Following the first three races in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), a fact is proved: Ferrari, AF Corse and their drivers are always among the reference points for the top positions. From this premise the World Championship resumes Saturday, September 20 in Austin (USA) with the “6 Hours of Circuit of Americas”.
GTE PRO CATEGORY – In the AF Corse Ferrari #51 will race the leaders of the GTE Pro Drivers standing, Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander. The tight-knight duo is winner of the last edition of the “24 Hour of Le Mans”, in the GTE Pro category (together with Giancarlo Fisichella) and now has 90 points in the standing (27 ahead Makowiecki and Holzer). The other car lined up by the Italian team in the GTE Pro is the #71 with Davide Rigon and James Calado.
GTE AM CATEGORY - After the podium in the “24 Hour of Le Mans” 2014, Luis Perez Companc, Marco Cioci and Mirko Venturi will try to gain new points to further improve their position in the GTE Am Drivers’ standings (currently third with 64 points); they will be at the wheel of the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia #61 and have the potential to aim at the title.
Steve Wyatt, Andrea Bertolini and Michele Rugolo, other real protagonists of the 2014 FIA WEC, will run in the AF Corse Ferrari #81.
To stay on the topic, in the hard-fought GTE Am category, to highlight the partecipation of the 8 Star Motorsport 458 Italia #90 driven By Gianluca Roda, Paolo Ruberti and Jeff Segal. AF Corse will technically manage the 458 #90.
On the eve of Austin, Ferrari is first in the GT Manufactures standing with 153 points (Porsche is second with 141). AF Corse is leading the GTE Pro Team standing with 90 points (+21) and is second in the GTE Am with 64 points (Aston Martin Racing is first with 93).
