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12 April 2013

Ferrari Racing Days at San Paolo in Brazil 
458 GT protagonist at Silverstone and Monza

Maranello, 12th April

It will be a very intense weekend for the Corse Clienti Racing Division which is taking a forefront role in the Ferrari Racing Days at Sao Paolo in Brazil. All of the Prancing Horse’s sports cars will be strutting their stuff at the Interlagos Circuit which hosts the final round of the Formula 1 World Championships on November 24th next. The cars will span the spectrum from the 458 used in the Ferrari Challenge North America to the 599 XXs and FXXs, four world championship-winning single-seaters (F2001, F2003-GA, F2007 and F2008) driven by collectors and cared for by F1 Clienti, and the exhibition F10 which will be driven by French driver Olivier Beretta.

There will also be a busy GT racing schedule with the various versions of the 458 taking the starring role. The first weekend of the Endurance World Championship gets underway at Silverstone in England, featuring the 458 GTs of AF Corse which will be defending the world titles won last year. The Piacenza team’s two cars fielded in the LMGTE Pro category are in the hands of Italians Gimmi Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella – and a highly expert Finnish driver, Toni Vilander, who for the first time will be flanked by Kamui Kobayashi, the first Japanese driver to race in Prancing Horse colours in a world championship race. Three cars, one of which also belongs to AF Corse, will be lining out in the LMGTE Am category.

Silverstone also plays host tomorrow to the first round of the European Le Mans Series, which will see several 458s, fielded by AF Corse and other teams, line out in the GTE class. The Amato Ferrari team also has two cars in the GTE: the first driven by French-American trio Mallegol-Bachelier-Blank, the second by Italians Cioci, Leo and Perazzini. English teams will be lining out three cars: JMW has Italian-Swiss duo Bertolini-Camathias, Ram Racing has Anglo-Irish pair Griffin-Mowlem and Americans Jeannette-Montecalvo. AF Corse has one car driven by Italians Rizzoli-Gai-Casé, also in the GTC category.

The GT3 version of the 458 is also performing on another historic circuit, Monza. A host of teams will be entering the Prancing Horse car, including AF Corse and Kessel Racing. The Swiss team will have one of the many drivers available to Ferrari, Italian Davide Rigon, on its side.

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