On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Ferrari Problem North America drivers introduced the warmth all through three races at Watkins Glen Worldwide. This weekend marks the start of the second half of the season, and all three lessons noticed some drivers rejoice and a few drivers falter with one other spherical to compete in on Sunday.
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Trofeo Pirelli
Within the Trofeo Pirelli class, Jason McCarthy (Huge World Ferrari) sought and located redemption on Saturday, successful Race 1 at Watkins Glen after misfortune in Montreal pressured him to withdraw from the earlier two Ferrari Problem rounds. This was McCarthy’s second win of the season, the primary coming at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and McCarthy began from pole place and navigated a mid-race restart properly en path to victory.
Roberto Perrina (Ferrari of Seattle) and championship chief Dylan Medler (The Assortment) battled behind McCarthy, with Perrina in the end holding off Medler for second- and third-place finishes, respectively.
Brian Cook dinner (Ferrari of Seattle) additionally discovered his means again to the highest step of the rostrum on Saturday, breaking a three-race winless streak in Trofeo Pirelli Am after beginning the 12 months with three consecutive wins. Whereas Cook dinner cruised to his victory, Tony Davis (Continental AutoSports) was positioned for a runner-up place after beginning fourth-in-class forward of David Musial Sr. (Ferrari of Lake Forest), who began ninth. Nevertheless, Musial leapt to 3rd by the ultimate laps and pressured Davis right into a wiggle within the bus cease, passing for the runner-up spot and shifting Davis to 3rd.
Coppa Shell
The highest three finishers in Saturday’s Coppa Shell race mirrored the highest three within the class championship standings, with Eric Marston (Ferrari of Westlake) ending on high as soon as once more. This was Marston’s fourth win in 5 races and Chuck Whittal (Ferrari of Central Florida) completed in second. Yahn Bernier (Ferrari of Seattle) began sixth and loved a prolonged battle with John Viskup (Boardwalk Ferrari), however emerged forward for the ultimate podium spot.
In Coppa Shell Am, Jerri Walters (Ferrari of Vancouver) began from pole place for this primary time this season, however misplaced her lead early to eventual winner, Roger Monteforte (Ferrari of Central New Jersey). Steve Test (Ferrari of Rancho Mirage), in the meantime, gained 4 positions to complete third and Roy Carroll (Overseas Automobiles Italia) made a passioned cost by means of the highest 5 to complete third.
488 Problem Evo
The 488 Problem Evo lessons returned to Watkins Glen after final working at Laguna Seca, and Massimo Perrina (Ferrari of Seattle) didn’t miss a beat by ranging from pole place and sustaining his undefeated standing this season. Perrina has now gone five-for-five within the Trofeo Pirelli class and benefited from a late warning that ended the race upfront.
Jason McCarthy (Huge World Ferrari), winner earlier within the day’s 296 Problem Trofeo Pirelli class, completed runner-up for his second podium of the day, with Gray Fauvre (Ferrari of San Francisco) following in third.
Main a stacked, 17-car Coppa Shell class, Gerdas Venslovas (Continental AutoSports) secured his second win of the season. Matthew Dalton (Ferrari of Lengthy Island) scored one other podium in second place, though nonetheless searching for his first win of 2024, whereas Gregory Hopkins (Overseas Automobiles Italia) got here house third.
Sunday schedule
The ultimate three Ferrari Problem North America races at Watkins Glen will get underway on Sunday afternoon. Coppa Shell goes inexperienced at 1:10 p.m. ET, with Trofeo Pirelli at 2 p.m. and 488 Problem Evo at 2:50 p.m. All races will stream dwell on the Ferrari YouTube channel.
