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The fifth and final act of the SRO E-Sport GT Series took place in June 2020 at the Kyalami track in South Africa. The fans picked this venue in an online vote in preference to the 4.5 km circuit of Midrand, against Laguna Seca, Suzuka and Bathurst. The scene of the last round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge is a track that could well suit the characteristics of the 488 GT3s involved in the virtual race which, once again, were able to compete without ballast.
After the debut at Silverstone, the second round of the SRO E-Sport GT Series virtual championship will see the GT3 cars of the Pro and Silver class competing on the challenging Spa-Francorchamps circuit.All three official Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers in the championship, Miguel Molina, Daniel Serra and Nicklas Nielsen, will take to the track at the wheel of the 488 GT3 in the Pro class. In England, the Spaniard and the Brazilian drove in a race affected by various collisions and Race Direction decisions that knocked them back to the middle of the group while Nielsen didn’t take part. “We hope to have fun this weekend”, commented Molina, “and to do better than the last race. Spa-Francorchamps is one of the most beautiful circuits in Europe, especially the first stretch. It is difficult to find the ideal set-up for the car because you have to find a compromise between the fast parts and the ones that really test driving skills”. Nielsen’s virtual racing debut is a point of interest, with the Belgian circuit presenting him with a new and tough challenge.
Few tracks in the world present the technical and handling difficulties of the all-encompassing Spa-Francorchamps. The 7004-metre Belgian circuit is fittingly nicknamed “the Driving Academy” and, as Mauro Barbieri, Performance and Simulations Coordinator of Ferrari Competizioni GT explains, requires a high level of compromise if one wants to be competitive.
The fifth and final act of the SRO E-Sport GT Series took place in June 2020 at the Kyalami track in South Africa. The fans picked this venue in an online vote in preference to the 4.5 km circuit of Midrand, against Laguna Seca, Suzuka and Bathurst. The scene of the last round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge is a track that could well suit the characteristics of the 488 GT3s involved in the virtual race which, once again, were able to compete without ballast.
Ferrari took its first ever podium finish at the penultimate round of the IMSA iRacing Pro Series, a third place earned by Augustin Canapino after 90 minutes of racing at the virtual Virginia International Raceway. Canapino, of Argentina, qualified his virtual Ferrari 488 GTE in sixth place and survived an early-race incident on his way to his first podium in the series. The three Ferraris of Risi Competizione, Jules Gounon, Matt Griffin and Joel Miller ultimately finished in 18th, 31st and 32nd respectively.
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