"Ordinary mortals cannot get into the Ferrari factory, " explains Rick Carey , auctions editor of Car Collector magazine.

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That extra attention to detail has already begun at the Ferrari factory as the team's engineers solved the problem with Alonso's faulty drag reduction system (DRS) -- an overtaking aid which increases the car's straight-line speed by flipping open the top flap of the rear wing -- the day after the Bahrain Grand Prix.

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Ferrari closed its factory for the day, as did Ducati, the maker of premium motorcycles.

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