São Paulo, June 10, 2014 – The Ginetta is a globally-recognized British brand for its Endurance championship wins, has been attended in another challenge this weekend 7-8, in the Homestead Miami Speedway, in Florida, that has hosted the fifth round of Sunset 300, a race of the United States Championship of Endurance, promoted by FARA (Formula & Automobile Racing Association). Sergio Laganá, Adalberto Baptista and Alan Hellmeister with the Ginetta G55, car #55, secured the highest place on the podium.
“We had never done a 300-mile race as we had never done a night race with a three drivers splitting the car. So far the strategy changed to the style of race that Alan and I are used to, at the last minute we decided to pick Alan to start. It was very good and we are happy with the win” celebrated Sergio Laganá. “We are pleased with the car and the tire. In spite of the experience in car racing in Brazil we had some questions, we thought the tire set could not endure, but we still had one more race tire set,” said Sergio.
The winner trio in a grid of 70 cars has won the second consecutive victory. “I am speechless. It was an amazing race. Now we hope to get into the fight for the championship, even though the chances are small, because we didnt participate in the first round of the year. The team is happy to finish in first position in the ranking. We may try to keep the partnership with Adalberto, who is a fast driver and added a lot to the team, especially on the next rounds, we will need him as a part of our team” said Allan Hellmeister.
The winning drivers in the MP2 category that took place on the green and yellow podium were Luiz Arruda, João Gonçalves and Eduardo Furlanetto finishing in the third position with the Ginetta G50, car #50. In the same category also driving a Ginetta G50, #050, Tom Filho, Elias Azevedo and Rodrigo Mello finishing on fourth and Guilherme Figueroa, Carlos Ambrósio and Alan Hellmeister finishing on the fifth position. Highlighting that Alan drove the both G55 car models.
The largest Brazilian team on the night race North-American Endurance Race, Ginetta USA, with 17 race drivers, was led by Alline Cipriani and Adolpho Rossi. The competition had 3h55 race duration with the total of 136 laps, which used an oval part of the track (curve 3 and 4, the NASCAR configuration).
Alline and Rossi dividing the Ginetta G40 car (MP4-class) closed in the fourth position. “Unfortunately I had to just finish the race because it was overheating. A shame because we had a car with great chances to finish first in category MP4, leaving me with a big points advantage in relation to my direct opponent in the fight by title. As a result we’re even going to be a good fight until the end of the championship! “, said the driver and team principal Alline Cipriani.
Alline with the result in Homestead Speedway, this weekend, is the leader in the MP4 category. In Brazil, is the only female representative in Sprint Race’s grid and current deputy leader of the GP category, who was also Brazilian Endurance Champion last year.
All team cars, developed for endurance races, had a good performance. Altogether there were seven machines Ginneta on track in three models, being three G50, G55 and two G40 two.
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