Press Release RISI COMPETIZIONE 12-HOUR/HALFWAY RACE REPORT Race Public Relations ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA - 2021 Barbara J. Burns BurnsGroup PR
[email protected] Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTLM No. 62: James Calado (GBR) Tel: +1 770 329 7134 Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA) Davide Rigon (ITA) Risi Competizione Anna Lenzi Jules Gounon (FRA)
[email protected] (Daytona Beach, Fla., January 30, 2021)… At the halfway point of this year’s 59th 6100 Southwest Freeway Houston, Texas USA 77057 annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTLM holds Tel: +1 713 772 3868 www.risicompetizione.com fourth place in the GTLM class. Temperatures have gotten colder and teams continue to work to manage tires and traffic. Alessandro Pier Guidi was driving his second stint of the race at the six-hour mark and was in third position in the GTLM class before pitting on Lap 193 to turn the Ferrari 488 GTE over to teammate James Calado at the 6hr12min mark. A standard fuel, tires and driver change pit stop was performed by the Risi crew. Within 16 laps Calado was pitting for a top up on fuel and fresh tires after a caution was brought out and nearly all cars headed to pit lane. Although he exited the pits in P5 in the GTLM class, he continued to climb the timing charts and was soon leading the GTLM class. Calado pitted on Lap 239 at about 8hr40 minutes into the 24-hour race while leading to hand the car over to Italian Davide Rigon.