Risi Competizione + Giuseppe Risi

A RACE TO FORGET AT LAGUNA SECA

Fiona Miller — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:10:42 +0000

Risi Competizione had a race to forget today in California. Despite starting from class pole position and having a good, fast Ferrari 458 Italia race car, multiple penalties for track and pit lane infringements meant the end result was 8th place in the GT category for the team and its drivers Olivier Beretta and Matteo

MAGICAL MONTE CARLO

Fiona Miller — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:12:22 +0000

Olivier Beretta is very proud of his Monegasque heritage and nationality but prefers to leave his home in Monaco when the Formula One Grand Prix (Sunday, May 26) takes place. He says of the event: “I like to be there on the Thursday for practice day but after that it’s so difficult to move around

KEEPING IT IN THE FERRARI FAMILY…

Fiona Miller — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:57:05 +0000

There may have been three weeks between the Californian rounds of the American Le Mans Series, but for many drivers there has been little or no break. Risi’s Matteo Malucelli was one of six drivers who took part in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6-hour race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium – the last

FIRST POLE IN FIRST QUALIFYING FOR MALUCELLI

Fiona Miller — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:51:16 +0000

Risi Competizione’s Matteo Malucelli drove the No.62 Ferrari 458 Italia to his first ALMS GT pole position today at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, awarding the Houston-based team the perfect start position for tomorrow’s four-hour race. The race begins at 3:30pm (PT) and will run into dusk. After returning to the ALMS after a year out

RISI’S RICK MAYER PREVIEWS LAGUNA SECA

Fiona Miller — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:25:47 +0000

Just two weeks after racing on the short, tight confines of the streets of Long Beach, near Los Angeles, attention now turns to the second of the two Californian rounds. The venues are very different, and the four-hour race into the darkness will offer its own challenges and opportunities for strategic gain. Risi Competizione’s chief

LONG BEACH ASSAULT KNOCKED BY HARSH PENALTY

Fiona Miller — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:46:54 +0000

Houston-based Risi Competizione finished in 9th place in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series today but the result could so easily have been very different. Monegasque driver, Olivier Beretta, made a great start to the two-hour race around the streets of Long Beach in California in his No.62 Ferrari 458 Italia, rising

7TH IN SUPER-CLOSE GT QUALIFYING AT LONG BEACH

Fiona Miller — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:38:24 +0000

Just 0.5 seconds separated the top eight cars in GT qualifying for tomorrow’s two-hour race around the streets of Long Beach in southern California. Olivier Beretta, driving the No.62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia, set a time of 1:19.184 which put him in 7th place on the super-tight GT grid – a mark of how

RETAIL THERAPY!

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:12:18 +0000

Since the start of the 2013 American Le Mans Series, Risi Competizione has had a small retail shop which is selling a range of clothing and Risi-branded items at each round of the series. There are between 30-35 different items ranging in cost from $ 8 – 175 (for a top of the range, full

EXPERIENCE COUNTS

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:57:08 +0000

Risi Competizione’s former crew chief and current drive train specialist, Richard Taylor, has been coming to Long Beach on and off for 37 years.

PRACTICE PATTER…

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:50:44 +0000

Track time at Long Beach is always at a premium and this year is no exception. A two-hour session, which started at 7:30 am this morning, was interrupted three times by red flags but held in bright, sunny conditions. At the checker, the Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia was third in the super-competitive GT class,