The opening two hours of the 6-hour race were punctuated by a series of cautions and restarts. Starting
third in class, Rigon was running third when he pitted shortly before three-hour mark to turn the red Ferrari
over to Serra. Joining the race in sixth, Serra worked his way to the front during a two-and-a-half hour
stretch of green-flag racing. He took the lead shortly after the four-hour mark, and quickly began building his
advantage.
Serra led the class by 40 seconds when caution waved with one-hour, 28-minutes remaining for an incident
in Turn 9. Moments later, lightning flashed in the area, leading to a red flag. Upon the restart, Serra again
pulled away from his class competition, prior to his late pit stop.
“We knew during the red flag that it could be good or bad for us,” Serra said. “And then, they stopped the
clock (for approximately nine minutes). If the clock kept going, we wouldn’t need the extra stop and would
probably have won the race. But anyway, it is what it is. I think our races show that we are really a good
team. We had good stops and good strategy so we will celebrate this podium and look forward to our next
time back in IMSA.”
With a focus on the four endurance races on the IMSA Endurance Cup, Ferrari has proven competitive thus
far in 2022, including a dramatic victory with Cetilar Racing’s triumph in the Twelve Hours of Sebring. Cetilar
entered the race fifth in the Endurance Cup, five points back.
On Sunday, the team’s No. 47 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and
Anthono Fuoco finished sixth. The trio ran in top five contention for much of the race, but a penalty midway
through the event cost track position as Fuoco brought the car home at the checkered flag.
A promising day for AF Corse was spoiled shortly before the midway point when the No. 21 Ferrari 488
GT3 Evo 2020 was eliminated with suspension damage. Starting 14th, the Ferrari of Luis Perez
Companc, Simon Mann and Toni Vilander ran as high as fifth before the incident.
Five laps into his stint, Vilander had side-by-side contact exiting the boot extension. After contact with his
right-front tire, the car spun and hit Vilander’s right rear. While he was able to return to the pits with a
broken wheel hub, the team accessed the damage on pit road and took it behind the wall, when it was
retired. AF Corse was tied for the lead in the Endurance Cup entering the race, but went without new earned
points at The Glen.
The next anticipated race on Ferrari’s 2022 IMSA schedule is Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Oct. 1, with
all three Ferrari teams planning to run the final round of Endurance Cup.
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