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British GT- Podium at Spa-Francorchamps

Posted on 12 December 2020.

FF Corse continue to make an impact in the British GT Championship, with Gary Eastwood & Adam Carroll taking another podium finish in race 2 at the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

The result came after an excellent first stint by Adam and a good pit stop saw the team climb to 6th. The second half of the race was equally dramatic and came down to a final lap sprint. The grandstand finish saw Gary take overtake two cars at the final corner and snatch the final podium position.

The next round of the British GT takes place at Brands Hatch GP circuit on August 31st . FF Corse Members and guests wishing to attend would be very welcome.

Debut for FF Corse 458 Ferrari GT3 at Snetterton Britcar Endurance Championship

Posted on 12 December 2020.

The driver pairing of Darren Nelson & Nigel Greensall are making their GT3 race debut this weekend in the FF Corse Ferrari 458 GT3 (pictured). The driver pairing are joining the team for their first taste of the car, having previously raced a Ferrari 458 Challenge in the Britcar Championship.

Regular drivers David Mason and Calum Lockie will also be in action this weekend at Snetterton in Britcar. The driver pairing are currently leading the Championship by 15 points and will be behind the wheel of their Ferrari 458 Challenge GTC.

The FF Corse Ferrari GT3 will again be in action the following weekend in the GT Cup Championship at Silverstone, this time in the hands of Ron Johnson & Piers Johnson. The pair, having previously competed in British GT in a Corvette and a BMW Z4, are looking to use the GT Cup round as an introduction to the Ferrari before tackling the final round of the British GT Championship at Donington in September.

The driver pairing will be racing alongside FF Corse regular pairing of John Seale & Jamie Stanley in their Ferrari 458 Challenge GTC.

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For further information on track-day, corporate and race programmes, please contact FF Corse on 01327 857601 or email [email protected] Follow us via Twitter @ffcorse and on our FF Corse Facebook page.

FF Corse Strong at GT Cup and Britcar

Posted on 12 December 2020.

GT Cup – Silverstone

GT Cup regulars John Seale & Jamie Stanley achieved a hat-trick of podium visits in the Silverstone GP round this weekend. This included a GTC victory in the Saturday pit-stop race and two second places in the Sunday sprint races.

The regular pairing were joined by Ron Johnson & Piers Johnson, making their FF Corse debut in the Ferrari 458 GT3. The experienced driver combination using the race meeting as valuable testing mileage for their planned outing in the car at the Donington British GT Championship finale next month. The pair notched up an impressive second place finish overall in the pit-stop race and Ron finished 4th & 5th in the sprint races on Sunday.

The next round of GT Cup is at Donington Park on September 20th & 21st.

Britcar Endurance Championship – Snetterton

The weekend before saw the David Mason/Calum Lockie Ferrari 458 Challenge GTC extending the lead in the Britcar Endurance Championship, after a fine solo drive by Calum Lockie. David was unfortunately forced to miss the event and Calum instead chose to drive solo through the race meeting.

Calum exceeded expectations and recorded a fine win overall in the first race and another class win in the second race to take maximum points from the weekend. Darren Nelson and Nigel Greensall also had a fantastic race weekend in the Ferrari 458 GT3 debut, finishing on the podium overall in both races and recording an impressive second in class each time.

The next round of The Britcar Endurance Championship is at Silverstone on September 20th.

Strong Weekend at British GT, Ferrari Challenge and Ferrari Open

Posted on 12 December 2020.

Donington- British GT

It was a fantastic and busy race weekend with nine FF corse drivers competing in the British GT Championship finale at Donington Park, along with the Ferrari Racing Days event at Silverstone. the Ferrari race meeting saw both FF Corse entries in the European Ferrari Challenge and the UK Pirelli Ferrari Open.

At Donington Gary Eastwood and Ollie Hancock had a great weekend with a second place finish to secure another podium in the British GT season finale.

