A historic milestone, that of the Prancing Horse single-make championship, which tells a story that began in autumn 1992 on the Mugello track when the Ferrari Challenge is officially presented together with the car that will be the protagonist of the series, the 348 Challenge, in the TB and TS versions. The godfather of exception is Jean Alesi, at the time a Scuderia Ferrari F1 driver. The 348 Challenges are distinguished by a reference to tradition, the one that made it possible to transform a road Ferrari into a racing one by adopting a simple kit.
The first series to start is the Italian one which debuts on March 28 on the Monza track. To prevail in the world premiere of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is Paolo Rossi, while in Race 2 Roberto Ragazzi wins who, at the end of that season, will become the first champion of the Ferrari Challenge. After the European series in 1993 and the North American one in 1994, in 1995 the Japanese one begins, which since 2012 expands its borders to become Asia Pacific. Finally, in 2019 the English national series, reserved for British pilots, kicks off. Since then, the most spectacular and famous circuits in the world have hosted nearly 900 races more than 1000 pilots who alternated at the wheel of the various models that made the fortune of the single-make, such as the F355 Challenge (1995), the 360 Challenge (2000), the F430 Challenge (2006), the 458 Challenge (2010) followed by its Evo version (2014), up to the 488 Challenge (2016) and the current 488 Challenge Evo, presented at the 2019 World Finals at Mugello.
Today the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is a reality that is developed on three continental series (Europe, North America, Asia Pacific) and a national team (United Kingdom), allowing the participating drivers to compete in four categories – Trofeo Pirelli and Trofeo Pirelli Am, Coppa Shell and Coppa Shell Am – in which they are divided according to performance and skills behind the wheel to always guarantee maximum balance, entertainment and fun on the track. All this without forgetting the aspect linked to the environment and sustainability that have allowed the Ferrari Challenge Europe to be the first European single-brand store certified according to the ISO 20121 sustainable management system for events.
The championship, sanctioned by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), has in the sponsor Pirelli the partner of excellence who, in the course of these thirty years, has exclusively equipped the participating cars by developing specific racing tires.
The Ferrari Challenge races are usually offered in the most important countries by international broadcasters, including the network Sky, partner of the series. The first stage of the Ferrari Challenge North America will take place this weekend at COTAthat of the Ferrari Challenge Europe in Portimao from 1 to 3 April, that of the Ferrari Challenge UK at Oulton Park on the weekend of 6 and 7 May, while the Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific will take to the track from 20 to 22 May at Fuji.
To celebrate this anniversarya special logo was created that will be applied to the cars and communication materials.
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