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Nürburg, 23 July 2016 – Qualifying for the 6 Hours of Nürburgring, Round 4 of the World Endurance Championship (WEC), starting tomorrow at 1 p.m., were chaotic and extremely difficult. The wet track and intermittent rain greatly complicated the task of drivers and teams. In GTE-Pro class, by the end of the 20-minute session, the Ferrari 488 GTE number 51 of AF Corse team secured fourth place with James Calado and Gianmaria “Gimmi” Bruni at the wheel, while its sister car, the number 71 of Davide Rigon and Sam Bird, paid for a far-from-ideal choice of tires and was relegated to seventh place. In GTE-Am class fourth place for the no. 83 AF Corse 458 Italia GTE driven by Emmanuel Collard and François Perrodo who will be joined by Rui Aguas for the race.
Mogyorod, 23 July – Antonio Fuoco came home second in the first GP3 race of the weekend at the Hungaroring, which is hosting the fourth round of the season. The Ferrari Driver Academy student held the runner-up spot from the start to the checkered flag, putting in a faultless performance in a race where there was not much overtaking. Charles Leclerc finished sixth, while Giuliano Alesi was 19th.
Lakeville, 22 July 2016 – After facing the high speed, sweeping Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the Ferrari 488s competing in IMSA’s SportsCar Championship will face the tight confines of Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut this weekend.
Silverstone, 22 July 2016 – The International GT Open 2016 heads to the United Kingdom for its last round before the summer break: it will be the legendary Silverstone Circuit, which has become one of the most popular fixtures of the calendar, to host the fourth round of the season, and if current forecasts are right, good weather will again be part of the warm welcome that the GT Sport series always receive at the Northamptonshire track!
Gotemba, 17 July 2016 Round four of the 2016 GT Asia Series at Fuji Speedway proved to be a fantastic event, with two races full of thrills and drama. Ferrari customers team once again shined winning three out of four races during the weekend. The seventh race of the season was very much a matter of deja-vu with Singha Motorsport’s Piti Bhirom Bhakdi and Carlo Van Dam claiming their second ever win in the region’s leading GT championship exactly 12-months after they claimed their maiden win at the same venue, and in similar wet conditions.
Scarperia, 17 July 2016 Two wins and seven podium finishes: this is what Ferrari bring home from the Mugello round of the Italian GT Championship. Both wins came on Saturday, the first of two racing days.
Nurburg, 17 July 2016 The Ferrari of the NGK Spark Plug Racing Team by Racing One captured the 56th ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen, Round 5 of the 2016 VLN Endurance championship, held entirely on the legendary Nordschleife track, the old course of the Nurburgring, which is over 20 km long.
Spielberg, 17 July 2016 The SMP Racing Ferrari 488 of Aleksey Basov and Viktor Shaytar took a lights to flag victory at Spielberg and score their second victory in the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. The Russians finished ahead of the no. 88 Mentos Racing Porsche of Egidio Perfetti and Klaus Bachler, who had to fend off the challenge from the no. 34 TF Sport Aston Martin of Salih Yoluc and Euan Hankey for the entire race.
Maranello, 15 July 2016 – The Ferrari Challenge is clearly an excellent training series for aspiring GT drivers. Over the nearly 25 years of its history, countless drivers have moved into the most important Gran Turismo series after having performed well in the world’s most famous one-make championship. Right now, however, we can see a further evolution.
Spielberg, 14 July 2016 – After Imola and Le Mans, the third round of the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup will take place at the famous Spielberg circuit, in Austria, with no less than six manufacturers (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, Aston Martin, McLaren and Porsche), nine teams representing six nationalities, 2 hours of action and drama waiting for the GT3 entries in the foothills of the Styrian Alps
