Race Win For Chris Froggatt In Ferrari 488 Challenge Pirelli Am Ferrari Racing Days, Silverstone, 23 September 2017

Silverstone, 24 September 2017 – Chris Froggatt won the first race of the Pirelli AM class during the fifth round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe at Silverstone's Ferrari Racing Days, the main event of the European Corse Clienti season featuring appearances from the cars of F1 Clienti and the XX Programmes alongside the 488 Challenges.

Driving with HR Owen, Chris Froggatt achieved a sensational pole position in the Pirelli AM category, after starting the race from the second row surrounded by drivers from the more experienced Trofeo Pirelli Pro class. During the race, Chris was actually passed by Sam Smeeth, who races with Stratstone Ferrari and who won the race at Silverstone in 2014, but a technical problem part way through the race forced Sam to retire his car. This allowed Chris the clear track to pull ahead of his rivals in Pirelli AM and finish the race in an excellent 4th position overall, but 1st in his category, 6 seconds ahead of Jens Liebhauser who races with Formula Racing.

Fellow British Driver, Bonamy Grimes, who races with Stratstone Ferrari, finished 7th in the Pirelli AM class (11th overall), while Belgian Driver, Laurent de Meeus, races with HR Owen in the Coppa Shell class. The cars entered by HR Owen and Stratstone Ferrari are prepared and managed by ff Corse, who are based at the Silverstone circuit, from where they offer a complete service for Ferrari clients who are interested competing in the Ferrari Challenge. Clients who are interested in competing in the series in 2018 should contact their nearest official dealership for more details.

The Ferrari Challenge continues on Sunday 24 September, with a packed schedule of on-track activities from the F1 Clienti, FXX, 599XX, FXX K and the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. Apart from the end of season Finali Mondiali, the Ferrari Racing Days event at Silverstone is the only location in the UK where Ferrari fans will be able to see all of these different track activities at the same venue on the same weekend, as part of Ferrari's 70th Anniversary celebrations.

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