Portimão (Algarve) 23 May 2010

The second round of this season’s Ferrari Challenge came to an end today at the Algarve International Circuit, with competitors in the Pirelli Trophy and Shell Cup taking to the track together in two races with different classifications.
Of the F430s lined up in the Pirelli Trophy, the first race was dominated by pole man Philipp Baron (Baron Service) who crossed the finish line ahead of Max Blancardi (Motor/Malucelli) and Bjorn Grossman (Autohaus Gohm.)

At the end of the second leg in the afternoon, once again Philipp Baron was the first to see the chequered flag, beating Robert Pergl (Scuderia Praha) and Alexey Vasiliev (Ferrari Moscow.) As for the gentleman drivers in the Shell Cup, Oliver Morley (Motor/Malucelli) took victory in both races ahead of Tibor Valint (Warm Up.) In Race 1, third place behind these two went to Stephane Clareton (Stradale Automobile) and in Race 2, it was Dirk Adamski (Autohaus Saggio) who secured the first podium finish of his career.




Classification

European Pirelli Trophy
Baron 65 pt.
Grossman 42 pt.
Pergl 41 pt.

European Shell Cup
Morley 66 pt.
Valint 38 pt.
Galassi 31 pt.

The next round of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy takes place at the historic Hockenheim circuit in Germany, over the weekend of 13 June, alongside the Italian series of the one-make championship.