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Khatir Soltani
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A rather special driver made his debut Wednesday afternoon on the Scuderia Ferrari simulator in Maranello, Italy.

Luca di Montezemolo, the President of Ferrari, had his first taste of the high tech Formula 1 simulator.

Photo: Ferrari

Montezemolo was doing this as part of an exclusive story that will be published in issue 10 of "The Official Ferrari Magazine," the official magazine for Prancing Horse owners and fans.

Helping him in the role of track engineer in this decidedly unusual exercise was the Scuderia's official test driver, Marc Gené, who gave Montezemolo some tips on how to tackle a few laps of the Catalunya Circuit of Barcelona, one of the tracks most used by drivers in simulations.

As expected, the Scuderia did not issue lap times or quotes about Montezemolo performance.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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