Valentino Rossi returns to the Circuit de Barcelona on four wheels

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Another year, the Escudería Targa Iberia is immersed in the preparation of the great test that ends the European GT season, the Barcelona Speed​​​​Festival – María de Villota Legacy, that this time will be celebrated in days September 30, October 1 and 2 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Since the concept made by SRO Motorsports Group arrived in our country in 2016 at the hands of Escudería Targa Iberia, interest in sports has not stopped increasing.

This year the Barcelona Speed ​​Festival​​​​ – María de Villota Legacy will be 10th and final scoring race for the ‘Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS’, 5th and last also for ‘EEndurance Cup’. The 6th and last calendar appointment of ‘GT4 European Series’. Another championship that will meet in Barcelona is the so-called ‘GT1 Sports Club by Curbstone’, which this year will be held in three events and the Festival of Speed ​​will be the second of them. Finally, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the 5th and penultimate round of the ‘Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe’. GT World Challenge features Valentino Rossi

The calendar of ‘Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS’ It started on April 2 and 3 at the 3 hours of Imola, the first race of the ‘Endurance Cup’, and continued on April 30 and May 1 at Brands-Hatch, a circuit where the ‘Sprint Cup’ modality began. ‘. The championship started in its two categories with its usual cast, this year with a total of 52 cars representing 9 brands. The current champion team, TeamWRT, started the season by laying down the law with winners Charles Weerts, Dries Vanthoor and Kelvin van der Linde in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2.

The great interest of ‘Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS’ as far as our pilots are concerned is that Daniel Juncadellawith Raffaele Marciello and Jules Gounon, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for French team Akkodis ASP Team, finished second at Imola just 6″2 behind the winning duo, suggesting a very interesting season for our representative.

On the team iron lynx there is another spanish pilot, Michael Molina who along with Nicklas Nielsen and James Calado finished seventh at Imola in a Ferrari 488 GT3. The third Spanish pilot is competing this year in Endurance Cup, Albert Costa, official pilot of the Lamborghini Squadra Corse. With Jack Aitken and Mirko Bortolotti and at the wheel of the Huracan GT3 Evo, he promises days of glory.

The season has many incentives in addition to those mentioned so far. One of them is from the motorcycle star Valentino Rossi, who launched his GT career with an Audi R8 from Team WRT. Or also new cars from Audi (R8 LMS Evo II GT3) and BMW (M4 GT3), showing the brands’ continuous evolution and interest in this specialty.

tickets are on sale

Tickets for the Barcelona Festival of Speed ​​​​​​– María de Villota Legacy are now on sale and as a launch offer they are available with a 40% discount on the box office price. The cheapest ones are sold at €10 for a whole day. For information and ticket purchase: https://bit.ly/3FwUtu7. Speed ​​Festival​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​One more year contributes to and helps those most in need through the María de Villota Legacy – Ana Carolina Diez Mahou Foundation. When buying a ticket, you can donate whatever you want, an amount that goes entirely to help people who really need it.
MOD•A•S Car Show
Parallel to the sporting aspect of the Barcelona Speed ​​​​​​​​Festival, one of the activities that is already a classic will be held, the concept of the MOD·A·S Car Show, a concentration of modified vehicles, an evolution of what was previously known as Tuning. This event has become one of the most interesting for custom car fans, with an amazing and numerous park, a great complement to the GT races. In addition, a large commercial area will be installed in the public area, with car brands, attractions for fans of all ages and more.

Source: La Verdad

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