The IMSA championship returns to the spotlight in Canada with four 296 GT3s and official driver Daniel Serra on track. Fuji hosts three major events: the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Japan, the GT World Challenge Asia, and the Japan Cup. In Italy, Mugello will set a new entry record with 59 crews taking part, including many Ferraris. Round five of the British GT takes place at Snetterton in the UK.

IMSA. Four teams, competing across two GT3 classes, will field a total of four Ferraris in the Grand Prix round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. DragonSpeed continues its full-season campaign in the GTD Pro class, while Conquest Racing, Inception Racing, and Triarsi Competizione each enter a 296 GT3 in the GTD Pro-Am category. In the previous round, the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen in early June, Ferrari secured podium finishes in both classes. The seventh round of the championship features a two-hour 40-minute race at the former Formula 1 venue traditionally known as Mosport. Located 90 minutes east of Toronto, the circuit hosted the Canadian F1 Grand Prix six times, most recently in 1977. Giacomo Altoè returns to GTD Pro, joining Albert Costa in the number 81 DragonSpeed 296 GT3. Costa finished third at The Glen, where he partnered with official driver Davide Rigon. Altoè took pole position in his most recent IMSA race at Laguna Seca in May, where he finished second. Costa, who also claimed pole at Sebring International Raceway in March, currently sits third in the GTD Pro standings.

Inception Racing fields the number 70 Ferrari for Brendan Iribe and Frederik Schandorff. The team arrives off the back of a second-place finish at Watkins Glen, where Ollie Millroy joined the pair. Official driver Daniel Serra will share the number 34 Conquest Racing 296 GT3 with Manny Franco. The pair are currently ninth in the GTD standings. Last year at this circuit, Franco, paired with Costa, finished 11th. The driver line-up for the number 021 Ferrari of Triarsi Competizione has yet to be confirmed. The team recently finished 12th at Watkins Glen with Alessandro Balzan, A.J. Muss, and Jason Hart.

The event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park starts with a 90-minute free practice session on Friday, 11 July, at 1:55 p.m. A second 90-minute free practice session will take place on Saturday at 10:35 a.m., followed by GTD qualifying at 4:00 p.m. and GTD Pro qualifying at 4:25 p.m. The race is scheduled to begin at 2:05 p.m. on Sunday 13 July.

The race will be streamed live on IMSA’s YouTube channel.

GT World Challenge Asia. After three rounds and six races, the championship reaches its halfway mark at Fuji International Speedway. Five Ferraris will compete in the weekend’s two races, which will also include the Japan Cup and the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Japan at the same circuit.

Absolute Corse will field the number 98 296 GT3, raced by home driver Hiroshi Hamaguchi and young Dutchman Thierry Vermeulen. In the Silver class, as well as contesting the China Cup, Winhere Harmony Racing will enter the number 96 car with Deng Yi and Luo Kailuo at the wheel. The Chinese team’s second entry, the number 55, will compete in Silver-Am with drivers Liu Hangcheng and Finland’s Elias Seppänen.

Defending Am champion David Tjiptobiantor leads the standings, paired with teammate Christian Colombo in the number 75 296 GT3 of Garage 75.

Also in the Am category, LM Corsa fields an all-Japanese crew of Kei Nakanishi and Shigekazu Wakisaka in the number 60.

The programme includes two qualifying sessions on Saturday at 8:40 a.m. and 9:02 a.m., with Race-1, lasting 60 minutes, starting at 12:55 p.m. The second 60-minute race begins on Sunday, 13 July, at 11:40 a.m. 

