Double-podium day for Ferrari at Watkins Glen Six Hours

Inception Racing secured second place for Ferrari in Sunday's Six Hours at Watkins Glen in the GTD class with the number 70 Ferrari 296 GT3, while the Maranello-based manufacturer also finished on the podium in the GTD Pro class with the number 81 car fielded by DragonSpeed and driven in the race by Ferrari factory driver Davide Rigon alongside Albert Costa.

GTD Pro. The lone GTD Pro Ferrari, DragonSpeed, took third in the No. 81 Ferrari 296 GT3 shared by Albert Costa and factory driver Davide Rigon - who crossed the finish line in fourth place but moved up to third following the disqualification of another car. Costa charged from eighth to third in the final hour to secure the podium spot after a dynamic six hours of racing. 

GTD class. Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy and Frederik Schandorff worked their way through the field in the No. 70 Inception Racing Ferrari GT3 after starting 12th, gaining two positions on the final lap after a late caution set up a two-lap sprint to the finish.

All seven Ferraris took turns near the front during the chaotic six-hour event that was marked by dramatic swings in the weather and 10 cautions periods that slowed the race for a total of three hours.

Triarsi Competizione finished fourth with its No. 023 Ferrari of Central Florida / David SW driven by Onofrio Triarsi, factory driver James Calado and Andrew Waite. The team’s No. 021 Ferrari 296 GT3 piloted by two-time IMSA GTD champion Alessandro Balzan, A.J. Muss and Jason Hart seemed headed for a top-five finish when Balzan was punted into the wall on the final lap. They finished 12th.

AF Corse led two laps en route to placing fifth in the No. 21 entry co-driven by factory drivers Allesandro Pier Guidi and Lilou Wadoux, joined by Simon Mann.

Conquest Racing led four laps in the No. 34 of Manny Franco, factory driver Daniel Serra and Ben Tuck, going on to finish 10th.

The No. 47 Cetilar Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 of factory driver Antonio Fuoco, with Lorenzo Patrese and Giorgio Sernagiotto finished seventh. Patrese led Ferrari in qualifying by placing sixth in GTD, with the team leading 17 laps in a competitive showing. The team was running fifth in the closing minutes before being served with a stop-and-go penalty. Fuoco dropped to 12th, but managed to work up to finish seventh.

Next up for Ferrari in IMSA is at another classic circuit – Canada’s Mosport Park, set for July 13.