but pads will last only 2 day race weekends. The compound used in the pads are special, and visibly is different from the street car.

The shift up and down in amazing as well. The racing dual clutch produces no jitter when shifting very similar to the road car. The engine under eDiff Off produces rapidly rising RPM, you need to be shifting quickly as the rev LED goes quickly from green to red zone.

All in all this is one of the finest race car Ferrari has ever produced, attested by the fact that they had to de-tune it because it had so much traction power on track, a testament to the achievement of eDiff traction control. Ferrari engineers share some light on how one would use the 2–1-OFF settings. When asked “does the 2 or 1 setting interfere with drivers like the ASR on 430 Challenge?” Ferrari “No, a professional driver can drive just as fast on OFF or 1, this is a new concept not to be confused with ASR on 430 Challenge or 458 Italia road car. So if you are running a long race, you may start out by using OFF or 1 to start the race, as your tire wears out, or it rains, you can set to 2 to allow you to continue an aggressive race and survive.”

The car weigh only 1150kg even with the 20kg air conditioner installed and has a 48:52 weight ratio. “Everything about this car is different from the road car. Even the frame is different.” says Ferrari. To my delight I was told that Ferrari is developing a GT3 kit with Michelotto and will provide these in the later half of 2011 as genuine Ferrari Parts.

You cannot compare the 458 Challenge to the 458 Challenge. Like comparing 430 and 458 road car, there is no comparison so it is correct to assume that 458 Challenge is in a league on it’s own and will win many many GT races all over the world in 2011.

In 430 Challenge you only have ASR, which is brake and engine cutoff control. In 458 Challenge in settings of 2, you have slight management of these both, but it is the pneumatically controlled electronic differential that does most of the job to keep you running fast without wasting any traction elsewhere. This is a real leap of technology. Although Ferrari would not admit it, a tuned 458 Challenge will probably beat a lot of their high end special cars like the XXs.

More PIC here

after thoughts of Valencia Spain, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you all

hfo — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:18:56 +0000

I am at the airport lounge after 3 days of Ferrari madness. Thanks to all people at Ferrari for making this a memorable occasion, and hope to be back at Finali Mondiali no matter where you hold it next year. My thanks especially to Herbert, Salvatore and Adrea. Finally got to taste some Spanish food (Ferrari only serves Italian food, but always the best) on my way out today.

Unlike Madrid and Barcelona, two cities getting a bad rap because of unemployment and crime, Valencia is a nice city. Although the hard times of economy is showing, it still is safe, pleasant and tasty city to come to. The food here is especially good, of course the Valencia Orange Juice is king.

Valencia is where MotoGP, World Cup Sailing and many many sports events are held. It has a modern marina and new hotels, but this time I stayed in the old city close to everyday people. People are nice and most of the commercial people speak English, as a matter of fact it has a large population of British and Americans who moved here in the good old days. It was one of the top destinations for British retirement. An American lady walked in to my Tapas asking in English for 1 whole piece Chicken for Thanksgiving.

I wish I could go to London for meeting with Mike @ D-FUSE but I don’t want to get stick in the European winter snow which has just stared and will wreak havoc at Heathrow. So off I go to CDG and Tokyo. I may have to be in LA and HK for month of December so the travel never stops. I wish all readers a happy and memorable Thanksgiving as we thank each other for what we have.

There may be some bad ones I am told, but all the Tapas I ate was wonderful

Sorry, not much pics of food this time. Ate them before I realized a photo opportunity. Potato Salad

Veggie Paella

Some parts of city show hard economic times like any city, but Valencia is lively and energetic city

Central Station

Huge Huge Palm trees are everywhere here.

Airport, bye bye and will be back here racing I am sure.

My Tumi Backpack with Wheels, this is the best bag for ANY travel I have discovered, at the airport lounge where I write this article.

