The disappointment felt by Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander about their performance in qualifying was more than compensated for today by the victory of the Italian-Finnish pairing in the LMGTE Pro category of the 6 Hours of Fuji.
It is the third win for the drivers of the No.51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season and further extends their lead at the head of the championship for GT Drivers. The result came despite Bruni having to serve a drive-through penalty for exceeding the limits of the track.
The duo led home a Ferrari 1-2 as their team mates in the No.71 Ferrari, Davide Rigon and James Calado, had a superb race and recorded their best finish of the season by finishing second, just 2.9 seconds behind. The two red Prancing Horses had raced in tandem for much of the race after seeing off the challenge of the No.99 Aston Martin of Alex MacDowall-Darryl O’Young-Fernando Rees.
Excellent teamwork for our drivers and the whole team!!
