Reigning International GT Open Drivers and Teams Champions Emil Frey Racing will return to World Challenge Europe after a single season away with a two-car Pro class entry partnered with Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
The Swiss team, after previously fielding Lexus and Jaguar machinery will continue with the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo and have already tested the Lamborghinis with the new for 2020 Pirelli tyres.
The driver squads are as follows:
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Albert Costa Balboa (Endurance & Sprint)
Giacomo Altoè (Endurance & Sprint)
Franck Perera (Endurance)
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Norbert Siedler (Endurance & Sprint)
Mikaël Grenier (Endurance & Sprint)
Ricardo Feller (Endurance)
The teams successful 2019 GT Open pairings both return with Champions Albert Costa and Giacomo Altoè again joined by runners up Norbert Siedler and Mikaël Grenier.
Lamborghini Squadra Corsa driver Franck Perera and 19-year-old Swiss driver Ricardo Feller join the pairings for the endurance rounds. Feller lives in Oberentfelden; a mere 10 minutes away from the Emil Frey Racing Workshop in Safenwil.
Lorenz Frey-Hilti (Team Principal): “After a successful season with Lamborghini Squadra Corse and the corresponding wins of the Teams’ and Drivers’ Championships in the International GT Open, it is now time for a move up and a comeback into the GT World Challenge Europe.
“I am looking forward to continuing our success of 2018 at the GT World Challenge Europe in 2020. I am very pleased with Lamborghini’s professionalism and the constructive exchange between engineers and drivers. The GT World Challenge is the premium class of the GT3-Sport. The level is intensely high. The drivers and their teams are very accomplished and experienced, but I am confident that, with hard work, we will learn fast and make the best out of what we have. Our goal for the first season is to be the best Lamborghini team and to consistently be in the Top Ten.”
Giorgio Sanna (Head of Motorsport Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.): “After the first winning season in the International GT Open Series 2019 with Emil Frey Racing we are glad to support the team in a new challenge as the GT World Challenge Europe, with two cars in the PRO class driven by experts and young talented drivers and supported by an extraordinary team. We look forward to a successful 2020 season.”
