{"id":6861,"date":"2010-07-08T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2010-07-08T20:42:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:42:21","slug":"fisichellas-debut-and-introduction-of-e85-powering-f430-gts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/alms\/fisichellas-debut-and-introduction-of-e85-powering-f430-gts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisichella&#8217;s debut and introduction of E85 powering F430 GTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend certainly stands to be one of firsts for Risi Competizione. The biggest piece of news, of course, is Giancarlo Fisichella\u2019s first race in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n. He will drive one of the team\u2019s Ferrari F430 GTs with Toni Vilander at Miller Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center alignright\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px; border: black 1px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/posts-alms\/G-Fisichella.jpg\" alt=\"G-Fisichella\" width=\"224\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix also will mark the first race for the two Risi Ferraris on E85, making the Houston-based team the latest major GT competitor to switch to the energy source.<\/p>\n<p>Fisichella first\u2026 Ferrari\u2019s reserve F1 driver, the Italian driver is in his first season of GT racing which has taken place in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he was fourth in class with Vilander and Jean Alesi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to coming to Utah to race with Risi Competizione, one of the best teams in the world, and am excited about racing for the first time in the USA with a GT car,\u201d Fisichella said. \u201cFrom what I heard the circuit is fantastic and I hope to do well. I\u2019ve watched some YouTube GT footage but obviously need to run the maximum time possible next week to learn it and find the limit of the circuit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move to E85 \u2013 for both the Fisichella\/Vilander and Jamie Melo\/Gianmaria Bruni entries \u2013 will be a huge boost in power for the Ferrari\u2019s V8 motor, said team technical director Rick Mayer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/posts-alms\/Risi-car.jpg\" alt=\"Risi-car\" width=\"448\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will be especially helpful considering Miller Motorsports Park\u2019s massive 3,500-foot straightaway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a real technical challenge racing here, on several levels, due to the high altitude (4,200 ft above sea level) and extreme temperatures,\u201d he added. \u201cHow the Pennzoil Ultra oil performs at high temperatures, to the smooth power delivery from V8s which Michelotto prepares, and the consistency of the Michelin tires \u2013 it all has to come together to achieve success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Risi and the rest of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n field are ready to kick off the summer stint with the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park. The two-hour, 45-minute race will begin at 2:35 p.m. MT on Sunday, July 11, with coverage beginning on SPEED at 4:30 p.m. ET. Live radio coverage will be available on American Le Mans Radio presented by Porsche \u2013 a production of Radio Show Limited \u2013 as well as Sirius Channel 127 and XM Channel 242. Visit the Series\u2019 schedule page for ticket and accommodation information. Live Timing and Scoring, track schedule, entry list and much, much more will be available on Racehub at americanlemans.com.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a9 RIF | ALMS<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend certainly stands to be one of firsts for Risi Competizione. The biggest piece of news, of course, is Giancarlo Fisichella\u2019s first race in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n. He will drive one of the team\u2019s Ferrari F430 GTs with Toni Vilander at Miller Motorsports Park. The Larry H. Miller &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[5264,5334,272,5281,191],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6865,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions\/6865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}