Art.Nr. 23915
"Switzerland still has a lot to offer motorsports"
Who said that?
It was Ronny Kessel, the head of the Swiss racing team KESSEL RACING from Grancia near Lugano. KESSEL’s origins date back to 1971, when Loris Kessel (d. 2010), Ronny’s father, began maintaining and developing street and race cars, and started dealing in sports and luxury cars. Today, KESSEL is a dealer for Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, and Pagani, and sells used, high-end sports and race cars. From Bugattis to Formula 1 Ferraris, they have it all. Alongside his business, Loris Kessel continued to compete as a race car driver. Among other things, he raced for the British RAM RACING Team in Formula 1 in 1976 and 1977, and he also participated in hill climbs and rallies. In 1993, he finished seventh in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Porsche 962.
In 2000, he founded the racing team “Loris Kessel Racing Car,” with which he competed in the Ferrari Challenge and the FIA GT3 European Championship. The name was later changed to KESSEL RACING.
After his father’s death in 2010, his son Ronny took over the company and expanded it into, among other things, Europe’s largest Ferrari dream world. Today, the KESSEL Group comprises a global motorsports divisionu.a . active in GT (u.a . Blancpain Endurance Series and Blancpain GT Series) and classic car championships, the aforementioned sports car sales division, and a renowned restoration division.
The current Ferrari 458 was used in this livery in the “International GT Open” racing series as well as in the “Blancpain GT Sports Club.” The model from CARRERA depicts the GT Open car.
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