Le Castellet (Var), 5th July 2009 – This was the final day of the Ferrari Racing Days event at the French Paul Ricard HTTT circuit of Le Castellet, featuring the fourth rounds of the Italian and European Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, with cars entered in the exclusive FXX Programme also completing some free practice sessions.

In the main class of the second race in the Italian Trofeo Pirelli, Giorgio Sernagiotto (Motor/Piacenza) redeemed Race 1 defeat, crossing the line ahead of Marco Mapelli (Rossocorsa) and his team-mate Lorenzo Case. Among the gentlemen drivers in the Coppa Shell, Stefano Gai (Rossocorsa) pulled off a fantastic double, taking his fifth consecutive win ahead of Eugenio Amos (Ineco/Ram) and Massimo Mantovani (Motor/Malucelli.)

As for the European Trofeo Pirelli, French driver Nicolas Misslin (Stradale Automobile) confirmed his dominance, getting the better of Czech Republic driver Robert Pergl (Scuderia Praha) and Max Blancardi (Motor/Malucelli). The finishing order past the chequered flag in the Coppa Shell saw Yannick Mallegol (Motor/Piacenza) first, followed by Tibor Valint (Warm Up) and Stephane Clareton (Stradale Automobile.)

Results

Italian Trofeo Pirelli
Sernagiotto 145
Mapelli 123
Belluzzi 113

Italian Coppa Shell
Gai 155
Rocca 106
Prinoth/Sauto 91

European Trofeo Pirelli
Misslin 130
Blancardi 127
Baron/Pergl 119

European Coppa Shell
Bachelier/Mallegol 140
Valint 139
Frodig 109

The next round of the Italian and European series of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy takes place over the weekend of 6 September at Brno. It will provide another opportunity to admire in action the single-seaters prepared by the F1 Clienti department of Maranello and the historic cars entered in the third round of the Shell Historic Challenge. The FXX programme will be back on track in Spain, at Valencia, over the weekend of 27 September.

Tags: Ferrari Challenge 2009