Maiden victory on his first race in Blancpain GT Series for Andrea Caldarelli.

The Pescara-based driver won opening 2017 Endurance Cup in Monza driving Lamborghini Huracan GT3 managed by Grasser Racing Team. Alongside Mirko Bortolotti and Christian Engelhart, Andrea is now leading the standings thank to a key-role in the race strategy. Scarifying his run during qualifying without using the new tyres, he had the chance to push during the race, with a final gap close to half-minutes on the his opponents. Andrea’s go the car from Bortolotti in second place, and after the pit-stop was already leading by five seconds. At the last driver change, Engelhart just had to drive the car under the chequered flag for the victory. For Andrea this is the 4th win on inaugural round, after Misano 2010 in Formula 3, and a double Super GT victory in Okayama (2014 and 2015).

Andrea Caldarelli
“Obviously this is an incredible result. Thanks to Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Grasser Racing Team for the support. The guys made an excellent job in the pit-stop as my teammates did on track. It was my maiden Blancpain GT Series race and I knew the level was really high, but I wasn’t expecting like this. I didn’t run in qualifying so I couldn’t push 100% during the race, by from the wall were saying my gap was improving, so I just took my pace.   It has been a such amazing result and I’m really happy for this, the best way to begin this adventure”.