Over 800 Ferraris "Lapping" Daytona Together Failed to Set a New World Record

The plan was to bring together north of 1,000 Fezzas, with certain owners having their entire collections brought to the track. Despite all the effort, the parade gathered a little over 800 cars. This means it was nowhere near the 2012 record, which saw Ferrari F1 racer Felipe Massa leading an army of 964 Maranello machines.

In our book, the whole idea seemed wrong, since asking so many cars to share the 2.5-mile (4 km) course would obviously turn the thing into a traffic jam. We weren't worried about the pedestrian pace of the event - after all, this is a parade, not a race.

But since senior Ferrari models aren't exactly up to the reliability or drivability standards of such a stunt, issues such as overheating or clutch burning were inevitable. And these did happen, as you'll get to see in the piece of footage at the bottom of the page, which brings us an overview of the banked oval adventure.

For instance, after 90 minutes of effort, the drivers were still trying to get side-by-side on the track, as required by the Guinness World Record rules, so the issues mentioned above shouldn't come as a surprise.

Nevertheless, the 2016 Finali Mondiali, to use the official name of the event, also brought us plenty of reasons to rejoice. And the introduction of the SP275 RW Competizione is an example as good as any.

Complicated nameplate aside, the F12-based one-off is the kind that can easily make one weak in the knees, which is why we've dedicated a story to this bewildering machine.

Returning to the Finali Mondiali, the parade followed a series of Ferrari Corse Clienti customer racing adventures that had taken place on the track, with the second clip below bringing a Mannequin Challenge take on the matter. However, you should expect to see frozen Ferrari racecars instead of people in the Internet video trend adventure mentioned here.