There
was success for the AF Corse team who were tackling the
Spa 24 Hours last weekend, the fourth round of the
Blancpain Endurance Series. After an important win at Le
Mans in the LMGTE PRO category for the team run by Amato
Ferrari, it added another trophy to its already ample
collection with victory in the PRO-AM class of the
classic endurance race in the Ardennes.
The Ferrari 458 GT3 in
the hands of Andrea Bertolini, Niek Hommerson, Louis
Machiels and Alessandro Pierguidi got the upper hand
over the Porsche of Haribo Racing Team (second in class
and seventh overall) and the McLaren of Von Ryan Racing
(ninth overall and fourth in the category) at the end of
an action packed race, affected by changing weather and
no less than 16 appearances from the safety car.
Third step of the
podium went to the Ferrari entered by Sofrev ASP for
Olivier Panis, Eric Debard, Morgan Moulin Traffort and
Olivier Barthez, the latter being the former French
national team's goalkeeper.
The Italian team had aspirations to take the top two
places in PRO-AM but an off track excursion put an end
to that for the 458 driven by Gaetano Ardagna, Daniel
Brown, Giuseppe Cirò and Toni Vilander, who had to
retire in the twenty third hour.
The next round of the Blancpain Endurance Series takes
place at the Nürburgring on 22 September.
