BMS Scuderia Italia have a strong driver lineup for their new Ferrari 430
Joel Camathias Joins BMS Scuderia Italia To Drive In The 2008 FIA GT Championship
Swiss GT driver Joel Camathias (27), the 2006 Le Mans Series GT2 Class and the 2007 International GT Open GT2 Class Co-Champion, will share the wheels of the new BMS Scuderia Italia # 78 Ferrari F 430 GT with the young Italian 2007 Euroseries 3000 Champion, Davide Rigon (21), in the prestigious FIA GT Championship.
Joel`s comment:
"I want to thank BMS Scuderia Italia and Pirelli for such a great opportunity they are giving me. BMS Scuderia Italia is one of the most successful and professional motor racing team in the world and to be part of that it is a great honour. It will be a tough and exciting year for us and I`m sure we`ll be very competitive. FIA GT is one of the most fascinating and challenging championship in the world. I`m ready for that!".
Round one of the FIA GT Championship will be run at Silverstone (Great Britain) on April 20.
Paolo Ruberti's expectations for the 2008 season
The opening of the 2008 FIA GT season is approaching, the first race scheduled for the next 20th of April on the British track of Silverstone. After the positive experience of the previous years together with Racing Team Edil Cris, Paolo Ruberti is ready to face the incoming season with a new team, the BMS Scuderia Italia, a team with a lot of history that does not require any presentation.
The driver from Verona will share the cockpit of the F430 GTC number 77 Ferrari with Matteo Malucelli, forming a crew that announces to be one of the most competitive.
Paolo Ruberti:
'This new challenge with BMS Scuderia Italia is extremely exciting. We had some positive indications from pre-seasonal tests and for this reason we reckon we can be within the battle for the front positions, even if several crews will certainly be able to get on top of the classification.
The feeling with the team has been immediate and so was that with Malucelli, a quick driver that I always regarded very highly.
No matter how things will go at Silverstone, I think we will need at least three races before having a clear idea of who can really aim at the title. Concretely, our objective is to win some races but I wouldn´t mind to have higher targets in the final part of the season".