Revv up and go fort

The Ferrari Rajasthan tour was part road trip, part luxury ride. Its mix of heritage and horsepower swept fans off their fleet

- By HORMAZD SORABJEE

There couldn't have been a more fitting starting point for the Ferrari Rajasthan Tour than Jaipur's Rambagh Palace. Once home to royalty, it now played host to a different kind of nobility — 26 Ferraris gleaming under the morning sun.

The Ferrari Rajasthan Tour, organised and curated by Ferrari Mumbai, brought together owners from all over the country to do what they love most: Drive and drive fast!

The first leg to Udaipur spanned over 400km of largely empty, well surfaced roads, the kind that remind you why Rajasthan remains one of India's best driving states. Few sights stir the senses quite like a convoy of Ferraris stretching into the horizon, the soundscapes alternating between the crisp bark of a V8, the growl of a V6 hybrid, and the tenor of a naturally aspirated V12 engine.