Ferrari Challenge Infineon Raceway - Ferrari F1 Clienti Driver: Bud Moeller / Session 1 - FULL Video 

This was the first of a two-day weekend. To go fast takes going faster bit-by-bit, corner-by-corner. By the second day we broke the track record. I've been driving for so long that the intimidation factor is low but the learning is still very high.

It's customary for drivers to wave to the Corner Workers at the end of their driving session thanking them for a job well done.

I still remember this track on gran turismo 4, really accurate for an old epic game.

I've been racing open wheel cars for 25 years and F1 cars for 20. It's been a great journey. I've got 4 F1 cars from various eras. They're all great fun!

That 3 liter V10 might be the best sounding racing engine of all time.

its so refreshing to see a driver that actually is learning lap by lap and pushing a bit more each lap instead of the common gentleman driver in these types of videos whos barely even getting into the rev

It is truly an experience that's hard to describe. I let one of my racing buddies (who is in ALMS) drive one and he couldn't stop smiling and talking about it for a month!

I am green with envy and jelousy. The only thing i will say, is at least this guys knows how to spend his money. If i had the opportunity i would do the exact same. thanks for the upload was great to see, and i have to say not half bad driving either. Few people realise how ridiculously difficult these cars are to drive, takes a great deal of skill

I've been driving open wheel cars for 25 years (F1 for about 20). Just worked my way up to these amazing machines!

Good job Bud! You're living my dream! I miss this old F1 sound...

The '70s and early '80s had no drivers' aids so it was all about driver skill--real cars for real men. The '80s turbo era was a handful and only the best could get power to the ground consistently. When the late '90s and '00s came, it required the driver to work well with the engineers and telemetry specialists because of all the electronics. The fastest F1 cars ever are the 2003 and 2004 and 2005. After that the regulators slowed them down (again). So I like my 2003!

Lucky people who get to drive these amazing Ferrari F1 cars at full speed. What a thrill it must be to feel that mindblowing acceleration and to hear that incredible sound.

Man, this is so awesome...Congrats on the great laps, and being a Clienti driver. I can;t even imagine how awesome it must feel just to sit in one of that 'era' of chassis. I really miss the V10's. Regulations are choking the life out of F1...Anyway congrats again on the laps, and great driving!

The acceleration and braking on this vehicle are ridiculous. And the sound of the engine makes me want to cry.

Bud, thank you for making it look easy and for getting all of us American F1 fans another reason to support more venues being added to the F1 calendar here in the states. The fact that you destroyed the track record in a little over a days work is a testament to your skill and the truly spectacular capabilities of these machines. I hope that plenty of parents are showing this video to their kids so they can grow up to be just like you.

This car gets off the corner so well and it can fly through the corners as well. What a machine.

Love the sound, hate the lucky owner lol

Yes, traction control, differential control, engine braking limit control, etc. All functional and adjusted to go as fast as possible here.

Bud. What a pleasure this is to watch! So many times, I've watched a Clienti video and been frustrated that the driver just doesn't have the skills to push, and then here you are really going for it! I would dearly love to have a go in a contempary F1 car...a desire I'm surely not alone in. Thank you for giving me an idea of what it's like to have a go in one and really push. Bravo!

I love this video. That's pure Ferrari passion!!

This is not a rental program. We each own the F1 cars that we drive. You can go to Ferrari.com and click F1 Clienti (under the Corse Clienti area) to find out more. It's an 8-10 event series each year that goes all around the world. We've usually got 15-20 F1 cars out at each event.

Actually I did look on the official F1 site and the 2004 cars still hold the record at nearly all of the tracks that are still being raced today since then!

Poetry in motion...and that sound!!!!!

you have to be one of the happiest men alive... I surely would give anything to drive a F1 car... Amazing.

Not only faster my friend,it is just a more racing Formula 1 car than todays F1 cars are,in terms of how it looks,how it handles and most certainly how it sounds.Epic.Congrats on your ownership of a real F1 car.Bravooooo!Keep racing,safety first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are several marques that are willing to sell and sometimes support their older cars. Lotus, Tyrrell, etc. have done so. But Ferrari is the only one that will support their modern era cars. Great thing for us!

this video made me realize how scary is to put a real speed on a f1 car like we are used to see...i can relate with the way you try to develop that itch lap

The price of the car is all dependent on which year, who drove it, etc. They start around $1 MM and go up to $3-4 MM. Way more than the Lotus but these are real F1 cars with real history. The Lotus program is based on F1 technology but just a nice race car. We pay a fee for each event plus transportation. Any annual service/repair is on top of that, as would be true with any race car. It's not cheap but driving the fastest machines in the world is great at any price!

It's pretty clear that the adrenaline gets pumping even before the engine gets started! Even after driving amazing cars like this for 20+ years, it's always a thrill and my mind is already on the track before I get moving. :-)

Yes, I own this car and a '97 ex-Schumacher F310B and an '80 ex-Villeneuve 312 T5. I was a business guy and have a great passion for Ferrari and racing!