【運転してきました】フェラーリ最新レーサー458チャレンジをスペインバレンシアサーキットで試す・Ferrari 458 Challenge Test day at Ricardo Torino Circuit Valencia Spain

hfo — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:50:08 +0000

ホテル前にフェラーリが５台並んだ。瞬く間に人が集まり撮影タイム。F1ドライバーAlonsoの国だからだ。町中にはSalander銀行（Ferrari最大のスポンサー）がFerrariロゴを使用している。 People gather in matter of minutes in front of my Hotel as a few Ferrari lines up. Photo Shoot Time. The yellow is a 3 coat color and extra 20,000 eu

I went to Ricardo Torino raceway today to test the 458 Challenge, oh what a car. This car is so solid that there is nothing comparable to it’s electronic differentials straight from F1. I am surely convinced that this car will win many many GT2, GT3 champions in 2011. The Challenge series is also extended this year to Shanghai, Zuhai, Fuji and Motegi raceways.

今日は朝から曇りで天気も悪く気温は６度。サーキットへ行くと一層冷え込みは増す。受付で免責書類にサイン、その後ピット３９番へ行く。そこにはなんと４台の458チャレンジが用意されていた。今回初めて見る白の458CHも２台。Youtubeで見た映像よりスマートでロープロファイルに実車は見える。朝の走行はスリックDHピレリタイアだったが、私の順番直前で雨がパラパラ。フェラーリスタッフは急遽タイアをレインへ交換。雨がパラパラ中の新品レインは滑りやすい。

同行したプロドライバー檜井さんの走行感想は一言で「凄い、パワーがおわりなくeDeff（電子油圧ディフレンシャル）で路面に伝わり、車を前へ前へ押し出す。」私は大事を取り限界走行を避けたためブレーキもタイアも暖まらずセミドライの中新品レインタイアで苦戦、安定走行は残念ながらできなかった物の、ストレートでの加速が終わり無い事を体験する貴重な周回だった。

458イタリアと同等に方向シグナル等全てハンドルの中。FLASH = パッシング、PIT = 押し続け２速で60kmを下回るとリミッターがかかる仕組み、本格的、 SCROLL = ディスプレイのコントロール、RADIO = 無線通信用ボタン、 WATER WIPER = 全面用　と最後に eDeffのスイッチだ。

今回430チャレンジや458イタリアとは全く違う電子ディフレンシャルが備わる。完全にF1譲りの物でASR, CST, CTやESPとは全く関係ない装置になる。これはタイア回転を合わせ、車が前へ行くようトラクションをかけるディフレンシャル制御をする物で、OFF 1 2とその度合いに違いがある。1を利用した場合でもOFFにしたプロドライバーと同等の走りができる。ドライバー操作の介入をする物ではない。長いレースの場合最初はOFF、中頃で1、最後は2でタイヤやブレーキを労ることが出来る。この辺は一緒に走ったプロドラーバー檜井さんのレポートがあがるのをまとう。私の変な日本語よりちゃんと解りやすく説明してくれるはずだ。ここが凄いんです、458チャレンジ。

エンジン室内もガラスも全て車重を1125キロにするためジェット戦闘機と同じレクサンやドライカーボンに変更されている。車重を抑えるのだけでなく、上の重量を減らす事が重要だ。

右の赤いのはSD4（仮名）用端子とダッシュ中にはPCでテレメトリーを取る端子。

ボタンが増えたステアリング裏。部屋のネットがあまりにも遅いので写真は全部下にある。今回ブレーキも最新でFXX Evoより高性能だと説明された。前のブレーキローターは厚みが430チャレンジより厚く長持ちするそうだ。そのかわり形のかわった（３個に分かれた）ブレーキパッドは新たなコンパウンドを利用しているとブレーキ開発に携わったMauritzioの話。車両右裏にあるファンは無い。これはエンジンルーム内の大型のオイルクーラータンクをもうけたかららしい。下の写真の中にはeDeffの写真も見える。またリアマルチリンクの効果は絶大。高速コーナーでも信じられないぐらい安定している。これから出てくる檜井さんの記事が楽しみだ。重量配分は48 — 52.