The plucky P4/5 Competizione team have finally finished their first VLN race on the Nordschleife, ahead of the team's attack on the legendary Nurburgring 24 hours in June, coming in 13th overall (out of 127 finishers, which we reckon ain't half bad).
The finish is encouraging news for the team, as the car's first race - video footage of which you can see embedded in this story - back in April ended with engine problems after just 8 laps.
Drivers Mika Salo, Nicola Larini, Luca Capellari and Fabrizio Giovanardi and the F430 GT2/430 Scuderia-based P4/5 Competizione (don't call it a Ferrari 'cos it isn't an official project) managed 38 laps of the Nordschleife during the six-hour race.
Next stop - the 24-hour race itself. Good luck chaps!
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