A superb weekend was achieved by ORANGE1 FFF Racing by ACM at the Hungaroring, in the final event of Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe. Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli are the first champions of the rebranded print series by SRO, inaugurating the Roll of Honour. After two years, Caldarelli wins another European title, still alongside Lamborghini Squadra Corse, and sharing the seat…
Onto the home straight in the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe: GRT Grasser Racing Team were contesting the penultimate race weekend of the season at the Nürburgring. With one podium appearance and a points finish, Gottfried Grasser’s outfit once again did him proud. Much of the credit for the result has to go to the pit crew. In the pit lane, the…
ORANGE1 FFF Racing Team by ACM completed its maiden Spa 24 Hours. The Chinese squad faced a weekend difficult as expected, not scoring a podium for the first time this year. The Belgian marathon wasn’t one of the easiest in history, with over 70 cars at the start and one of the longest race suspensions on Sunday morning due to…
In a warm summer, the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe is ready for its second round. From the cold England in May, it is now Italy who will welcome the new Sprint format of the Blancpain GT Series, on its traditional stop at the Misano track, entitled to Marco Simoncelli. After a month dominated by international events, the Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe…
ORANGE1 FFF RACING continues its amazing start of the 2019 Blancpain GT Series campaign. After the emotional podium in the Endurance Cup at Monza, the squad fielding three Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVOs scored second place in Brands Hatch’s Race 2 thanks to Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli . The #563, after the fourth place set in Qualifying 1 by Caldarelli,…
Premiere – podium – perfection! Orange1 Team GRT celebrated a third-place finish at Brands Hatch for their number 63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO. In this first ever staging of the Blancpain GT World Challenge, a successor to the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Lamborghini works driver Mirko Bortolotti and co-driver Christian Engelhart secured a podium in the first race of…
ORANGE1 FFF RACING TEAM successfully completed its maiden official 2019 appearance. The squad, running three Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo cars, started the week-end with a positive free practice day on Friday, with both ORANGE1 cars achieving a Top-10 result, in wet and also dry conditions. Saturday was even better, as after the good pace shown in the morning’s free practice,…
The season opener of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup at Monza was a roller-coaster of emotions for Orange1 Team GRT. Their delight at pole position for car #63 with Lamborghini works driver Mirko Bortolotti, Rolf Ineichen and Christian Engelhart was followed by disappointment over its retirement from the race. Things were the other way round for car #19 with…
