ROMA – Question: is it possible in your opinion to leave Rome and arrive at the North Cape in just 45 hours and 20 minutes? It depends on the car and who drives. The car is a Ferrari F8 Tributo, which thanks to its IHI 3902 cc 720 hp bi-turbo is able to burn 0-100 in 2.9 seconds and reach a top speed of 340 per hour. Practically a Formula 1. At the wheel Fabio Barone, already holder of three world speed records, in the company of his co-driver Alessandro Tedino. The goal of the two intrepid characters was to prove that it was possible to travel more than 4400 km in less than 49 hours.
Departure therefore on 4 September from via dei Fori Imperiali, one of the most symbolic points of the capital, with the aim of cutting down the time of 49 hours estimated by the mapping and navigation system. No wild races in spite of speed limits: the Ferrari of the record just made 11 refuelings and was able to indulge only on the legendary German motorways. The trip was continuously monitored by the Italian Timekeepers Federation and by a team of 40 technicians and professionals who followed the crew live throughout the entire undertaking. “The idea was inspired by a company back in 1953 in which four daring young people on board a Fiat Balilla left Rome and reached the North Cape, returning to the capital after 45 days of travel”, says Barone. epoch, this journey was a real undertaking. Hence the idea of repeating the initiative, declining it with protagonists of the Third Millennium “.
In 2015 Fabio Barone faced the Transf? G? R ?? an, a suggestive road that crosses Transylvania up to the slopes of Dracula’s castle, while the following year he climbed the Tianmen Mountain Road, a route that starts from an altitude of 200 meters and reaches an altitude of 1300 through 99 curves. His latest venture dates back to 2018, in Morocco, among the suggestive Canyons of the Dades Valley.
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