The hordes of Italian Ferrari fans, also known as tifosi, swarmed the tarmac, waving flags with the Ferrari prancing-horse battle standard and greeting the victor of the 2006 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX with the same hysterical energy their ancestors used in greeting invading Visigoths. And in fact, they were saluting a German: Michael Schumacher had just won his 90th Grand Prix race, and the Teutonic coolness with which he returned his fans' ardor did nothing to dampen their spirits: "He can be German as long as he drives a Ferrari," one fan effused. Everyone was high on speed. Speed that only Monza, the world's fastest racetrack, can produce. Add to this the fact that the track is in the middle of Ferrari's Italian home turf, and you have a mix as explosive as nitroglycerin.
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