The winner in the Trofeo Pirelli was Bence Valint (Ferrari Budapest – Rossocorsa) with Hendrik Viol (Scuderia Praha Racing) first in the Am class. Victories for Henry Hassid (Kessel Racing) in the Coppa Shell and for Zois Skrimpias (Ineco – Reparto Corse RAM ) in the Coppa Shell Am.
Andreas Bøgh-Sorensen (Formula Racing) won the 488 class race. Present in the paddock was Oliver Bearman, Reserve of the Scuderia Ferrari HP, while Andrea Bertolini, Ferrari Test Driver, acted as race consultant.
Racing action
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Pirelli Trophy
A close race until the exciting last lap for the top four in the standings. The winner is Bence Valint, with his second success in the Ferrari Challenge after last year’s at Misano.
Accompanying the young Hungarian on the podium, who also set the fastest lap in 1’50”139, are the former Formula 1 driver, Timo Glock (Autohaus Ulrich), second, and Philipp Baron (Gohm Motorsport – Baron Racing Team), third, poleman of the day with a time of 1’47”202, more than two seconds faster than the best performance ever achieved by a 488 Challenge Evo.
Luca Ludwig (MERTEL Motorsport) finished fourth, taking the checkered flag first but penalized for repeatedly exceeding the track limits, as did Glock and Baron.
No less exciting is the competition in the Trofeo Pirelli Am, where the victory goes to poleman Hendrik Viol, making his first success in the Ferrari Challenge, ahead of Marco Zanasi (CDP – Pinetti Motorsport) and Claus Zibrandtsen (Formula Racing), winner of Race 1 and author fastest lap of the class in 1’50”841.
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Shell Cup
Henry Hassid, returning to the Ferrari Challenge after a few years, started from first position thanks to the best qualifying time of 1’49”037 and led the race until the checkered flag. Behind him, after a close challenge, James Weiland (Rossocorsa) and Manuela Gostner (Ineco – Reparto Corse RAM) finish in order, leaving Alexander Nussbaumer (Gohm Motorsport – Haupt Racing Team), author of the fastest lap, off the podium in 1’51”751.
In the Coppa Shell Am, Zois Skrimpias wins with the fastest lap in the class in 1’51”065, ahead of Andrea Levy (Rossocorsa) who started from pole and Henrik Kamstrup (Formula Racing). Paolo Scudieri’s (Sa.Mo.Car.) comeback stops at the foot of the podium, having started from twelfth place on the grid.
488
In the challenge between the drivers at the wheel of the Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo, Andreas Bøgh-Sorensen (Formula Racing) crossed the finish line first, ahead of Fabrizio Fontana (Formula Racing), winner yesterday, and Christian Kinch (Gohm Motorsport – Herter Racing) , second podium in two days.
Winning challenge in GT
While the first round of the 2024 Ferrari Challenge was taking place at Mugello, Eliseo Donno and Thomas Fleming, protagonists of the 2023 season of the single-make brand of the Maranello company with the victories of the Trofeo Pirelli title and champion of the Finali Mondiali respectively, achieved a first and a third place in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe.
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