The sixth round of the International GT Open is to be held at the Hungaroring over the weekend of September 9th: Andrea Montermini and Juan Manuel Lopez get back on track to open at their best the final battles for the title with the powerful Ferrari 458. The races will be broadcasted live by RaiSport 2 and Primocanale in Italy on Saturday and Sunday
Treviso (Italy), September 6th, 2012. After a long summer break, the aabar Abu Dhabi Villorba racing with Ferrari Team will get back on track for the sixth round of the International GT Open in Budapest. From September 7th to the 9th the Italian squad led by Raimondo Amadio will line up their race drivers of the powerful Ferrari 458 of the Super GT class Andrea Montermini and Juan Manuel Lopez. The former F.1 driver from Modena and the fast Argentine are involved in a tough race for the title. Also in June at the Hungaroring they both carried on an intense testing session of simulating race conditions in order to develop the best possible scenario with the powerful supercar from Maranello on a totally new venue for the series organized by GT Sport of Jesus Pareja.
Thanks to the wins and podiums scored at the Nurburgring, Spa, Brands Hatch and Le Castellet, aabar Abu Dhabi Villorba in the Hungarian weekend represents the start of the final rush of the championship. There will be a round where it will be essential to confirm that the whole package is among the top competitors. In Budapest Friday, September 7th there will be two free practice sessions. Qualifying is scheduled to be on Saturday 8th at 9:15 and 11:50. Race-1 will take place at 14:55. On Sunday, September 9th race-2 will start at 12:55. Both races will be broadcasted live by RaiSport 2 and Primocanale in Italy.
The long summer break - says Raimondo Amadio, Team Principal - was useful to develop some details and to recharge the teams energy ahead of the final sprint in Budapest, Monza and Barcelona, where we are all called to give our 110%. All these three rounds will be very difficult: the level of competition grows with every race. As usual, we will give fight until the end. At the Hungaroring we already had a two-day testing session so we hope that the data collected in June can help us in a weekend where we will aim to score as many points as possible.
The most important stage of the season is about to start - says Montermini -, every move should be very well thought. The team is ready for this crucial part of the season and that is why we will aim very high at the Hungaroring.