RAFFAELE MARCIELLO’S EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN BEGINS

With the 24H of Daytona and the Asian Le Mans Series now in the rear-view mirror, it is now time for Raffaele to begin his 2021 European adventure. After a few days of testing with Mercedes AMG, Marciello took part in the official tests of the GT World Challenge at the Paul Ricard track, which will be the stage of both the Sprint and Endurance series. In the Sprint format, the Ticino driver will be at the wheel of Team AKKA ASP’s AMG GT3 alongside Boguslavskiy (Russia), while in the Endurance races he will be part of a high level crew which will include fellow Mercedes Factory Drivers Gounon (France) and Juncadella (Spain).
After finishing the day of testing at the top of the standings, Marciello rushed to Germany to take part in the NLS races (Nurburgring-Langstrecken-Serie) at the Nordscheleife track. These races serve as a preparation for June’s historical 24H of Nordscheleife, in which Marciello will fly Team Mercedes AMG Getspeed’s flag alongside Götz, Juncadella and Schiller. The Nordscheleife being a long, challenging, and technical track which requires a lot of practice, the NLS offers drivers the perfect opportunity to come prepared at the 24H.

On Friday, during a test day, Team Getspeed’s Mercedes AMG GT3 no 2 performed at top level, but an accident with Juncadella at the wheel caused enough damage to the car to force the team to withdraw from Saturday’s race (which was then cancelled in any case because of a heavy snowfall).

In the next weeks, Raffaele will be back on the track for more testing and for the first race of the GT World Challenge Endurance at Monza, on April 16-18.

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INIZIO DEI PROGRAMMI EUROPEI PER RAFFAELE MARCIELLO

Terminate la 24H di Daytona e l’Asian Le Mans Series, questa settimana Raffaele Marciello ha dato inizio ai programmi Europei per la stagione 2021. Dopo aver svolto alcune giornate di test pre-campionato con Mercedes AMG, l’alfiere della casa di Stoccarda é sceso in pista lo scorso Giovedì, presso il tracciato del Paul Ricard, per i test ufficiali del GT World Challenge, serie dove Marciello correrà sia nel format Sprint che in quello Endurance. Nel campionato Sprint, Raffaele guiderà la Mercedes AMG GT3 del Team AKKA ASP coadiuvando il Russo Boguslavskiy mentre nella serie Endurance, sempre con il Team AKKA ASP, farà parte di un equipaggio davvero di alto livello assieme al Francese Gounon ed allo Spagnolo Juncadella, andando a comporre una intera line up di piloti Factory Mercedes AMG.