To defend their current championship lead is the target for Ferrari, AF Corse, Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander this weekend.
On the eve of the 6 Hours of Shanghai - sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), scheduled for Sunday, November 2 - Ferrari is leading the GTE Constructors’ championship with 200 points (Porsche in second place at 171). AF Corse is first among the GTE Pro Team with 131 points (Aston Martin Racing is second with 95), and Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander, in the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia are leading the GTE Pro Drivers’ championship with 131 points (50 ahead of Makowiecki).
Still with the GTE Pro category, the No.71 Ferrari 458 Italia driven by Davide Rigon and James Calado wants to follow on with the positive performance which resulted in second place at Fuji (fifth round of the WEC).
In the GTE Am category, the 8Star Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia No.90 (managed by AF Corse) has a trio with the real talent to aim for the highest step of the podium: Gianluca Roda, Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Cressoni. Cressoni makes his debut in the WEC with an AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia.
The AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italias number 61 and 81 (both in GTE Am category) are out of the usual line up.
The No.61, after the trio in the first part of the season composed of Luis Perez Companc, Marco Cioci and Mirko Venturi – with the great podium in the Le Mans 24 Hours – and the debut in Fuji for Curtis-Bleekemolen-Skeen, in the Chinese round, will not race with any squad. The problem of the visa in China complicates the “last minute deal”.
Regarding car number 81, this weekend Steve Wyatt will race in another championship in Malaysia, where he fights for the title. He will come back to the FIA WEC for the last two rounds of the season with his teammates Michele Rugolo and Andrea Bertolini.
From AF Corse