Ron Johnson and Piers Johnson were back in the Ferrari 458 GT3, having previously raced in GT Cup at Silverstone Last month.

Gary and Ollie (Standing in for Adam Carroll) came charging through from 7th on the grid to almost snatch a last minute victory, eventually finishing under 3 seconds behind the winning car.

Ron & Piers also had a strong result, finishing just outside the top 10 in their first British GT race for a year.

Ferrari European Challenge

FF Corse Driver Sam Smeeth tasted the champagne after securing pole position and winning race 2 of the European Ferrari Challenge race in dominant style at Silverstone.

Gautam Hari Singhania was making his debut in the Trofeo Pirelli Coppa Shell, improving dramatically throughout the weekend before qualifying on row 3 for the final race and running third overall.

Pirelli Ferrari Open

Two FF Corse drivers, Malcolm Jones & Stuart Shield were making their racing debut in the UK Pirelli Ferrari Open with their Ferrari F430 Challenge cars.

Robert Macfarlane was also racing in his beautiful yellow Ferrari 360 Challenge. All the drivers had success in the races and managed 5 class podium finishes between them.

GT3 Racing with Britain’s top Ferrari team FF Corse

Posted on 12 December 2020.

GT3 Racing with Britain’s top Ferrari team FF Corse.

Following on from their success in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship, where they finished as the leading Ferrari with driver Gary Eastwood, the British based team are offering interested parties the chance to sample their 458 GT3.

During the 2014 Season the team were a constant presence at the front of the field, achieving a dominant win at Rockingham and three further podium finishes at Snetterton, Spa and Donington Park.

With an announcement due in the coming weeks regarding the teams 1^st car, FF Corse are keen to field a multi car line up, and while the team has already had interest in drivers looking to firm up their 2015 plans, the team are keen to meet drivers or existing pairings looking at British GT for the coming season. With this in mind the team have arranged a sampler test day, which will take place at Donington Park on October 23^rd 2014.

The event is aimed at drivers looking to make a decision for the racing plans for 2015 and is split between three drivers, or three existing driver pairings. With one place already confirmed on the first sampler test day, FF Corse invite interested parties to contact them on [email protected] to register their interest in attending the event.

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Images courtesy of Jakob Ebrey (www.jakobebrey.com)

GT Cup Championship Success At Oulton Park

Posted on 12 December 2020.

John Seale & Jamie Stanley secured the GTC Class Championship of GT Cup at Oulton Park on Saturday.

The FF Corse drivers secured the Championship at the weekend, after a season long battle that went right down to the wire.

The season almost ended in disaster when a start-line incident eliminated a number of cars, narrowly missing the FF Corse Ferrari 458 Challenge. The car, being driven by Jamie Stanley, had to take swift avoiding action, heading onto the grass to miss the accident. At the restart things were much calmer and the car ran to a more sedate 2nd place finish in class to seal the 2014 title.

During the year the pairing took 7 race wins between them and showed great consistency to finish 19 of the 20 races.

John Seale will now take part in the Britcar Trophy races at Donington this weekend (3x 30 minute races). John will be joined alongside by FF Corse drivers, David Mason and Calum Lockie, who will be racing their Ferrari 458 Challenge for Championship honours in the Britcar Endurance Championship, (featuring 1x 90 minute day race & 1x 90 minute night race).

Portimao & Remaining 2014 FF Corse Track Dates

Posted on 12 December 2020.

There are still a few remaining FF Corse track-dates available before the end of the 2014 driving season, including a trip to Portimao on November 19th & 20th.

The event taking place on the fabulous Algarve circuit will include airport transfers and hotel accommodation near the circuit, organised FF Corse.

For further details, costings and to book a place please email Andy O’Dowd on [email protected], or call the office on 01327 857601

Portimao has also been chosen as the destination for next year’s exclusive FF Corse pre-season test & track event. This has been booked to take place at the circuit on March 2nd & 3rd, 2015.

