500 Wins For The Ferrari 488 GT3

The Ferrari 488 GT3 claimed its five-hundredth victory at the Red Bull Ring last Saturday in Austria, where Nick Cassidy won DTM Race-1.

On the same day, in the GT World Challenge Asia, Takeshi Kimura and Kei Cozzolino took the drivers titles in the overall and Pro-Am classes of the Japan Cup. This brought the tally of titles featuring the 488 GT3 to 110. The following day saw the overall title fall to the Car Guy team, again extending the roll of title winning honour for the car, set to be replaced as the contemporary customer racing offering next season by the new Ferrari 296 GT3.

The five hundred races won by the 488 GT3 internationally, both in its standard configuration and in the Evo 2020 version were achieved in seven seasons of competing in major national and international series.

Race and title wins have come right across the world and in Championships run by just about every major saanctioning body.

Antonello Coletta, Head of Ferrari Attività Sportive GT: “The 488 GT3 is a car that never ceases to surprise us and bring us enormous satisfaction. It is a truly historic feat to reach five hundred victories, hardly predictable when the car debuted in 2016. An incredible result, also thanks to the teams that chose it to compete in the leading world series.

“I am delighted that this milestone coincides with our victory in the DTM, a series in which we made our debut last year with AF Corse, where we had the chance to appreciate the 488 GT3’s competitiveness. I would also like to congratulate Takeshi Kimura and Kei Cozzolino for delivering the GT World Challenge Asia title, this model’s one-hundred-and-tenth laurel, another genuinely memorable achievement”.