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Mark Webb

Watch As A Ferrari 296 GTB Tire Test At The Nurburgring Goes Off Track

There's a classic photo from an old issue of Road and Track with a guy standing at the side of the road lighting a cigarette. Below him, resting against a tree, is a wrecked Ferrari 512 BB. The caption says something to the effect of "Good tires, but not great tires." Forty years later, in a different Ferrari, another driver recently thought the same thing. 

This time the Ferrari is a yellow 296 GTB testing at the Nurburgring. Fortunately, he doesn't crash like the guy in the 512 BB, but it's clear from the video he has his hands full. At one point, the 296 GTB brakes hard, causing it to fishtail slightly. Later it can be seen with its hazard lights on, driving moderately through a section of bends in the rolling hills. 

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