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Antonio makes his mark in Race 1
Hockenheim, 30 July – Just six days after winning in Budapest, Antonio Fuoco did it again today at the Hockenheimring, taking a well deserved win in the first race of the German weekend. Thanks to this second victory of the season, Fuoco moves up to third place in the championship, on 115 points. Just one point separates him from fellow FDA student Charles Leclerc, who was fifth today. Giuliano Alesi retired on the opening lap. In tomorrow’s race 2, Leclerc starts from fourth on the grid and Fuoco from eighth
Adler, 30 July 2016 – Two experienced drivers won on the first day of the fourth round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe, held at the first ever Ferrari Racing Days in Russia. Bjorn Grossmann triumphed in the Trofeo Pirelli and Fons Scheltema in the Coppa Shell, while we saw the birth of a star, 17-year-old Vladimir Atoev, a product of the SMP Racing Academy, who triumphed on his debut.
Sochi, 30 July 2016 – Russian Aleksey Basov tells us about the Sochi Autodrom, a wonderful track that is only 3 year-old. Basov is the 2012 Coppa Shell champion and went on to win the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship. He will be driving the Motors Service 458 Challenge
Hockenheim, 29 July – Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were third and fourth fastest for Ferrari in the first free practice session, as the German Grand Prix returned to the championship calendar. Conditions were dry as competitors got to grips with the Hockenheimring for the first time in 2 years, with no meaningful data, because the cars have evolved a lot in that time. After an installation lap on Medium tyres, Sebastian and Kimi used two sets of Supersofts. Vettel did a 1.16.667, just 185 thousandths quicker than Raikkonen (1.16.852.)
Both men concentrated on set-up work running different fuel levels.Top of the timesheet was Nico Rosberg with a 1.15.517, followed by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton (1.15.843).
Ispwich, 29 July 2016 – A competitive field representing the world’s most exotic automotive brands heads to Queensland Raceway this weekend for Round 5 of the Australian GT Trophy Series presented by Pirelli, making its first appearance at Queensland Raceway since 2013.
Mogyorod, 24 July – Sebastian Vettel finished today’s Hungarian Grand Prix in fourth place. The German crossed the line at the Hungaroring a mere 6 tenths of a second behind Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull. Kimi Raikkonen had to fight hard all afternoon, having started from the seventh row of the grid. The Finn went on to finish sixth, helped by an excellent race strategy. The top step of the podium belonged to Lewis Hamilton, first for Mercedes.
Nürburg, 24 July 2016 – At the Nürburgring, Round 4 of the World Endurance Championship (WEC), the Ferrari 488 GTE and the AF Corse team erased the disappointment of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 488 GTE took the two top spots and, finally, James Calado broke the spell with a win in WEC. The British driver, teaming up with “Gimmi” Bruni (with his first win on the 488 GTE), succeeded also thanks to the strategy of the team and gave proof of his universally acknowledged high standards. Davide Rigon and Sam Bird finished in second place on car No. 71 culminating a great comeback race that saw them start in the third to last place on the grid.
Mogyorod, 24 July – Charles Leclerc finished third in the second GP3 race at the Hungaroring. The Ferrari Driver Academy student thus secures his fifth podium of the season and leaves Hungary in second place in the championship. Antonio Fuoco was tenth this morning after not having much luck at the start, while Giuliano Alesi took the chequered flag in 16th place.
The 68th edition of the Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours takes place at the weekend on the legendary Ardennes circuit with no-less than 14 Ferrari cars entered to the event. It is one of the biggest races in the world and holds a special significance for Ferrari. Indeed, the endurance race, whose history and prestige ranks alongside the Le Mans and Daytona 24 Hours, saw the birth of the combination of Scuderia Ferrari with the Prancing Horse, which went on to become one of the most recognized brands in the world. The mother of First World War hero Francesco Baracca suggested it to Ferrari: “It will bring you luck,” she thought.
Mogyorod, 23 July – Come the end of today’s qualifying at the Hungaroring circuit, Sebastian Vettel was fifth fastest with a time of 1.20.874. The session was heavily affected by rain which started to fall before the start, giving rise to many red flags. Raikkonen paid a high price on the progressively drying track, failing to make the cut into the top ten, as he was the first driver to take the checkered flag in Q2. Kimi thus ended up fourteenth with a time of 1.25.435. Starting from pole tomorrow will be Nico Rosberg who took his Mercedes round in 1.19.965.
