Welcome to our newest follower, Danny.
A little history
The brand-new F2002 received the difficult task of extending Ferrari’s long domination upon Formula One – the Maranello company then held the Constructors’ championship since 1999, and the Pilots’ championship since 2000. Though Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello started the 2002 season with the previous year’s F2001, the first F2002 appeared for the Brazilian GP, the third round of the season. Despite being similar to its predecessor overall – strict rules and computer-assisted design don’t allow much originality anyway – the F2002 was a totally new car. Its new V10 “051” engine wasn’t the most powerful that year, but this handicap was easily compensated by excellent aerodynamics and a low centre of gravity which gave the car superior handling. As a result, Michael Schumacher once again crushed all opposition on its way to his fourth crown in top-class open-wheel racing. Better than this, he perhaps signed his best season ever in Formula One, finishing every race out of seventeen on the podium, and being crowned as early as July. Beaten by McLaren in Monaco, the F2002 would win every other race it entered during the season.
Before the arrival of the new F2003, the F2002 (slightly updated as the “B” version) defended Ferrari’s colours during the first four races of 2003. Though less commanding than during the previous season, the F2002B succeeded in clinching one last victory in San Marino before retiring for good, and its successor the F2003, despite a stronger challenge from both Williams and McLaren, renewed both Schumacher’s and Ferrari’s titles at the end of the year.
About the model
Model: Ferrari F2002
Year: 2002
Event: 2002 Formula One Championship, driven by Michael Schumacher (championship’s winner)
Maker: Ixo
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Fabbri as no.3 of its Ferrari Collection press series
Acquired: brand new, in February 2005, in Souillac, France
Competition is hard for modern Formula One die-casts, all the more for Ferraris. Ixo didn’t fare poorly though, and deserves a 13/20 for its efforts.
A little history
The brand-new F2002 received the difficult task of extending Ferrari’s long domination upon Formula One – the Maranello company then held the Constructors’ championship since 1999, and the Pilots’ championship since 2000. Though Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello started the 2002 season with the previous year’s F2001, the first F2002 appeared for the Brazilian GP, the third round of the season. Despite being similar to its predecessor overall – strict rules and computer-assisted design don’t allow much originality anyway – the F2002 was a totally new car. Its new V10 “051” engine wasn’t the most powerful that year, but this handicap was easily compensated by excellent aerodynamics and a low centre of gravity which gave the car superior handling. As a result, Michael Schumacher once again crushed all opposition on its way to his fourth crown in top-class open-wheel racing. Better than this, he perhaps signed his best season ever in Formula One, finishing every race out of seventeen on the podium, and being crowned as early as July. Beaten by McLaren in Monaco, the F2002 would win every other race it entered during the season.
Before the arrival of the new F2003, the F2002 (slightly updated as the “B” version) defended Ferrari’s colours during the first four races of 2003. Though less commanding than during the previous season, the F2002B succeeded in clinching one last victory in San Marino before retiring for good, and its successor the F2003, despite a stronger challenge from both Williams and McLaren, renewed both Schumacher’s and Ferrari’s titles at the end of the year.
About the model
Model: Ferrari F2002
Year: 2002
Event: 2002 Formula One Championship, driven by Michael Schumacher (championship’s winner)
Maker: Ixo
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Fabbri as no.3 of its Ferrari Collection press series
Acquired: brand new, in February 2005, in Souillac, France
Competition is hard for modern Formula One die-casts, all the more for Ferraris. Ixo didn’t fare poorly though, and deserves a 13/20 for its efforts.
6 comments:
Hi, thanks for the warm welcome. :)
Love your collection, especially the recent Nissan Silvia :D
Very nice model, Lorenzo... i've got this one, too!
Thanks to both of you!
@Danny: Enjoy your stay here! Hey, that's your first post, I hope there'll be many more! :)
Sure, I'll check out this blog from time to time. You sure have a lot of cool stuff. :D
I´ve got this one too...congratulations!!
Thanks again Danny. ;)
@Interdomin: Thanks! :) Yes, this is probably one of the most common models released in this Fabbri series. Later during its run they added some other Formula Ones from the 2000's, but as I'm not such a fan of this type of cars, I limited my purchases to this one...
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