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First race, First place!

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Fantastic weekend at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, we got our first victory in the first place of the Fia Wec Championship. A fantastic victory together with Sam Bird and AF Corse team in the Ferrari 488 GTE, first victory ever for this car. We did good since the start, my first stint was perfect…

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Pole Position @ Silverstone!

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Got the pole in the first qualifying of the Championship, this is great! During the free practice was snowing and nobody was on track. At the start of the qualifying the rain finally stopped but it was super cold and the track was like a pool. We got on track pretty fast to not loose…

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FIA WEC Prologue

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I had a pretty intense test session here at Paul Richard. Everything was perfect, even if we know all the competitors are careful to stay in the shadow in this occasion, before the big start at Silverstone. Anyway I had the chance to try our 488, which is important for the Championship. I have pretty good…

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A tough one..

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The Sebring race was a tough one.. where anything that could happen did! Briefly suspended for strong rains as well as for dengerous lightning. There was a great deal of water on the track at times: with extreme water on the track it wasn’t easy to drive, however, we were very fast in the wet..…

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Qualifying day at Sebring

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Got the P8. The qualifying day was pretty good, we worked a lot on race set-up. Here in Sebring is very hot, 30/35°c in the morning, that is positive for our soft tires which are going pretty well when the track is warm. I didn’t drive a lot during this qualifying day, we had too…

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Testing weekend at Sebring for the 12 Hours

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Pretty good test here in Sebring for me. Tony and me were working together on our 488 to get a good balcance between the car and the track. We are very happy about our choices, we are at the end of this test convinced  about  our set-up. During the race will be much warm than…

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Daytona 24 hours: A tough race!

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It was a very tough race, until 7:00 am we were there in the first positions, I was going up to P3 and P2 at some point. We had some damage since Beretta’s crashed with the Corvette which it gave us a drive-through penalty. A Ford had a contact with Fisichella so we lost time…

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Daytona 24 hours: Wet condition qualifications

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During the free practice sessions on friday, in wet conditions, Vilander and Fisichella were driving most of the time, considering the 24 Hours is part of their Championship. Today during the qualifying the track was finally dry (for the first time since we started to run here) and with only 3 laps it was not…

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Daytona 24 Hours: The beginning

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Here we go guys! My season 2016 is starting overseas, in Florida, at the Daytona International Speedway circuit. It will be the first race for our new car Ferrari 488 and I’m looking forward to be on track to show our potential. Ferrari and Michelotto Automobili did a good job with this car, so it’s…

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Looking for a great 2016

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I have good feelings looking for a great 2016. This year I’ll be racing in the FIA WEC Championship with a new Ferrari 488 and a new team mate, Sam Bird. I’m ready to start again doing the best I can as always with my team AF Corse. Meanwhile I’m working for next race, the…

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