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Yas Marina, 12 February, 2021
The 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Rinaldi Racing triumphed on Saturday in the GT3 Am class at the 4 Hours of Dubai, the opening round of the ALMS. In the GT3 class, the Prancing Horse cars finished the race within sight of the podium.
Highlights
It wasn’t an easy debut for the Ferraris competing in the first round of the Asian series. The 488 GT3 Evo 2020s were hampered by a Balance of Performance that prevented them from challenging for victory. Even so, there was no shortage of noteworthy performances such as Giancarlo Fisichella, who challenged the top three after an exciting start, and Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera, who were among the quickest and most consistent in their respective stints, as was Alessandro Pier Guidi.
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Obstacles
Proceedings were interrupted just before the two-hour mark by a Full Course Yellow, and the race of some of the Maranello cars was also impeded by a few drive-through penalties for veering off track. The Formula Racing no. 60 of Nielsen-Rovera-Laursen was the first Ferrari under the chequered flag, in sixth position. Eighth place went to the Rinaldi Racing trio, Rigon-Perel-Mastronardi, who finished ahead of the Kessel Racing by Car Guy crew of Kimura-Jensen-Ledogar. The first of the two AF Corse Ferraris was eleventh over the line, with Fisichella-Flohr-Castellacci at the wheel, while its twin, the no. 51 driven by Pier Guidi-Piovanetti-Negri Jr, completed the four hours in fifteenth position. The Porsche no. 99 of Precote Herbeth Motorsport claimed the winner’s laurels.
Double podium
In the Am class, victory went to the 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Rinaldi Racing, crewed by Christian Hook, Manuel Lauck and Patrick Kujala, who finished twelfth overall. The Ferrari with the distinctive green livery finished one lap ahead of the BMW of Walkenhorst Motorsport and the Kessel Racing car of Roda-Zollo-Kohmann.
Programme
The second round of the ALMS will take place in Dubai on Sunday. It sets off at 12:45 pm (local time, 9:45 am in Italy) and finishes four hours later.
Race 1
Pos | Class | Pos | R# | Make | VIN | Drivers | laps | 1 | LMP2 | 1 | 26 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | Yifei Ye
Ferdinand Habsburg
Rene Binder | -- 127 laps | 2 | LMP2 | 2 | 28 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne | -- 126 laps | 3 | LMP2 | 3 | 5 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Matthias Kaiser
Simon Trummer
Nicki Thiim | 126 laps | 4 | LMP2 | 4 | 25 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | John Falb
Franco Colapinto
Rui Pinto de Andrade | -- 125 laps | 5 | LMP2 | 5 | 64 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Arjun Maini
Narain Karthikeyan
Naveen Rao | -- 124 laps | 6 | LMP2 AM | 6 | 18 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Andreas Laskaratos | -- 123 laps | 7 | LMP2 AM | 7 | 11 | Ligier JS P 217 - Gibson | | Neale Muston
John Corbett | -- 120 laps | 8 | LMP3 | 1 | 23 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Manuel Maldonado
Rory Penttinen
Wayne Boyd | -- 119 laps | 9 | LMP3 | 2 | 9 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Tony Wells
Colin Noble | -- 118 laps | 10 | LMP3 | 3 | 3 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | James Mcguire
Duncan Tappy
Andrew Bentley | 118 laps | 11 | LMP3 | 4 | 2 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | John Loggie
Robert Wheldon
Andrew Meyrick | 118 laps | 12 | LMP3 | 5 | 4 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Jan-Erik Slooten
Leo Weiss | -- 117 laps | 13 | GT | 1 | 99 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer | 117 laps | 14 | LMP3 | 6 | 15 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Maxwell Hanratty
Malthe Jakobsen
Bashar Mardini | 117 laps | 15 | GT | 2 | 7 | Mclaren 720S GT3 | | Brend an Iribe
Ollie Millroy
Ben Barnicoat | -- 116 laps | 16 | GT | 3 | 34 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Chandler Hull
Jonathan Miller
Nicky Catsburg | 116 laps | 17 | GT | 4 | 40 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Julien Andlauer
Axcil Jefferies
Alain Ferté | 116 laps | 18 | GT | 5 | 88 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Alexander West
Maxime Martin
Valetin Hasse-Clot | 116 laps | 19 | GT | 6 | 60 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Johnny Laursen
Allessio Rovera
Nicklas Nielsen | 116 laps | 20 | GT | 7 | 97 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Ahmad Al Harthy
Thomas Canning
Jonny Adam | 116 laps | 21 | GT | 8 | 55 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon | 116 laps | 22 | GT | 9 | 57 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Takeshi Kimura
Come Ledogar
Mikkel Jensen | 116 laps | 23 | GT | 10 | 95 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | John Hartshorne
Oliver Hancock
Charlie Eastwood | -- 115 laps | 24 | GT | 11 | 54 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella | 115 laps | 25 | GT AM | 12 | 66 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Christian Hook
Manuel Lauck
Patrick Kujala | 115 laps | 26 | GT | 13 | 77 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble | 115 laps | 27 | GT | 14 | 51 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Francesco Piovanetti
Oswaldo Negri
