zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
This Ferrari Challenge Race Was So Incredibly Bad It's Actually Amazing
This Ferrari Challenge Race Was So Incredibly Bad It's Actually Amazing-February 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:39

Racing takes years to master. Only the best and most skilled drivers can advance to the highest levels of motorsport. The track isn’t a place for fools. Unless of course we’re talking about the gentleman racer series known as the , where any monied jackass can buy their way in and then crash into everything like real life Mario Kart for one-percenters.

Don’t believe me? Watch this highlight reel from Ferrari Challenge Europe at the Mugello Circuit, a race held in May that’s just now making its way to YouTube. This is the some of the worst racing I have ever seen.

I’m not even mad though. This is actually incredible.

Pick a crash, any crash. How does this happen and keep happening? Do they test their drivers at all, or just have them deposit a check at the gate and they’re good? Why is it so satisfying to watch?

Now, the Good Lord knows I’m not one to talk about on-track mishaps; ! But if I had unlimited-ish funds like the Ferrari Challenge guys do, I’d probably spend a hell of a lot more on driver training and racing schools before I ever set foot in a race-prepped 458 Italia. Then again, that would mean delaying gratification, and when you’re rich you don’t have to do that.

Know what? You keep on doing you, drivers of Ferrari Challenge! The videos that come from this series are too amazing for me to really condemn you all that much.

You have the hardest-working safety car drivers in the business, if nothing else.

Contact the author at .

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Dec. 6-7, 2014
Weekend Motorsports Roundup, Dec. 6-7, 2014
Welcome to the Jalopnik , where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? Reruns! Uh, we hope you like...
Feb 12, 2026
Lego Could Have Sponsored A Formula 1 Team
Lego Could Have Sponsored A Formula 1 Team
I'm going to ease this bad news down on you, because it's a real heartbreaker. Let me start by saying that Lego (awesome) was approached to sponsor a Formula 1 team (super awesome). Here's the connection. The team was McLaren. This makes sense because McLaren has a Danish driver, the...
Feb 12, 2026
This Volkswagen Type 3 Baja Racer Is My Spirit Animal
This Volkswagen Type 3 Baja Racer Is My Spirit Animal
If there is ever a car that epitomized everything that's right with this world, it would be this 1967 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback rally car. It is my spirit animal, and it calls to me. Some of you may recall that I've a Type-4-engined Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback in the...
Feb 12, 2026
What Would You Do With An F40 Engine And Transmission?
What Would You Do With An F40 Engine And Transmission?
The F40 is one of the most Ferrari ever made, and it as great as it looks. Most of us can't afford the whole car, so here's just the 471 hp twin-turbo Tipo F120A V8 engine and transmission for sale. What race car would you stuff these into? Given the...
Feb 12, 2026
Unleashing Ken Block And Valentino Rossi In Rally Cars On Monza
Unleashing Ken Block And Valentino Rossi In Rally Cars On Monza
The is a delightful festival of insanity where drivers and other famous personalities are let loose in rally cars on the historic Monza racetrack. Here's some remarkably beautiful footage of Ken Block and Valentino Rossi duking it out at the event. You're welcome. Rain was an issue at this year's...
Feb 12, 2026
Everyone Gene Haas Speaks To At Ferrari Gets Canned
Everyone Gene Haas Speaks To At Ferrari Gets Canned
One bizarre consequence of Ferrari's : Gene Haas. The Haas Formula One team will use Ferrari engines in 2016, and as such, Gene Haas has been working closely with Ferrari. In an with Leigh Diffey, Haas mentioned, "Whoever I spoke to [at Ferrari] got fired! I better stop speaking to...
Feb 12, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved