Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XXI

2 4 8 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I there’s no need to drop it back a gear or build up revs as it fires like a canon from any gear pretty much to its 350+kmh v-max. Corners began to flow and apexes connected with a series of punch, squirt, brake, turn sequences while I laughed like a hooligan with each flat-out upchange of the seven-speed, dual clutch Getrag box. It soaked up bumps better than I expected and the hydraulically adjustable steering aided only by an electric pump meant that its senses weren’t dulled by computer-aided inputs, and so it was beautifully weighted, sending information directly to my fingertips like an open-wheel race car. How could you top a morning in the Italian countryside with a Ferrari supercar? With an afternoon at a racetrack in a Ferrari supercar, of course. As soon as I buckled in at Fiorano and hit the track, the cloud that had lingered above decided to empty itself in one sudden downpour half way through my out lap. So in addition to having a multi-million dollar car with just under 1000bhp and no all-wheel drive safety net in my care, I now added a wet and very slippery track to the equation. Although Ferrari was okay to let me keep playing, I