My god, I'd do almost ANYTHING for a chance to drive an F1 car around for a few laps and feel that power, those G-forces, acceleration, speed, grip... I just love Formula1 , can't wait til "lights out" in Australia and watching this already gives me a goosebumps.

We were using 3 ContourPLUS cameras w/ built GPS. Audio was also captured using the ContourPLUS cameras.

Dear Santa...lol... F1 used to sound so sexy!! These new turbo engines sound horrible. Great video.

He actually has the engine tuned almost all the way up!! Attaboy! I hate some videos and they dont turn the engine up.

Thanks for all the comments, positive and negative. Regarding my hand position, the cockpit is so tight (for me) that I can't rotate the wheel enough with both hands on the grips. I have to take one off (usually the left, given all the right hand turns, and help turn it a bit further. This F2003-GA is faster than today's F1 cars because of its 930 HP (compared to 750-800 today), despite less sophisticated aero. It was fast enough for us to break the outright track record at Sonoma & Laguna Seca.

Fantastic video and some great driving by Bud. It's cool to see how he gains confidence lap by lap and eventually puts in a real solid lap time. You also realize how hard it is to nail the breakpoints for those hairpin turns. Oh and yeah, that engine note of those old V10. Goosebumps. Thanks for sharing!

Great video, I never realized just how hard it is to find the last corner at Sonoma - it's practically invisible even from a higher POV than you had.

I'd be in tears if I was given that opportunity. It would just be awesome.

Can’t beat the music of a high revving V10.

Nice Drive, he knows the Track well

that's one helluva a bumpy road. video games don't simulate as much. nice driving mate.

Ahh... when she came out of the box and the way those 10 Archangels started to sing together... oh my God, this Car... ❤

Yes...they used V10s back in 2003. And the noise is heavenly!

Loved the video Bud. I think you did a good job taking that car around the track. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck watching it. Must be great owning an F1 car! Glad I stumbled across this tonight! Look forward to seeing more...

Its funny how in the camera facing the back theres a bridgestone sponsor decal and they are using pirellis.

The visibility is limited to seeing the tops of the tires and straight ahead. Can't see the front wing. That helps explain the frequent front wing clashes in races.

omg i was racing at the kart track that day and everyone literally stopped just to see and hear that

Thank you for posting!!!

thanks for sharing that. Sonoma is my home track so I know a 1:25 is pretty damn fast .. was a joy to watch with the sound turned up :-)

Really a fantastic V10 F1, but it's dangerous when the left hand always leave the steering wheel during right turn with so high speed

Mr. Moeller: You are awesome fast compared to us mortals! If anybody says any different, they must not realize how brutally tough these cars are to control.

Awesome,its nice just to hear the roar of the ferrari v10, if im not mistaken,we don't get enough of this,brilliant and thankyou for sharing,:)

WOW Bud, you are a very fortunate man!! I am an extremely avid F1 supporter, and virtual racer :) Great Driving, you are very smooth, not hard on the car but quick lap times!! Wel Done!!

Traction control adjusted for the right intervention here.

I bought the car a couple of years ago and Ferrari charges a reasonable fee to support it at each event.

One hand steering? wtf

Missile i love this sound !

Dude, you're a lucky man, I would be in place in that cockpit, then could die in peace, lol Congratulations, well ordered in the pilot, is not anyone who can tame such a cavalry Greetings from Brazil

The 2003 and 2004 cars are the fastest F1 cars ever built. At the current market they will probably sell for around $2-3 Million. The steering is pretty light because of little weight on the nose plus power assist and even with more speed and loading the feedback is consistent and the wheel is always easy to manipulate.

Fantastic video! Bud is this your channel or do you have a channel of your own?

Sorry if you stated it somewhere, where I couldn't find it, but how did you get into this? I tried Ferrari CC web but couldnt see any way in. Does one have to be a reg.Ferrari owner or have participated in their 3 racing courses or have done the Chal series or something? What does it take and what did you pay for this? (I've seen a 6lap F1 2002 car experience avail at $3500 but I suspect this is more exclusively priced) (tia)

Good driver !!! it is easy to engineer for a guy like that. Drives conceptually right and takes care of the machine.

They keep the cars as original as possible re parts. They have spares, all the molds, etc. No upgrades since they're also certifying these cars through the Classiche program to be "as raced."

Well it's worth looking at the track records held by various cars. On identical configurations I think the current cars still qualify slower than the 2003 and 2004 Ferraris--but I may be wrong. Worth some analysis!

Are you running 2010 Pirelli spec tires? Have you ever driven with the grooved tires? How different do they feel?

I wish the video had a G meter. I'd love to know how many G's you pull on that downhill sweeper. Crazy downforce. That thing is so fast you never get a chance to catch your breath. Looks like wicked fun! Nice driving!

