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The emotional elevator of Pier Guidi and Calado in Bahrain

In the last two hours of racing in an event that it had mastered, the No. 51 Ferrari went from the despair of the title that had eluded it to the liberation of a catastrophe averted. An emotional elevator for Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado.

Published on 14/11/2022 à 14:52

Valentin GLO

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The emotional elevator of Pier Guidi and Calado in Bahrain

Ferrari held off the shock in Bahrain to win a second consecutive title © Julien Delfosse / DPPI

James Calado couldn't hide his emotion in the box Ferrari during the very last moments of the race. The phlegmatic Englishman understood that the title of GTE Pro world champion was going to come to him for the second year in a row when he thought he had lost everything an hour and a half previously when his Ferrari started to jolt. A situation all the more difficult for the driver to live with as he had returned the car to his partner Alessandro Pier Guidi for the end of the race and therefore had to watch him, helpless, fighting with a gearbox recalcitrant.

« Je ne suis pas une personne très émotive, mais nous avons gagné un championnat du monde alors que je pensais que tout était fichu. Quand je suis rentré aux stands,

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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