BBR F150 Italia Fernando Alonso Winner Silverstone GP 2011

BBR BBRC73 1:43 2011 Ferrari F150° Italia Silverstone GP Winner Fernando Alonso

With Alonso being the quickest during FP3 of 2012 Silverstone GP, I thought it was a good time to share pictures of BBR's version of the Ferrari F150° Italia as driven by Fernando Alonso to victory in last year's GP.



Coincidentally 60 years ago in the same Grand Prix, Jose Froilan Gonzalez drove his 375 F1 to take the first F1 victory for the Scuderia Ferrari. Much to the delight of the Ferrari fans during last years British GP, Alonso drove a fantastic race to win the race. BBR's presentation of this F150° has one side of the plexiglass cover printed with a layout of the 375 F1 car. This clearly gives us an idea how F1 cars evolved over the years.

Of course, what is F1 without any drama?! Before this GP, the controversial double diffuser was temporarily banned. It was thought that FIA did this to give Ferrari an edge for this race. Alonso was only P2 during the race but after an error from Vettel's pit stop, it allowed Alonso to grab the lead and eventually win the race.









As of writing, qualifying session is in session! Alonso P5 after Q1. Fernando almost crashed during Q2. Now, 6 minutes remaining in Q2, Alonso down in P16. Red flag appeared and I wondered if the session will still continue. Whatever happens in qualifying, it will be a very exciting race tomorrow!









So can Alonso still win this week? With a bad weather in Silverstone, Alonso's consistency and skill, and if he continues to have lady luck on his side as we saw in past races, I would not be surprised if we see Alonso on the podium tomorrow or even a race win. 

BBR F2008 Felipe Massa Winner Bahrain GP 2008

BBR BBRC05 1:43 2008 Ferrari F2008 Bahrain GP Winner Felipe Massa

In 2008, Felipe Massa had a terrible start to the season. In the first race, he retired due to engine failure. Next race, he spun off the track trying to overtake Raikkonen eventually giving up P2 to retire from the race. But things quickly turned his way during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Although Kubica beat him for pole position, he was able to take the lead after the first corner of the first lap and eventually won the race.



This race gave us a glance of how this season will form for Massa. He was in contention for the driver's championship until the last lap of the last race. He unfortunately lost to Hamilton by just 1 point. For a couple of laps though, he and the entire Ferrari team felt they were champions. Nevertheless, it was a strong season for Felipe having won 6 races, getting pole position 6 times, having 3 fastest laps and placing 2nd overall. 

This is one of the two F2008 BBR models that I have. The other one is the EX16 Constructor's Championship presentation. Still looking for a standard BBR edition of F2008 with the "shark fin" design.

With Massa struggling this season, is this the last time he will drive for Ferrari? Rumors are, Ferrari management are already in discussion with potential replacements. Hamilton, Webber, Vettel, Perez, Di Resta, even Schumacher were rumored to potentially drive alongside Alonso. But soon enough, we will know which rumor is true and which were really just rumors. 

BBR EX26 F2007 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari 200th GP Victory

BBR EX26 1:43 2007 Ferrari F2007 Chinese GP Winner Kimi Raikkonen

This is BBR's version of the Ferrari F2007 as driven by Kimi Raikkonen to victory during the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix. Coincidentally, this is Ferrari's 200th Grand Prix victory since joining Formula 1 and also their 600th podium. This was Kimi's 5th win of the season en route to winning the 2007 F1 drivers championship.

The presentation is limited to 200 pieces and is mounted on a schedoni leather. Normally, BBR creates these Exclusive series to commemorate a significant moment for Ferrari. Although recently, they have created EX models which does not represent any symbolic or momentous occasion. Some are not even race wins like the EX38 (F150 - Singapore GP) or the EX39 (F150 - Japan GP).

This F2007 version sports the new metallic/cherry red color used by Ferrari on their cars which started only after the Monaco GP. I personally like better the Marlboro red color on earlier Ferrari cars or the current Ferrari red color.

 

Thank you for looking! =)