Montermini, Schirò third in opening round at the Nurburgring after thrilling fights and overtaking behind the wheel of the Ferrari 458

In the opening round of the 2014 International GT Open Andrea Montermini and Niccolò Schirò confirmed their Ferrari 458 among the major contenders of the series thanks to a very good comeback, which in the 60-minute race allowed the Villorba crew to cross the finish line in third position and the Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio to celebrate the first podium of the season.

After fourth place in Saturday's race-1, ane trouble with tyres during the final laps, on Sunday Schirò started race-2 from the third row, thus ssuring lots of action and thrilling fights in the first half of the race .

The 20-years-old  from Milan then handed the wheel to his team mate Montermini. The reigning champion from Modena was back on track in seventh position but he was able to recover and to grab the podium after some great overtaking.

“We made a very positive comeback in the second half of race-2 - says Amadio, Team Principal - and our GT was certainly more competitive than yesterday. Race-2 podium closes a difficult weekend in a very good way. We clinched valuable points, the season is still long and this result represents a good basis to work hard and to be confident about the upcoming events.”

GT Open calendar: 3-4 may Nurburgring (GER); 7-8 june Portimao (POR); 21-22 june Jerez (SPA); 5-6 july Hungaroring (HUN); 19-20 july Silverstone (GBR); 6-7 sept. Spa (BEL); 27-28 sept. Monza (ITA); 18-19 oct. Barcelona (SPA).