Ferrari Challenge North America Season starts at Daytona
Defined as one of the the world’s most renowned raceways, Daytona International Speedway retains quite a history within Ferrari’s racing endeavors. With 21 victories at this circuit, the Prancing Horse marque welcomes its return to the 3.56-mile road course for the 24 Hours and Ferrari Challenge season opener
Ferrari drivers at the Daytona 24 Hours
The Ferrari 488 GTE made is American debut, qualifying in the second and third rows for the esteemed 24 Hours of Daytona in Florida. Although inclement weather prevailed during the practice and qualifying sessions, the GT cars were faster than prototypes under slick conditions.
Encouraging début for the Ferrari 488 GTE in Daytona
The racing journey of the 488 GTE started with a fourth place earned by the Scuderia Corsa team. The 24 Hours of Daytona was a true baptism of fire and the new Ferrari intended for GT competitions displayed great speed, finishing at the top among the first-time participants, as two other models of competing manufacturers had their début in the same race.
Ferrari Challenge North America: highlights from Daytona
The drivers truly proved their talents and strategy in the second race of the weekend at Daytona International Speedway. From brilliant sportsmanship, strong competition and true excellence in racing, the 35-minute race was a delight for all the spectators in the bright colored grandstands and infield of the newly renovated circuit facility.
The engines are being fired up for the first major round of the this year’s GT racing; off the back of last season’s successes the 458 GT is back on duty for the new season with the aim of proving its dominance Top notch drivers will be flying the Ferrari flag in the Daytona 24 Hours, which is the first of 13 rounds of the USC (United Sports Car) championship, that this year brings together the Grand-Am and ALMS series In the running for victory in the Pro-Am category is car number 57, entered by Krohn Racing Joining the well-proven duo of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson will be British driver Peter Dumbreck and Ferrari man, Andrea Bertolini
Defined as one of the the world’s most renowned raceways, Daytona International Speedway retains quite a history within Ferrari’s racing endeavors. With 21 victories at this circuit, the Prancing Horse marque welcomes its return to the 3.56-mile road course for the 24 Hours and Ferrari Challenge season opener
Ferrari drivers at the Daytona 24 Hours
The Ferrari 488 GTE made is American debut, qualifying in the second and third rows for the esteemed 24 Hours of Daytona in Florida. Although inclement weather prevailed during the practice and qualifying sessions, the GT cars were faster than prototypes under slick conditions.
Encouraging début for the Ferrari 488 GTE in Daytona
The racing journey of the 488 GTE started with a fourth place earned by the Scuderia Corsa team. The 24 Hours of Daytona was a true baptism of fire and the new Ferrari intended for GT competitions displayed great speed, finishing at the top among the first-time participants, as two other models of competing manufacturers had their début in the same race.
Ferrari Challenge North America: highlights from Daytona
The drivers truly proved their talents and strategy in the second race of the weekend at Daytona International Speedway. From brilliant sportsmanship, strong competition and true excellence in racing, the 35-minute race was a delight for all the spectators in the bright colored grandstands and infield of the newly renovated circuit facility.
The engines are being fired up for the first major round of the this year’s GT racing; off the back of last season’s successes the 458 GT is back on duty for the new season with the aim of proving its dominance Top notch drivers will be flying the Ferrari flag in the Daytona 24 Hours, which is the first of 13 rounds of the USC (United Sports Car) championship, that this year brings together the Grand-Am and ALMS series In the running for victory in the Pro-Am category is car number 57, entered by Krohn Racing Joining the well-proven duo of Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson will be British driver Peter Dumbreck and Ferrari man, Andrea Bertolini
There’s a
full pack of Reds in the GTD (Daytona) class
No less than three 458s are
entered by the reigning champions in the Grand Am championship The
winner of the Drivers’ title, Alessandro Balzan will drive car number 63
sharing it with Jeff Westphal, Lorenzo Case and Toni Vilander, while number 64
will have an all-North American crew made up of Canada’s John Farano, Ken
Wilden and David Empringham and, from the USA, Rod Randall There’s an all-Brazilian quartet in the number
65 458: Francisco Longo, Daniel Serra, Xandinho Negrao and Marcos Gomez
