My biggest photo dream
10/02/2022
I have often been asked which photo I would have loved to take or would still like to take. Until now, my answer has always been: the moment when Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso threw off both front wheels in one go when braking for the hairpin at the end of the long straight in Shanghai 2010 - I would have loved to have captured this action perfectly.
But now I have a completely different picture wish. Now I would have loved to take a picture of Enzo Ferrari turning in his grave at the sight of the Ferrari Purosangue. It almost turns my stomach to see his top-class sports car manufacturer stooping so low just to get some media coverage.
Peter Ruch writes appropriately on "Radicalmag": "Ferrari is on the stock exchange and has to provide its shareholders not only with a fat dividend, but also the prospect of profit maximization and steady growth. To achieve this, Maranello is now dropping its last inhibitions - and giving its shareholders an SUV." Surely it makes a few horse owners happy when they can drive their trailer with the racehorses to the show in a "Haflinger".
But wouldn't it make more sense to finally finish the F1 World Championship as world champion again than to put the heaviest Ferrari on its wheels, with a hill descent control system to boot? "Cobbler stick to your last" is an old saying and I think that the gentlemen in Maranello should definitely be reminded of this.
You want to see thoroughbred sports cars from Ferrari that embody the "Cavallino rampante" and not this huge lump that doesn't fit in the parking garage or on the parking lot and, with its horrendous weight, presses dents into the asphalt even at 15 degrees.
At least Lamborghini started out with agricultural vehicles and now also offers a fast tractor for the road with the Urus. Aston Martin probably needs it for the next James Bond movie. However, it is not yet entirely clear under what auspices McLaren wants to offer an SUV. Perhaps as a Kiwi transporter.
In any case, I would love to take part in the "World Press Photo Award" with "my" picture of the spinning Enzo.
