Raffaele de Simone

10 minutes with Ferrari's chief development driver

"Everyone can drive a fast car, but few can drive a car fast."There is, of course, a difference between a gifted experienced driver – someone who has the skills to pilot a car to within an inch of its limits – and a development driver who has spent a number of years with a specific car; someone who ...

Ferrari 458 Speciale unleashed at Fiorano

CAR magazine deputy editor Mike Fourie travelled to Maranello, the home town of Ferrari, to drive the Ferrari 458 Speciale, but not before he was shown the quick way round the Scuderia's private test track, Fiorano, by the firm's development driver Raffaele de Simone.Ride shotgun with Raffaele for a ...