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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">09/02/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Rafanelli Ferrari Testing</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">At Vallelunga</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> The Team Rafanelli Ferrari has been at Vallelunga from February 7 until today, with Ing, Massimo Del Prete in charge of Emanuele Naspetti, Marc Duez and Gunther Blieninger. Naspetti set the car’s best lap during the first two days, a 1:10.4 on Michelins, well inside the previous best GT lap here, a 1:13.8 by the Racing Box Viper. The car ran reliably, with no gearbox or transmission problems.<BR> <BR> Mimmo Schiattarella was also driving, but purely in a testing role. “We have three days to define the parameters before building the second car in time for the Valencia test,” said Gabriele Rafanelli.<BR> <BR> The team completed their first extended run with the car using a 100 litre tank, the weight of the fuel causing a slight problem that needs to be overcome. <BR> <BR> Audi were also present, with Aiello, Capello, Biela and Kristensen. Clearly a very serious test, the R8’s best lap was a 1:01.2.<BR> <BR> If Audi are testing here, this tends to dilute suggestions that Vallelunga isn’t suitable for top line prototypes, as some suggested when the ELMS dates were announced.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>