Gautam Singhania to race in Ferrari Challenge Europe

Gautam Hari Singhania is gearing up to race in the Ferrari European Championship 2015 which is scheduled to start this month. He will become the first Indian to take part in the championship and will be endorsed by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).

Gautam Singhania will race with Swiss team Kessel Racing. He has signed current GT driver and former F1 driver Andrea Motermini as his coach for the season.

The Ferrari European Championship 2015 will comprise of a total of fifteen races with two races each weekend and will be spread over six weekends. It will be held at Monza (Italy), Imola (Italy), Mugello (Italy), Le Castellet (France), Valencia (Spain) and Budapest (Hungary). This culminates into the world finals, consisting of three races in December 2015, where one race is together with the other two regions of Asia and N America. The gird will consist of about 40-50 cars.

The Ferrari Challenge is a single-marque sport championship, and was earlier created for owners of the Ferrari 348 Berlinetta who wanted to be involved in racing. Apart from racing, the Ferrari 458 challenge series will showcase over 250 exotic and limited series Ferrari cars.

Ferrari Challenge Europe - 2015 Calender

• Test Day: 31 March 2015 - Monza (Italy)
• Round 1: 17-19 April 2015 - Monza (Italy)
• Test Day: 28 April 2015 - Mugello (Italy)
• Round 2: 8-10 May 2015 - Mugello (Italy)
• Round 3: 26-28 June 2015 - Ferrari Racing Days, Budapest (Hungary)
• Round 4: 24-26 July 2015 - Ferrari Racing Days, Le Castellet (France)
• Test Day: 1 September 2015 - Imola (Italy)
• Round 5: 18-20 September 2015 - Imola (Italy)
• Round 6: 2-4 October 2015 - Valencia Spain
• Round 7 and Finali Mondiali - TBA