Guadalajara, 16th October 2006

The two 599 GTB Fiorano left the metropolis Mexico City, after the members of the team had spent two interesting days in this urban space with the Mexican hospitality. After a testing exit from the city through the morning rush hour, the team took the highway in the direction of Guadalajara. The road with its long slopes was straddled by forests and fields. One could still see by the side of the road that earlier the heavy rains had flooded fields and street under.

The team decided to take a different road so the members could pass the colonial cities Morelia und Patzcuaro. Later the cars went back on the highway that ran along the ground, which originally was a volcano: fertile land with many fields where the landscape is flat. Around it all lay thick forests, while the highway was easy to use because it was almost without any traffic.

Thanks to the better performance of the Alfa Romeo 159 - compared to the former vehicles - the two Ferrari were able to use the performance of their V12 engines the Berlinettas call their own. So the journalists behind the wheels were more than pleased. The sunset in "Rosso Ferrari" followed the cars to Guadalajara, where the ninth section of the Panamerican 20,000 ended in the evening.