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On the same card at the Autodromo Nazionale
Monza as the opening round of this season’s
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, featuring
the new 458 Challenge car, there was another
significant track debut, that of the Ferrari
458 Italia GT3 (above). |
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On the same card at the
Autodromo Nazionale
Monza as the
opening round of this season’s Ferrari Challenge Trofeo
Pirelli, featuring the new 458 Challenge car, there was
another significant track debut, that of the Ferrari 458
Italia GT3.
The car is prepared by Ferrari in collaboration as usual
with Michelotto Automobili and was on track for the
first round of the GT Sprint International Series, the
new "Superstars championship" support series, which runs
to a two race format, each being of 25 minutes duration.
GT2, GT3 and GT Cup machines are all elligible.
Over the weekend, Fabio Mancini and Niki Cadei took
turns at the wheel of the new Ferrari which was running
in the colours of the AF Corse team and which confirmed
in today’s race, the very high potential the car had to
offer.
It came second overall in Race 1 and third in the GTS3
with Niki Cadei’s excellent driving delivering the race
fastest lap in 1.49.910 on lap 9. The outright win went
to the F430 GTC of Massimiliano Mugelli (Vittoria
Competizioni) with third place going to another F430 GTC
driven by AF Corse’s Giuseppe Ciro.
In the second race, the AF Corse Ferrari 458 GT3 took
another good result finishing third overall in the hands
of Fabio Mancini, behind the Vittoria Competizioni F430
GTC driven by Andrea Palma and the Ferrari of Michael
Dalle Stelle (Racing Team Edil Cris) first and second
overall respectively. Mancini, the leader in class GTS3
took a well deserved third place ahead of the Roberto
Del Castello Corvette Z06 R.
The next round of the Superstars supporting GT Sprint
International Series takes place at Valencia’s Ricardo
Tormo circuit at Cheste, over the weekend of 8 May,
which also hosts the second round of the European
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli.
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