Racing driver Alexander Kroker succinctly summarizes the advantages of driver training on ice. The conditions offered by an ice track like the one in Levi cannot be simulated anywhere else. This is due, in part, to the design of the nearly six-kilometer-long track in northern Finland. The track's varying configurations, with their long straights and diverse corner radii, create progressively challenging conditions – regardless of the driver's skill level. It's also due to the surface itself.

The focus of coaching on ice is primarily on vehicle control, which, depending on the drive system, requires drivers to handle the vehicle with nuance. "During the coaching, you learn to be significantly more sensitive at the steering wheel. You don't even have these conditions in drift courses," explains Alexander Kroker. Furthermore, according to the racing driver, the feel for weight transfer and lateral acceleration is particularly honed. Professional racing drivers also frequently take advantage of such opportunities to further improve their skills in these areas.

At the Ferrari Corso Pilota On-Ice, the track cars—the Ferrari 296 GTB, the Ferrari Purosangue, and the Ferrari 296 Challenge—are, of course, equipped with studded tires. This mix of models is particularly well-suited because the vehicles have fundamentally different characteristics. They differ significantly in drive type, weight, and rev range. An all-wheel-drive car handles completely differently than a rear-wheel-drive car. The Ferrari 296 GTB is a purebred rear-wheel-drive sports car, while the Ferrari Purosangue is an all-wheel-drive car that also weighs 600 kilograms more. With the Ferrari 296 GTB, the driver must learn to use the brakes much more aggressively. The car is very agile, which makes navigating tight corners on the ice track more enjoyable and allows for higher speeds. Drivers of the Purosangue, on the other hand, will find that it is significantly more stable in long corners, thus enabling higher speeds in these situations.

Alexander Kroker highlights another advantage of driver coaching on ice tracks that cannot be offered anywhere else. The conditions on site – the vastness of the landscape surrounding the track – alleviate drivers' fear of the vehicle's limits, even for inexperienced drivers. Thanks to the expansive space and the exclusive support of specialized Ferrari coaches, improvements are achieved in a very short time, improvements that are simply unattainable elsewhere.

Ferrari 296 GTB: Fuel consumption (combined): 6,6 l/100 km | Electricity consumption (combined): 17,4 kWh/100 km | Fuel consumption with depleted battery (combined): 10,8 l/100 km | CO2 emissions (combined): 149 g/km | CO2 class (combined): E | CO2 class with depleted battery: G

Ferrari Purosangue: Fuel consumption (combined): 17,3 l/100 km | CO2 emissions (combined): 393 g/km | CO2 class: G