Festa della Vittoria

Our grey VIP entry pass

Ferrari, as you may know, is the 2007 Formula 1 World Champion (Constructor and Pilot). And 2007 is also its 60th year of existence. As such, a celebration was called for and it took place on Saturday 08 December in the Malaguti Indoor Stadium in Bologna (next to Ikea and Carrefour).

We attended the concert all 5 of us. Quite hassle-free thank God as we had a special sticker for reserved parking at the stadium's doorstep, followed by a special entrance where we had free-flow champagne, orange juice, ice cream, foccacia and hot chocolate to warm us up before we go deaf in the hall.

Met quite a number of people we knew, only we couldn't sit together as we had special seats in the VIP area up front - nearest to the stage and the loudspeakers. Wish I had thought to bring the ear plugs leftover from the Mugello race.

The 3 Pilots called up to the stage to imitate the sounds made by their cars

Eldest Son was really excited though as we were seated quite close to the Pilots (Schumacher, Kimi and Massa), Todt and Michelle Yeoh were also there. I was just a little troubled over the fact that we didn't have any real food in the little buffet and didn't even see them walk past me to their seats...

Fiorello and Laura Pausini

The concert was very good though I couldn't understand 10% of whatever's happening. Rosario Tindaro Fiorello (radio DJ, actor, imitator and singer) was the main star and he was absolutely hilarious (from what I could gather). They loved him. And Laura Pausini, one of the better-known Italian singers outside Italy (won a Grammy last year), made a star appearance. Hub was wondering why the new F1 boss (whose wife I sat next to at the F1 garden party last summer) negotiated her appearance fee himself (when normally it's Hub's Dept's job) but we were given to understand during the concert that those 2 are friends, Pausini having grown up in the Emilia-Romagna region. Okay...

Baby Boy's little windfall

The evening ended at midnight (kids growing cranky by then) with balloons and coloured paper bits raining down on us, probably the highlight of the evening for the Babies. I just couldn't help thinking of the amount of money it cost and what a waste to just sweep it up and throw it away. I know, so spoil sport of me.

Hope we'll be able to wake up in time for the next day's Natale Bimbi celebration.