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LE MANS: AF Corse Sebring Lineup Complete
Marco Cioci to join Olivier Beretta and Andrea Bertolini in No. 71 car for WEC season-opener...
Gulf 12 Hours winner Marco Cioci, pictured in helmet, will complete AF Corse's driver lineup for the Twelve Hours of Sebring. (Photo: John Dagys)
Following confirmation of Toni Vilander as the third driver of its No. 51 Ferrari F458 Italia, AF Corse announced Friday that Italian Marco Cioci will join Olivier Beretta and fellow countryman Andrea Bertonini in squad’s No. 71 entry for next weekend’s 60th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
The addition of Cioci, a recent winner at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, gives further strength to the Amato Ferrari-led squad, which swept the European Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup championships last year.
"We have a way of looking at things with optimism for this new challenge,” Ferrari said. “The 458 is a winning car, as it has shown in the Le Mans Series and ILMC in 2011. During the winter, the car was developed further. We have some of the world’s best GT drivers. The feeling among the car and the Michelin tires is great.”
AF Corse will be a part of four FIA WEC entries this year, with the two GTE-Pro-class Ferraris being joined by an additional F458 Italia, run under the AF-Waltrip banner for two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip and co-drivers Rob Kauffman and Rui Aguas, as well as the Pecom Racing Oreca 03 Nissan in LMP2.
With Cioci’s signing, the WEC entry list is now complete, with each of the 30 teams having confirmed its three-driver squads.
Official testing for WEC competitors will kick off on Monday.
John Dagys is SPEED.com’s Sportscar Racing Reporter, focusing on all major domestic and international championships. You can follow him on Twitter @johndagys or email him at
The addition of Cioci, a recent winner at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, gives further strength to the Amato Ferrari-led squad, which swept the European Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup championships last year.
"We have a way of looking at things with optimism for this new challenge,” Ferrari said. “The 458 is a winning car, as it has shown in the Le Mans Series and ILMC in 2011. During the winter, the car was developed further. We have some of the world’s best GT drivers. The feeling among the car and the Michelin tires is great.”
AF Corse will be a part of four FIA WEC entries this year, with the two GTE-Pro-class Ferraris being joined by an additional F458 Italia, run under the AF-Waltrip banner for two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip and co-drivers Rob Kauffman and Rui Aguas, as well as the Pecom Racing Oreca 03 Nissan in LMP2.
With Cioci’s signing, the WEC entry list is now complete, with each of the 30 teams having confirmed its three-driver squads.
Official testing for WEC competitors will kick off on Monday.
John Dagys is SPEED.com’s Sportscar Racing Reporter, focusing on all major domestic and international championships. You can follow him on Twitter @johndagys or email him at
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