Editing Eric Clapton (section)

===Car collection===
[[File:FerrariSP12EC.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ferrari SP12 EC]] built for Clapton under [[Ferrari]]'s Special Projects programme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paultan.org/2012/05/29/ferrari-sp12-ec-eric-claptons-one-off-is-a-458-italia-with-styling-inspired-by-the-512-bb/|title=Ferrari SP12 EC – Eric Clapton's one-off is a 458 Italia with styling inspired by the 512 BB|last=Tan|first=Danny|date=29 May 2012|work=Paul Tan's Automotive News|publisher=Driven Communications Sdn Bhd|access-date=29 May 2012|location=Petaling Jaya, Malaysia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008080947/http://paultan.org/2012/05/29/ferrari-sp12-ec-eric-claptons-one-off-is-a-458-italia-with-styling-inspired-by-the-512-bb/|archive-date=8 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Since the 1970s, Clapton has considered himself a "car enthusiast" and has often stated his passion for the [[Ferrari]] brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisweekinmotors.com/the-many-cars-of-eric-slowhand-clapton|title=The Many Cars of Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton|publisher=This Week in Motors|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902014806/http://www.thisweekinmotors.com/the-many-cars-of-eric-slowhand-clapton/|archive-date=2 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clapton owns or has owned a range of Ferraris, and when asked about his Ferrari collection in 1989, he said he liked the touring cars the company produces for road use and commented "if I had more space and if I had been wise I would have a huge collection by now and I would be a multi-multi-millionaire".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqUH4Ylfkqw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211027/cqUH4Ylfkqw| archive-date=27 October 2021|title=Desert Island Discs 1989 – Eric Clapton & Sue Lawley| date=23 July 2016|publisher=YouTube Network|access-date=20 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2010, he explained that for him "Ferrari has always been the number one car" to own and drive, and that he always supported Ferrari on the road and in [[Formula One]] motor racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BaJF1ED3XE|title=Eric Clapton interview on Ferrari.com|publisher=YouTube Network|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101004120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BaJF1ED3XE|archive-date=1 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Ferrari honoured Clapton with the one-off special project car, the [[Ferrari SP12 EC]]. In July 2013 Clapton displayed it at the [[Goodwood Festival of Speed]] in England in the Michelin Supercar Run.<ref>[https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/goodwood-festival-speed/eric-clapton-displays-one-ferrari-sp12-ec-goodwood "Eric Clapton displays one-off Ferrari SP12 EC at Goodwood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135755/https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/goodwood-festival-speed/eric-clapton-displays-one-ferrari-sp12-ec-goodwood |date=6 December 2017 }}. Autocar.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2017</ref> In 2014, Clapton explained that Ferrari is still his favourite car brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTCKlF0Hr64|title=Eric Clapton with his wife Melia – Grid Walk with Martin Brundle F1|date=17 July 2014 |publisher=YouTube Network|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107060516/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTCKlF0Hr64|archive-date=7 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Among the other vehicles Clapton owns or has owned are a vintage [[Mini]] Cooper Radford that was a gift from [[George Harrison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://equipboard.com/items/vintage-mini-cooper-radford-harrison-clapton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820101701/http://equipboard.com/items/vintage-mini-cooper-radford-harrison-clapton|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2016|title=Vintage Mini Cooper Radford Harrison/Clapton|publisher=Equipboard, Inc.|access-date=20 August 2016}} Archived from the original.</ref>