FF Corse is pleased to announce former A1 GP Championship Winner and GP2 race winner Adam Carroll will be joining the FF Corse driver line-up in the British GT Championship at Snetterton this weekend.
Adam will join Gary Eastwood in his Ferrari 458 GT3.
Ex-A1 GP World Champion and former F1 test driver Adam Carroll, joined FF Corse at Snetterton this weekend in a Ferrari 458 GT3, as driving partner to Gary Eastwood in British GT. The pairing instantly jelled, producing a front-row qualifying performance and stunning drive in race two to take a well-deserved second place finish.
The podium finish marks a stunning year for the FF Corse team in the top level of UK GT racing. The team’s record shows that in each race it has finished in the last 12 months, it has now done so on the podium, including the fantastic win at Rockingham earlier this season.
The team is now preparing for the next British GT race, which takes place at the fabulous Spa-Franchorchamps circuit on July 11th & 12th.
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The annual event organised at Brands Hatch to give injured soldiers and armed forces personnel rides around the circuit will take place this year on July 31st. The event is organised and sponsored in part by FF Corse’s British GT driver Gary Eastwood and FF Corse will again be providing support to participating FF Corse members.
FF Corse drivers wishing to take part in this year’s event are welcome and should please contact Andy O’Dowd at FF Corse on 01327 857601 or email [email protected] to register.
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.
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.
After the disappointment of Oulton Park, Gary Eastwood and Rob Barff bounced back to a fantastic high at Rockingham by securing their first win in The British GT Championship.
The Pairing qualified 7th on the grid and Gary drove an excellent first stint to climb into the lead of the race before his pit-stop. Faultless pit work and an excellent team strategy allowed Rob Barff a healthy margin on leaving the pits. Rob subsequently controlled the race with great skill and pace to secure the win by a 16 second margin.
FF Corse fastest Ferrari ahead of Silverstone three hour
Driver pairing of Rob Barff and Gary Eastwood secured the fourteenth fastest time for race four at Silverstone. The 458 Italia GT3 is carrying an additional ten kilos of ballast after its success last time out at Rockingham . The FF Corse run machine was the fastest Ferrari in the combined qualifying for the team’s home race.
“I felt I did a good lap and took a reasonable number of risks, it felt nice and clean and was quick.”
Team mate Gary Eastwood was looking good during his stint in second qualifying but missed his best time after making an error late in the lap. “I had a good lap going, it would have been a 2:03.8 and I would have been happy with that as it would be my quickest around here. I just saw it coming but pushed a bit too hard into Brooklands and Luffield and had to back out of it, it cost me half a second. You’ve got one lap with these tyres so it is what it is but we’re in with a good chance and it’s a long race tomorrow.”
Both drivers are predicting the safety car will play a part in today’s race. “The team will keep me in the car as long as they can but it’s a team effort so we’ll go with what works best.” Said Gary, who will be starting the race for the team from row seven.
“It’s a three-hour race though so qualifying really doesn’t matter”, said Rob. “As long as we stay on the lead lap there will be a safety car, so we’ll all be within 200 metres of each other and then we go racing. The one thing that Gary and I are good at is catching and passing people, which has been reflected in our past performances in the car.”
A podium finish will be the aim for the duo but points will be a good result as they seek to move up from joint sixth in the standings. All will play out on the track when the cars cross the line at 2:15 this afternoon to start the three-hour epic.