From June 22 to 24 the Italian squad will enter the third round of the International GT Open with race drivers Andrea Montermini and Juan Manuel Lopez behind the wheel of the Ferrari 458 on the challenging Belgian track and the races will be broadcasted by RaiSport 2 in Italy on both Saturday and Sunday
Treviso (Italy), June 21, 2012. After a positive test session at the Hungaroring last week, the aabar Abu Dhabi Villorba racing with Ferrari Team gets back on track in the 2012 International GT Open at Spa during June 22nd to the 24th. The Italian squad led by Raimondo Amadio will enter the third round of the series organized by the GT Sport of Jesus Pareja with its race drivers Andrea Montermini and Juan Manuel Lopez. Behind the wheel of their powerful Ferrari 458 of the Super GT class the fast Italian driver and the young Argentine desired to confirm the improvements shown a month ago at the Nurburgring where they scored the first win of the season in race-2 and the latest refinements developed for the supercar from Maranello after the intensive work the whole team had put in Budapest.
Given the high level of each competitor and the challenging Belgian track where the weather conditions could play a key role it will not be an easy job however aabar Abu Dhabi Villorba what the team has to do to be ahead in the front rows of the grid to close the gap with the leaders in the standings. Furthermore, a key development from the TV coverage of the International GT Open has occurred, as RaiSport, the sports platform of Italy’s national broadcaster RAI, will cover all the live rounds of the series as of the next race in Spa-Francorchamps.
“This event is crucial for our championship - says Montermini -. We already won at Spa in the past and knowing the track is certainly positive but we expect a tough weekend where making mistakes is still forbidden for us. Anyway, we are confident because we arrive in Belgium after an intensive work and everything is getting better. We hope to be among the top-teams. I think we will see some good battles and two hard fought races on a circuit that still allows drivers to make a difference.”
The Belgian weekend will start on Friday with two free practice sessions. Qualifying is scheduled on Saturday at 9:55 and 11:40. Race-1 (70 minutes) will take place at 14:55 (the broadcast will be slightly deferred at 19:00 by RaiSport 2, channel 58 on terrestrial digital and 228 on Sky satellite platform). Live on Sunday June the 24th, race-2 (50 minutes) will be at 12:55 then repeated at 19:50 on RaiSport 2 again.