Alright tyvm. I read the page, but I couldn't find any pricetags per se, sorry if I missed em. Would you disclose whether it, for your car, is more or less expensive than the $583K pricetag for the Lotus F1s that they sell to their customers the same way? Do you pay for yearly costs as well, or do Ferrari cover those as part of the service of owning the car?

i really wanna know how do you see the road in the cockpit. do you see much? could you make a new vid, eye-level?

I have some questions, sorry if it sounds dumb: Does Ferrari let you purchase the car and keep it at your home (like buying a normal car)? If so, what are the requirements i.e. do you have to own a Ferrari? I'm just curious. Thanks!

Yea you do need connections.. The only F1 car for sale I saw in my whole life was a B194 in which schumi won his first championship and it was about 2.5million euro.

he's talking about the f1 record, not the overall record of the track

True, the 2004 is quicker by just a bit! The Audi holds the lap record for the full length track. This configuration included the chicane at turn 9 so was different--and we hold the record for this configuration now.

Awesome! You have balls of steel to go that quick.

I have been driving F1 cars for 20 years and modern cars (like this) for about 5 years. And I know Sonoma very well. So I could keep squeezing more and more speed from each lap. I pretty much hit the limit though!

Great to see you build up confidence in the car and lap time. I recon you could have gone for a 23 or even a 22 that day if you could have done some more laps! Awesome footage.

The accelration on this car is awesome

point raised was related to F1. In such case, even the engine is irrelevant. I know V10s aren't outdated; they are still being used in production cars.

Why don't you keep your left hand on the wheel when you turn?

Check out the other two videos from this event... they have G-Force gauges on them. (1) Ferrari Challenge Infineon Raceway - Ferrari F1 Clienti Driver: Bud Moeller / Recording Setting Lap (2) Ferrari Challenge Infineon Raceway - F1 Clienti Driver: Bud Moeller / Session 3 - Fast Lap

I understand and your'e right on the Lotuses. Thank you for being open with the pricing, its so hard to get numbers out of other ppl when it gets up in that league in general. Do they tune them to original settings or upgrade components/tires etc? Its probably not so important with your car, but that Berger car fx, does it only contain 1989 parts even when stuff needs replacing?..do they then mill a new piece for the owner and such? I completely agree with you, I'd do this too if I could.

So of your 20 years then, which cars do you think are the best, in your opinion?

What was (I know the exact time of this lap) his lamtime compating to the profis?

im curious why you are one handed when you put too much steering lock, is the cockpit too thin to your arms? it seems dangerous and without control, anyways good to see this kind of videos. (you mean you hit your limit no? :P)

Yea seen that too. I can't imagine what it feels like driving a F1 car like you do after seeing that chris harris video

For real. I was wondering the same thing myself. If it was inside hand (depending on the turn) hitting his knee I could understand because I've had that problem in F2000's before, but just taking his hand off the wheel entirely? Good thing this car has TCS....

Love this. Hats off to you.

Nice ride...drive.perfect..very smooth..apex...and.more, i like.this.track...i am drive here..prototype.GM. and.ex.Formula3 driver.. great..

What a fantastic ride that would be....Envious I am.....Having driven Infineon, I can see there was some "road" left at the exit of the corner so I can see room for a faster lap, but heck, you are in a million dollar car, why push it just for the glory.....Hard to believe Gene was on the limit, the golf analogy of be good, but don't beat the client.....but that is a different concern... Nice work, love the video, hope you can share more!

@speedee911: of course they would. And they should!! They do that for a living and have been driving flat out on race tracks for 80-90% of their lives.

I really liked this video, but the noise of the car is nothing like the V10 if you compare this video with a grand prix ferrari from 2003, it is still much different... My question is therefore, is it really the 2003 formula 1 ferrari or does the different sound recorders make is sound different????

Outdated in car production!? No it isn't... sorry! M5 is a V10, some recent AMG engines are V12's, several ferraris are V8's and V12's, Lamborghini's are V10's, Dodge Viper is a V10. McLaren produces turbo charged V8's. Not to mention the monstrous V10 diesel engines that several european car companies produce...

It would be an absolute dream to drive these things, I always watch the Corse Clienti videos and end up incredibly jealous. Have you driven any of the European events at Spa or Monza?

19000rpm, wow. that machine is monster

Anyone can purchase an F1 car from Ferrari with enough money. There are agreements to sign regarding usage of the car, particularly re marketing events, as Ferrari jealously protects their brand as well as their sponsors. Otherwise the car is yours to put wherever you'd like. To be able to drive it in events, there are several pre-qualification requirements and Ferrari strongly recommends test sessions at their Fiorano test track before joining in with other cars.

How much RPM was he running?

I wonder how much it costs to do this as a regular person, I know I will never be able to afford to do something like this but for the car, crew and the track time it must be really expensive! If I had the money I would be doing exactly what this guy is doing after maybe a few racing lessons

As you know, smooth is fast. We broke the track record the next day, going somewhat quicker than shown here.

Gotta say. He's got one Hellova expensive toy there. Nice work Mr Moeller.

what happened at the end when he started waving hands?

Who do you have to kill to get seat time in this car?