Ferrari - the movie

[98SVT - was 06GT]

https://www.hagerty.com/media/entertainment/interview-patrick-dempsey-heralds-ferrari-as-the-best-motorsports-movie-ever-made/

Set in 1957 - 2 years before CS handed Enzo his a$$ for the first time.

[deathsled]

I will be attending.  Looks like a great movie!

[98SVT - was 06GT]

OK I just can't let it go - The "car guy" star stated - He described the feel of driving these cars as "a bit like being in a Ferrari 550 Spyder,"

There is no way an open wheel car is like driving a 1996-02 Ferrari - even a Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina that was a true barchetta with no real convertible top provided.

Will the real 550 Spyder please stand up?
I thought I'd give you a different shot than the "last" gas station photo. 

[pbf777]

     Easy................it's just P.R. B.S.! 

     Scott.

[Side-Oilers]

What a ridiculous comparison...was that Patrick Dempsey?   

I drove the Porsche F2 car from 1960-ish that was Dan Gurney's car in Targa Florio or Monaco, or similar (haven't looked it up recently.)

Porsche took it out of their museum for me to drive at their 50th anniversary event at Laguna Seca in 1998.

With just about zero instruction, they sent me out on the track. Narrow-gate crash box, rock-hard museum tires, leaking brake cylinder on the floor by my feet...all kinds of fun stuff to deal with, on track, with my learning curve that was 100% vertical.

Fortunately, I didn't crash, lag behind, or make an idiot out of myself.  Amazing opportunity and memory. Kudos to Porsche for trusting me.

Now, that's a race car!   I could drive any new Ferrari with one hand tied behind my back.

[Royce Peterson]

Looks entertaining. I will go.

[6R07mi]

I watched an ESPN documentary on a flight a couple of years ago, but haven't been able to find it again.

It covered the controversy of Ferrari drivers killed during the "deadly decade" of the 1950's for Ferrari team drivers.
Enzo was also charged for criminal negligence as the car manufacturer of spectator deaths at an Italian race, ( can't recall right now the event).

Peter Collins, Luigi Muso (CS's friend), Alfonso de Portago

Ferrari famously said to his drivers: "Win or die, you will be immortal."

SO I'm interested in which version of "Enzo" is presented??

jim p

[6R07mi]

What a ridiculous comparison...was that Patrick Dempsey?   

I drove the Porsche F2 car from 1960-ish that was Dan Gurney's car in Targa Florio or Monaco, or similar (haven't looked it up recently.)

Porsche took it out of their museum for me to drive at their 50th anniversary event at Laguna Seca in 1998.

With just about zero instruction, they sent me out on the track. Narrow-gate crash box, rock-hard museum tires, leaking brake cylinder on the floor by my feet...all kinds of fun stuff to deal with, on track, with my learning curve that was 100% vertical.

Fortunately, I didn't crash, lag behind, or make an idiot out of myself.  Amazing opportunity and memory. Kudos to Porsche for trusting me.

Now, that's a race car!   I could drive any new Ferrari with one hand tied behind my back.

reading the comments, my take was Dempsey's comments were regarding the "movie cars"....

but cars in the movie's action sequences were actually Caterham chassis with vintage bodywork built on top, Dempsey explained.
He described the feel of driving these cars as "a bit like being in a Ferrari 550 Spyder," complete with concerns about the lack of any sort of protective cage.

just my take
jim p

[Side-Oilers]

A ha! That information makes all the difference!  He's probably right.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

My question was - what is a FERRARI 550 Spyder?

Ferrari introduced a roadster version of the 550 at the Paris Motor Show in 2000 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Pininfarina. The Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina was a true barchetta with no real convertible top provided.

[Side-Oilers]

Brett:  I immediately though the same thing, but attributed it to an actor having trouble remembering his exact line.

There were no Ferrari 550 Spyders.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Brett:  I immediately though the same thing, but attributed it to an actor having trouble remembering his exact line.

There were no Ferrari 550 Spyders.

Exactly - but he claims to be a car guy, I guess of the Tim Allen magnitude.......

[Royce Peterson]

Spyder seems to describe a Porsche. There were no Ferrari Spyders.

[Side-Oilers]

Correct.  "Spider."