A double podium finish exceeded FFF Racing Team’s expectations for the opening round of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East at the state-of-the-art Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi (9-11 February).
A full grid of Lamborghini Huracans turned out for the first ever Super Trofeo Middle East event, building on the success of Lamborghini’s established continental series in Europe, North America and Asia.
The opening round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi (9-11 February) will serve as an initiation ceremony for those recruited to FFF Racing Team’s Young Driver Development Programme.
FFF Racing scoured the planet for the most promising young talents and four drivers from the UK, mainland Europe, India and Australia were judged to be deserving of a nomination to the newly-established scheme.
Australian racer Spike Goddard is the fourth driver to be signed up to FFF Racing Team’s Young Driver Development Programme in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East and Asia.
Richard “Spike” Goddard joins FFF Racing’s Super Trofeo effort in an ongoing bid to forge a career as a professional sportscar racer, having initially ascended the single-seater ranks in his native Australia, the UK and Europe.
The 2017 GT Open Series got under way this weekend in Estoril, Portugal (29-30 April, 2017) which boasted a strong field of 22 cars including 16 strong professional drivers in what looks to have the making of a very competitive championship.
In a move that will significantly increase its visibility and influence in Asian sportscar competition, FFF Racing Team supported by Squadra Corse will run two Lamborghini Huracan GT3s in the SRO GT Series Asia in 2017.
FFF Racing was founded on a campaign in the 2015 GT Asia Series, but rocketed to notoriety while traversing Europe and Asia for each round of this year's Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, GT Asia and Asian Le Mans Series.
FFF Racing Team raced to a top seven result in the Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Buriram – the third and penultimate round of the 2016-17 season – at Chang International Circuit in Thailand (6-8 January).
The Roger Dubuis-supported outfit’s skill and expertise was used to perfect its Lamborghini Huracan GT3’s balance and driveability and this enabled drivers Matt Bell, Hiroshi Hamaguchi and Vitantonio Liuzzi to translate a top ten grid position into a seventh-place result in what was another highly competitive Asian LMS race.
FFF Racing Team can confirm that India’s Parth Ghorpade will compete in the 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East and Asia as the latest entry to its Young Driver Development Programme.
Ghorpade, who bagged five national karting titles in his native India, graduated to cars in the 2011 French F4 Championship, but won the Asian Formula Pilota Series in 2012 to then become the first Indian to test with the Ferrari Driver Academy.
FFF Racing Team has signed German female racer Carrie Schreiner to its newly-established Young Driver Development Programme for an assault on the 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East and Asia.
Schreiner first hit the headlines as the most successful female kart racer of all time in her native Germany, but appeared on FFF Racing’s radar when she successfully transitioned to car racing in entry-level Formula 4 single-seaters.
A one-three finish at the Shanghai International Circuit (19-20 October) capped off a remarkable season and secured the 2016 GT Asia Series Drivers’ and Pro Cup titles for FFF Racing Team and Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers, Edoardo Liberati and Andrea Amici.
The GT Asia Series has been more competitive than ever before and has experienced a significant spike in its audience figures in 2016, with coverage beamed out to millions of Far Eastern viewers via FOX Sports and Star Sports, as well as 27 online media platforms.