Ferrari Driver Academy heads to Florida for the winter

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Retirees and Girls Gone Wild camera crews aren't the only ones who go to Florida for the winter. So is a contingent of aspiring formula racing drivers taking part in the new Florida Winter Series being set up by the Ferrari Driver Academy.

The program is being set up in response to a lack of suitable weather at circuits in Europe, which would otherwise keep rising stars in formula racing from honing their skills during the off-season. Toyota runs an off-season series in New Zealand, but Ferrari is heading to the most southern of these United States to give its prodigies some much-needed track time.

Set up as more of a training program than a competitive championship, the FDA Florida Winter Series is based around a field of 15 aspiring drivers piloting the Formula Abarth-spec Tatuus FA010B, with a 195-horsepower engine furnished by Fiat Powertrain Technologies and an engineer for every three cars in the series.

The drivers will take part in a practice session at Homestead before racing at Sebring and Palm Beach before two final rounds back at Homestead, all taking place in late January and February of the new year. The program is supervised by FDA chief and former F1 engineer Luca Baldisseri and is expected to attract Ferrari prodigies like Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi, F3 champ Raffaele Marciello and Formula Renault winner Antonio Fuoco.Continue reading Ferrari Driver Academy heads to Florida for the winter

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