A memorable year for the Prancing Horse, both for its participation in the races of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli and for the successes collected in the GT races, embellished by the Drivers and Constructors’ World Titles of the FIA World Endurance Championship just won in Bahrain.
Ferrari Challenge
Over 75 Prancing Horse cars will take to the track on the Tuscan track to compete in the final rounds of the Europe and North America series of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, as well as the first round of the Asia Pacific series.
There are still several titles up for grabs, starting with that of the Pirelli Trophy of the continental series, which sees Michelle Gatting (Iron Lynx) and Niccolò Schirò (Rossocorsa) in contention
In the Challenge Europe, the last two races will also determine the champions of the Pirelli Am Trophy and the Shell Cup, while Willem Van der Vorm (Scuderia Montecarlo) has already achieved his goal among the Ams at Spa-Francorchamps.
In the US series, Cooper MacNeil (Ferrari of Westlake), Jason McCarthy (Wide World Ferrari), Dave Musial Jr. (Ferrari of Lake Forest) and Lisa Clark (Ferrari of Beverly Hills) won the Ferrari Challenge North championship titles America in the Trofeo Pirelli, Trofeo Pirelli Am1, Coppa Shell and in the Ladies Cup before the Italian away match. The titles in the Trofeo Pirelli Am2 and in the Coppa Shell Am are still vacant
The Asia Pacific series restarts after a year of absence due to the pandemic which, at Mugello, will stage its first of the three appointments of the 2021 calendar.
World Finals
Along the 5,245 meters of the Florentine ups and downs, the world champion titles of the Pirelli Trophy and the Shell Cup will also be awarded, in a competition in which the protagonists of the three championships will battle against each other. Appointment, as per tradition, on Sunday.
Non-competitive activities
In addition to the 488 Challenge Ages of the single-make series, 8 F1 Clienti single-seaters and over 40 cars from the XX Program will also be on show at Mugello. Obviously there will also be the cars of the Club Competizioni GT, with over 24 units on the track, including nine Modified 488 GTs.
Ferrari show
The event will experience its highlight on Sunday with the traditional exhibition of the Scuderia Ferrari single-seaters and the 488s, in the 2020 GTE and GT3 Evo versions, driven by the official Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers, veterans of important successes in the most prestigious championships in covered wheels for a show that will combine Ferrari passion in all its forms.
In the paddock area, on the other hand, it will be possible to admire during the entire duration of the event about forty examples of Ferrari’s history in the Formula 1 world championship and in GT competitions, including the champion cars in the FIA WEC, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup powered by AWS and DTM.
Public
Due to the restrictions due to the spread of Covid-19, the event will take place behind closed doors but to underline the proximity of the Prancing Horse to its fans, the Scuderia Ferrari Clubs will be present in the stands, as well as the employees of the Maranello company.
Coverage
Those who cannot attend the event will be able to follow the most important phases of the event for free, in live streaming with English commentary from the Ferrari YouTube channel. All news, videos, images and live timing will be available on the website dedicated to the Finali Mondiali – finalimondiali.ferrari.com – and on Motorsport.com.
In Italy, all the races will be broadcast live on the Sky Sport Action channel, including the two races on Sunday that will award the world title.
Program
After the first days dedicated to testing and free practice, from Friday the drivers will compete for victory in the Shell Cup races (at 12:45 pm) and in the Pirelli Trophy (at 14:40 pm), repeating on Saturday with same times. On Sunday, at 10:15 am the World Final of the Shell Cup, followed at 11:30 by that of the Pirelli Trophy. The show will instead start at 12:30.
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