Pescara, Italy – After a positive debut in Adria, next week Solaris Motorsport will be on track again with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06R for a two-day test session at Vallelunga.

The good feelings and the fast times that came out from the last test on the twisty track in the North of Italy will need to be reflected now on the fast circuit located near Rome, where on February 24th and 25th, Solaris Motorsport engineers will test new setup solutions for high speed tracks. “I’m excited, I want to be on track as soon I can – commented Francesco Sini, driver – We left Adria very happy and really confident about our potential. I’m curious about the feeling with the Corvette on a very different circuit and how the behaviour of the car will change with the setup we want to try.”

During the two days of testing at Vallelunga, Solaris Motorsport will try also the two different tyres used in International GT Open and in the Italian GT Championship. Therefore the #12 Corvette will lap with Michelin and Pirelli tyres and at the end the engineers will be able to compare the data. “We want to know the performance difference between the two compounds in order to be ready for everything that can happen – said Roberto Sini, Solaris Motorsport team principal – We have to know how is the car at race pace, how much is the tyre degradation and how it influences the car’s performances. We want to find a good setup base to start with the experiments.”
Stefano Costantini will drive the Corvette Z06R during the test session. It will be the first time for him with the american coupè. Two-time Castrol Seat Leon Supercopa runner-up and Porsche Carrera Cup Italia championship protagonist, Costantini raced in the International GT Open during the last two years, obtaining a win and a lot of class and overall podiums in 2014. In october, the Italian driver also won his first race of the Italian GT championship on the last event in Monza, when he climbed the first step of the podium after Race 1 on Saturday, while the Sunday race was won by Francesco Sini and Tomas Enge with the SaReni Camaro managed by Solaris Motorsport, on the team’s debut in GT races.

Both on February 24th and 25th, the entrance at Vallenga will be totally free.

Massimiliano Palumbo

Pescara – Solaris Motorsport did an important test session in Adria on February 8th. It was new year’s first test session for the Italian team, focused on learning and taking confidence with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06R, the new weapon of the Notaresco-based team for GT championships. Francesco Sini was at the wheel of the American coupè and drove the car on the Italian track with a real good pace, setting great times without mechanical problems.

More than 40 laps completed by Corvette Z06R, which has been running all day long – characterized by an extremely cold temperature near 0° – without inconvenients, coming back home with the satisfactory result of setting its best time close to the GT3 track record. A very happy Francesco Sini, EuroV8 Series reigning champion, has had the possibility of testing for the fist time the potential of his new ‘weapon': “What a debut! I’m really satisfied, the car is way quicker than I had expected and, especially, it’s really easy to bring it to the edge. In GT races, where the race pace is fundamental, it’s a very important quality” commented an hopeful Francesco Sini after the test. “I drove and won with all Chevrolet branded cars, from Lumina to Camaro and its SaReNi GT3 version; now I want to do the same with the Corvette!”

Yet to be decided the driver who will share the Z06R cockpit with Sini: “I hope to know the name of my teammate in a few days, so that we can start to work on the season early in order to try to catch the important goals we want to reach this year. We have 2 months of hard work ahead, we will concentrate on every detail in order to be ready for the first race, from the single lap performance to the full-race pace, as well as the pit stops. I want my team ready for the beginning of the season! Callaway Cars and us, together with all the Corvette Motorsport guys, have great expectations this year and we will do all we can not to disappoint anyone“.

Roberto Sini, Solaris Motorsport team principal, is looking forward with a renewed conviction after the positive day of testing: “I’m very satisfied with the session in Adria, not only for the surprising performance shown by Corvette, but especially for the reliability of the car: zero problems in the entire day! The good performance of Francesco, then, gives us great confidence and determination for the future“.


Solaris Motorsport will be back on track at the end of February, with a new test session scheduled on the track of Vallelunga.

Massimiliano Palumbo