Alessandro Pier Guidi | 115 laps | 28 | GT | 15 | 93 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Steffen Görig Antares Au
Klaus Bachler | 115 laps | 29 | GT AM | 16 | 35 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Henry Walkenhorst
Jörg Breuer
Sami Matti Trogen | -- 114 laps | 30 | GT | 17 | 89 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Michael Benham
Marvin Kirchhofer
Yuki Nemoto | 114 laps | 31 | GT AM | 18 | 27 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Giorgio Roda
Francesco Zollo
Tim Kohmann | 114 laps | 32 | LMP3 | 7 | 33 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen
Adam Eteki | -- 109 laps | DNF | GT | | 1 | Mercedes A MG GT3 | | Raffaele Marciello
Marcos Gomes
Liam Talbot | -- 102 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 44 | Ginetta G61-LT-P315-EVO – Nissan | | Miro Konopka
Tom Cloet
Charlie Robertson | -- 95 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 8 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Rodrigo Sales
Matt Bell | -- 43 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 63 | Duqueine M30 -D08 - Nissan | | Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr | -- 39 laps |
Race 2
Pos | Class | Pos | R# | Make | VIN | Drivers | laps | 1 | LMP2 | 1 | 26 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | Yifei Ye
Ferdinand Habsburg
Rene Binder | -- 125 laps | 2 | LMP2 | 2 | 25 | Aurus 01 - Gibson | | John Falb
Franco Colapinto Rui Pinto de Andrade | 45.459 | 3 | LMP2 | 3 | 5 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Matthias Kaiser
Simon Trummer
Nicki Thiim | 59.745 | 4 | LMP2 | 4 | 64 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Arjun Maini
Narain Karthikeyan
Naveen Rao | -- 124 laps | 5 | LMP2 AM | 5 | 18 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Dwight Merriman
Kyle Tilley
Andreas Laskaratos | -- 120 laps | 6 | LMP2 | 6 | 28 | Oreca 07 - Gibson | | Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne | -- 118 laps | 7 | LMP3 | 1 | 23 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Manuel Maldonado
Rory Penttinen
Wayne Boyd | -- 117 laps | 8 | LMP3 | 2 | 2 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | John Loggie
Robert Wheldon
Andrew Meyrick | 1:16.744 | 9 | LMP3 | 3 | 8 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Rodrigo Sales
Matt Bell | 1:17.769 | 10 | LMP3 | 4 | 63 | Duqueine M30 -D08 - Nissan | | Jean Glorieux
Laurents Hörr | 1:20.403 | 11 | LMP3 | 5 | 3 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | James Mcguire
Duncan Tappy
Andrew Bentley | -- 116 laps | 12 | LMP3 | 6 | 33 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Nick Adcock
Michael Jensen
Adam Eteki | 47.462 | 13 | LMP3 | 7 | 15 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Maxwell Hanratty
Malthe Jakobsen
Bashar Mardini | -- 115 laps | 14 | GT | 1 | 40 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Julien Andlauer
Axcil Jefferies
Alain Ferté | 24.206 | 15 | GT | 2 | 55 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Davide Rigon | -- 114 laps | 16 | GT | 3 | 88 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Alexander West
Maxime Martin
Valetin Hasse-Clot | 30.421 | 17 | GT | 4 | 1 | Mercedes A MG GT3 | | Raffaele Marciello
Marcos Gomes
Liam Talbot | 50.334 | 18 | GT | 5 | 99 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer | 51.677 | 19 | GT | 6 | 7 | Mclaren 720S GT3 | | Brend an Iribe
Ollie Millroy
Ben Barnicoat | 51.748 | 20 | GT | 7 | 97 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Ahmad Al Harthy-Thomas Canning-Jonny Adam | 57.156 | 21 | GT | 8 | 57 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Takeshi Kimura
Come Ledogar
Mikkel Jensen | 1:15.552 | 22 | GT | 9 | 93 | Porsche 911 GT 3 R | | Steffen Görig
Antares Au
Klaus Bachler | 1:20.880 | 23 | GT | 10 | 89 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Michael Benham
Marvin Kirchhofer
Yuki Nemoto | 1:45.747 | 24 | GT | 11 | 95 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | John Hartshorne
Oliver Hancock
Charlie Eastwood | -- 113 laps | 25 | GT | 12 | 54 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella | 47.726 | 26 | GT | 13 | 77 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | | Satoshi Hoshino
Tomonobu Fujii
Tom Gamble | 51.529 | 27 | GT | 14 | 51 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Francesco Piovanetti
Oswaldo Negri
Alessandro Pier Guidi | -- 112 laps | 28 | GT AM | 15 | 66 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Christian Hook
Manuel Lauck
Patrick Kujala | 4.005 | 29 | GT | 16 | 60 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Johnny Laursen
Allessio Rovera
Nicklas Nielsen | 15.276 | 30 | GT AM | 17 | 27 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | | Giorgio Roda
Francesco Zollo
Tim Kohmann | 36.048 | 31 | GT AM | 18 | 35 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Henry Walkenhorst
Jörg Breuer
Sami Matti Trogen | 54.610 | 32 | LMP3 | 8 | 44 | Ginetta G61-LT-P315-EVO - Nissan | | Miro Konopka
Tom Cloet
Charlie Robertson | -- 111 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 9 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Tony Wells
Colin Noble | -- 96 laps | DNF | LMP2 AM | | 11 | Ligier JS P 217 - Gibson | | Neale Muston
John Corbett | -- 19 laps | DNF | LMP3 | | 4 | Ligier JS P 320 - Nissan | | Jan-Erik Slooten
Leo Weiss | -- 13 laps | DNF | GT | - | 34 | BMW M6 GT3 | | Chandler Hull
Jonathan Miller
Nicky Catsburg | - 5 laps |
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