Japan Cup. Fuji features a strong line-up for a championship that showcases Japan’s rich motorsport culture. Eight Ferraris will race in the GT3 class. In the Pro-Am class, the grid includes: the number 296 Hitotsuyama with Cornes Racing 296 GT3, driven by Akihiro Tsuzuki and Shintaro Kawabata; the number 98 K-Tunes Racing entry with Daisuke Yamawaki and Shinichi Takagi; the number 45 PONOS CORSA car with Yorikatsu Tsujiko and Kei Cozzolino; the number 18 TEAM UPGARAGE Ferrari with Akita and Takashi Kobayashi; the number 9 BINGO RACING with LM Corsa entry with Shinji Takei and Ukyo Sasahara; and the number 555 MAEZAWA CORSA car with Yusaku Maezawa and Naoki Yokomizo.

In the Am class, Team MACCHINA fields the number 1 Ferrari crewed by Tadao Uematsu and Hirokazu Suzuki, while Takashi Toyoda and Kazuki Ota take the wheel of the number 66 CARGUY Racing 488 GT3 Evo 2020 in the Sono class.

The Japan Cup programme includes two qualifying sessions on Saturday, 12 July, ahead of Race-1, a 60-minute event starting at 4:05 p.m. The second race is held on Sunday over the same distance, with the green flag at 2:50 p.m.

CIGT. Mugello will welcome a record turnout for the second Sprint event of the Italian GT Championship, with no fewer than 59 crews entered across GT3 and GT Cup. In Pro-Am, championship leaders Ferrari-Raghunathan will compete in the number 51 AF Corse 296 GT3. The pair are also second – on equal points – in the overall standings after their Race-2 win at Vallelunga. The Piacenza-based team also fields a second car, the number 62 of Colavita-Badawi. In the Am class, Marazzi-Buttarelli will drive the number 74 Rossocorsa 296 GT3, while Han Huilin competes in the number 39 Target Racing car and Ziad Ghandour in the number 52 AF Corse entry. 

The GT Cup, reserved for one-make series cars, features a strong Ferrari presence.
In the 1st Division Pro-Am, the lineup includes Schirò-Riva in the number 103 Rossocorsa 296 Challenge, Dylan Medler in the number 104 Pellin Racing car, Pegoraro-Croccolino in the number 111 Best Lap entry, Dabboussi-Mancinelli in the number 150 AF Corse car, Gai-Fontana in the number 169 of AF Corse, and Gilles Renmans in the number 177 Dav Racing car. In the Am class, Pierluigi Alessandri will drive the number 244 DL Racing 296 Challenge, currently second in the standings, just three points behind the leader. Drivers of the 296 Challenge cars also include Mitchell Green in the number 204 Pellin Racing entry, Marzialetti-Nicoli in the number 212 MRNC12 car, Mari-Simonelli in the number 218 Best Lap Ferrari, and Brazil’s Rafael Duran in the number 227 AF Corse car. In Division 2 Am, current leader Lyle Schofield will drive the number 533 SR&R 488 Challenge Evo. The class also features Gallo-Foglia in the number 523 488 Challenge Evo of Best Lap, Marchetti-Massaro in the number 505 Scuderia Emme car, Briselli-Bernazzani in the number 580 of Pinetti Motorsport, and Pierantoni-Paniccià in the number 546 of MRNC12.

The Mugello weekend opens on Friday with free practice, featuring two sessions for each class. Saturday is the official practice day: GT3 qualifying starts at 8:30 a.m. and 8:45 a.m., followed by GT Cup at 9:20 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. GT3 Race-1 begins at 12:50 p.m., with GT Cup following at 3:00 p.m. On Sunday, the programme continues with Race-2: GT3 hits the track at 11:40 a.m., while GT Cup wraps up the weekend with the green light at 2:40 p.m.

British GT. The Snetterton circuit will host round five of the British GT, where Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin are set to compete in the number 55 Spirit of Race-296 GT3. The pair arrive off the back of a seventh-place finish at the previous round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. At Snetterton, the action kicks off on Friday with testing, followed by free practice and qualifying on Saturday. On Sunday, Race-1 is scheduled from 10:50 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., followed by Race-2 from 3:05 p.m. to 4:05 p.m.

All times are local.