This is the official logo of the Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi, which was presented by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa at the Sakhir circuit.

The theme park is being constructed on the isle of Yas, and while it was recently postponed, the park should be finished and opened in 2010. The logo has made more than one reader on Motorsportblog have a hiccup…

The park will include space for more than 20 attractions with roller coaster rides, go-kart tracks and dune-buggy facilities. Whether there’s going to be any room for an appreciation of the elegance and history of the Ferrari brand is anyone’s guess.

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The project for a Ferrari Park is finally coming true. It will be inaugurated in 2009, and will include a whole new circuit, which will be the home of the first Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix in the same year.

A Foundation Stone Ceremony was held today to celebrate the start of construction of one of the most anticipated amusement parks in the world. Special guests in attendance for today’s event included Ferrari’s President Luca di Montezemolo and Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Chairman of ALDAR Properties.

During the ceremony a capsule containing a piston and a conrod from the F2007 engine, have been buried underground and will be disinterred in 2047, in occasion of Ferrari’s 100th anniversary. The park will offer a number of different attractions displaced on a 250.000 sqm area, 80.000 of which will be covered.

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