Wailing down Fiorano’s front straight at over 8000 rpm in third gear, you can sense them: the living, ethereal presence of great Ferrari piloti who have tested here: Villenueve, Prost, Berger, Lauda, so many others, Fiorano is Ferraris very private test track, located next to the factory, in the tiny village of Maranello, Italy. Ferrari’s current Fl hotshoes, Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, work out here constantly, looking for the edge they hope will take one of them to the Prancing Horse’s first World Driving Championship in two decades. Enzo Ferrari’s house is just a few hundred yards from this front straight. Sacred ground, this is. Its here we relish our first taste of the all-new 360 Modena.
Fiorano is a technically challenging road course that packs amazing variety into…