Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.
It was the Italian manufacturer’s first success in the blue riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since Pier Guidi led the Level 5 Motorsports squad to a GTD victory in 2014, and its 17th class win in the history of the enduro.
Together with Risi, Pier Guidi had previously finished second in the GTLM division in 2019, and again in 2022 in GTD Pro.
It also marked the first time Risi and Ferrari won Daytona as a team/manufacturer combination, having been competing actively in the GT classes together since 2014.
Asked what it meant to score victories in the biggest two sportscar races in the world in less than 12 months, Pier Guidi said: “It's even difficult to dream, and we did it.
“Actually six months ago, we achieved this amazing historic victory in Le Mans, and now we are back here with Risi and Ferrari to complete another 24, to achieve another amazing success.
“It was a long time that Ferrari is trying to win this race, and to win too easily is quite surprising. They never won together. They won so much together, but never this race.
“Finally for Giuseppe [Risi, team founder] and Ferrari together, we achieved this victory, we must be all proud of this.”
Source: Autosport