24 Hours of Spa – Two Ferraris on the podium
Maranello (Modena), 27 July 2009
Two F430 GT2 concluded the 24 Hours of Spa, one of the oldest and most fascinating endurance races in the history of motorsport, held this year for the 62th time and valid for the fourth round of the FIA GT championship. On the other side of the Atlantic the same cars, in the Challenge version, went on the track in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli North American racing series.
The prestigious race held at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium was won by the AF Corse team, with Gianmaria Bruni, Toni Vilander, Jaime Melo and Luis Perez Companc. The drivers concluded the race with 540 laps, which is 3,782.16 kilometres, ahead of the Porsche 911with Martin Ragginger, Luigi Lucchini, Marco Holzer and Bryce Miller. Third place went to the Ferrari from CRS Racing, driven by Andrew Kirkaldy, Robert Bell, Peter Kox and Antonio Garcia.
Thanks to this result Ferrari maintains the leadership in its class in the Constructors' standings and AF Corse consolidates its first position in the Teams' standings, while Bruni- Vilander are now leading in the Drivers’ standings.
The next FIA GT will be held on 30 August at the Hungaroring, in Budapest.
At the Mont Tremblant circuit in Canada the F430, starting in the North American Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, and the historical jewels from the Shell Historic Challenge met for the fifth appointment of the Ferrari Racing Days. At the end the win went to Scott Tucker: in the first race the Boardwalk Ferrari driver was faster than Mark McKenzie (Ferrari of Houston) and Zak Brown (Ferrari of Silicon Valley), while he crossed the line ahead of the two Ferrari of Silicon Valley driver, Zak Brown and Henri Richard in the second race.
The first race in the Historic Challenge for cars with disk brakes was dominated by Lawrence Stroll with a 512 M Sunoco, keeping Nick Longhi (512 BB/LM) and Stephen Dudley (308 GTB/M) under control, while Jim Fuchs, behind the wheel of a 512 BB/LM, ended the race Ahead Stephen Dudley (308 GTB/M) and Jon Shirley (250 GTO).
Meanwhile both races for cars with drum brakes were won by Peter Giddings with Maserati 250 F, followed by Jon Shirley (Maserati 300S) and Greg Whitten (Alfa Tipo B).
The American Ferrari Racing Days will get back on the track on 20 September at the New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Two F430 GT2 concluded the 24 Hours of Spa, one of the oldest and most fascinating endurance races in the history of motorsport, held this year for the 62th time and valid for the fourth round of the FIA GT championship. On the other side of the Atlantic the same cars, in the Challenge version, went on the track in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli North American racing series.
The prestigious race held at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium was won by the AF Corse team, with Gianmaria Bruni, Toni Vilander, Jaime Melo and Luis Perez Companc. The drivers concluded the race with 540 laps, which is 3,782.16 kilometres, ahead of the Porsche 911with Martin Ragginger, Luigi Lucchini, Marco Holzer and Bryce Miller. Third place went to the Ferrari from CRS Racing, driven by Andrew Kirkaldy, Robert Bell, Peter Kox and Antonio Garcia.
Thanks to this result Ferrari maintains the leadership in its class in the Constructors' standings and AF Corse consolidates its first position in the Teams' standings, while Bruni- Vilander are now leading in the Drivers’ standings.
The next FIA GT will be held on 30 August at the Hungaroring, in Budapest.
At the Mont Tremblant circuit in Canada the F430, starting in the North American Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, and the historical jewels from the Shell Historic Challenge met for the fifth appointment of the Ferrari Racing Days. At the end the win went to Scott Tucker: in the first race the Boardwalk Ferrari driver was faster than Mark McKenzie (Ferrari of Houston) and Zak Brown (Ferrari of Silicon Valley), while he crossed the line ahead of the two Ferrari of Silicon Valley driver, Zak Brown and Henri Richard in the second race.
The first race in the Historic Challenge for cars with disk brakes was dominated by Lawrence Stroll with a 512 M Sunoco, keeping Nick Longhi (512 BB/LM) and Stephen Dudley (308 GTB/M) under control, while Jim Fuchs, behind the wheel of a 512 BB/LM, ended the race Ahead Stephen Dudley (308 GTB/M) and Jon Shirley (250 GTO).
Meanwhile both races for cars with drum brakes were won by Peter Giddings with Maserati 250 F, followed by Jon Shirley (Maserati 300S) and Greg Whitten (Alfa Tipo B).
The American Ferrari Racing Days will get back on the track on 20 September at the New Jersey Motorsports Park.
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