October
Silverstone	October 29th (Wed)	Silverstone
November
Silverstone Int	November 2nd (Sun)	Gold Track
Spa-Franchorchamps	Nov 4th-5th (Tue & Wed)	Gold Track
Silverstone GP	November 12th (Wed)	RMA
Snetterton 300	November 16th (Sun)	Gold Track
Portimao	November 19th-20th (Wed-Thu)	RSR Tracklines
Ascari	November 22th-23rd (Sat-Sun)	RSR Tracklines
Silverstone GP	November 23rd (Sun)	Silverstone
December
Silverstone GP	December 7th (Sun)	Silverstone
Silverstone GP	December 13th (Sat)	Gold Track

2 Championships in 2 weeks for FF Corse drivers

Posted on 12 December 2020.

David Mason & Calum Lockie sealed the overall Britcar Endurance Championship at the weekend, making it two Championships in two weeks for FF Corse drivers.

After 14 separate races and 21 hours of racing, the pairing won the Championship by a single point at the Donington decider.

The final races were not without their dramas, as a pump failure in race 1 (during Calum Lockie’s stint) forced David Mason to complete half of the 90 minute race without the aid of power-steering.

The second race was held at night and a faultless performance saw the #26 car win the GTC class and finish second overall, which was enough to win the overall Championship (along with the GTC Class Championship).

As part of the Championship winning prize David has won a free entry to the Britcar 24hr race, to be held at Silverstone in April and the team is now considering their options.

In addition to the Championship winning races, newly crowned GT Cup GTC Class Champion, John Seale, was making his debut in the GT Trophy Series and duly took a hat-trick of overall race wins in the three 30 minute races. John’s 100% record takes the overall tally of FF Corse race wins to 21 for the season (so far) and 95 overall.

Debut Podium Finish for Gautam Singhania in Abu Dhabi

Posted on 12 December 2020.

FF Corse driver Gautam Singhania finished an impressive 4th in the penultimate round of the European Ferrari Challenge, before securing his first podium position in the Challenge Series, with a 3rd overall in the final round. Both races were being held in Abu Dhabi at the stunning Yas Marina circuit as part of the Ferrari World Finals.

The race was even the more impressive as it was only Gautam’s second appearance in the European Challenge series, before a planned assault on the 2015 Championship.

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The 2015 European Ferrari Challenge Championship will be held over 7 rounds (14 races), starting at Monza on April 18th & 19th.

Rd1 Monza (April 18th & 19th)
Rd2 Mugello (May 9th & 10th)
Rd3 Budapest (June 27th & 28th)
Rd4 Paul Ricard (July 25th & 26th)
Rd5 Imola (September 19th & 20th)
Rd6 Valencia (October 3rd & 4th)
Rd7 World Finals – Austin Texas?? (TBC)

For more information on participating in the 2015 European Challenge please email Anthony Cheshire on [email protected]

2014 Racing Review

Posted on 12 December 2020.

2014 was another glistening year for FF Corse with the team winning the 2014 Britcar Endurance Championship with David Mason & Calum Lockie, along with The 2014 GTC Class of The GT Cup Championship with the driver pairing of John Seale & Jamie Stanley.

The FF Corse team also had a credible finish in The British GT Championship with Gary Eastwood taking a win at Rockingham and finishing as the highest placed Ferrari driver, for the second year running.

Sam Smeeth turned in a couple of stunning performances in The European Ferrari Challenge, including a class win at Spa and an overall win at The Silverstone Ferrari Racing Days event in September, this despite being hampered by a severe lack of budget.

FF Corse rounded of the season with Gautam Singahnia competing in the Ferrari Challenge World Finals in Abu Dhabi, scoring his first Challenge podium finish in only his second time of participating in the Championship. 2015 will again see FF Corse compete with multiple cars and drivers in both UK and European competitions.