FF Corse explained

FF Corse
Founded:	2009
Base:	Silverstone Circuit
Founder:	Anthony Cheshire
Website:	https://www.ffcorse.com

FF Corse is a British motorsport team based at Silverstone Circuit.

History

The team was founded in 2009 by Anthony Cheshire. FF Corse specialises in Ferrari racing cars and competes in a number of the marque's Ferrari Challenge programmes. As of 2015, the team manages around 35 Ferrari race cars.^[1]

The team has previously competed in British GT Championship, GT Open, Le Mans Cup, GT Cup Championship, Britcar Endurance Championship and Ferrari Challenge. FF Corse is three-time Ferrari World Final Champions.^[2]

Notable drivers include Johnny Mowlem, Adam Carroll, Mike Wilds, Bruno Senna,^[3] Tom Ingram,^[4] and Tom Fleming.^[5]

In 2024, FF Corse announced its GT Driver Academy, supporting up and coming racers to develop their careers into GT car racing.^[6] The team also stated its intentions to return to the British GT Championship having purchased a Ferrari 296 GT3, expected for delivery late 2024.^[7]

Racing record

British GT Championship results

!Circuit!Car!Drivers!Class!Position
2012
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Ryan Hooker Gary Eastwood	GTC	1st
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Ryan Hooker Gary Eastwood	GTC	1st
Donington Park	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Ryan Hooker Gary Eastwood	GTC	1st
2013
Oulton Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	7th
Rockingham Motor Speedway	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	5th
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	12th
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Jacques Duyver Charlie Hollings	GTC	1st
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 GT3	Jamie Stanley Paul McNeilly	GT3	12th
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	13th
Brands Hatch	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
Brands Hatch	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Jacques Duyver Charlie Hollings	GTC	1st
Zandvoort	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	1st
Donington Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	2nd
2014
Oulton Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
Rockingham Motor Speedway	Ferrari 458 GT3	Rob Barff Gary Eastwood	GT3	1st
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 GT3	Jamie Stanley Paul McNeilly	GT3	DNF
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
Spa Francorchamps	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	18th
Donington Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Ollie Hancock Gary Eastwood	GT3	2nd
Donington Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Piers Johnson Ron Johnson	GT3	13th
2015
Oulton Park	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	5th
Rockingham Motor Speedway	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
Silverstone	Ferrari 458 GT3	Michael Lyons Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
Spa Francorchamps	Ferrari 458 GT3	Ollie Hancock Gary Eastwood	GT3	10th
Brands Hatch	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	5th
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 GT3	Adam Carroll Gary Eastwood	GT3	DNF
2016
Silverstone	Ferrari 488 GT3	Adam Carroll Marco Attard	GT3	3rd
2020
Silverstone	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Laurent De Meeus	GTC	2nd
Spa Francorchamps	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Omar Jackson Charlie Hollings	GTC	DNS

Ferrari Challenge results

2013
	Driver	Car	Class	MNZ		BRN		LMS	ALG		HOC		IMO		MUG
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
	Alex Martin	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli	4	5	3	5	2	3	5	3	5	Ret	4	6	2	5
	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli												3	7
	Jacques Duyver	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli					6					6	8
	Rupert Martin	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Coppa Shell	10	9	10	Ret	19	12	7	9	Ret			12	5	Ret
2014
	Driver	Car	Class	MNZ		MUG		BRN		ALG		SIL		IST		YAS
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	4	1							4	1
	Alex Martin	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	5	Ret	3	4	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	4	4	4	3
	Jacques Duyver	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Coppa Shell	3	8	4	5	2	2	2	Ret	2	2	2	1	5	Ret	3
	Rupert Martin	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Coppa Shell AM			Ret		4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	Ret	11	10
2016
	Driver	Car	Class	VAL		MUG		LMS	SOC		HOC		JER		DAY
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
1	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	2	1	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
16	Jacques Duyver	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro												6	5
20	Wayne Marrs	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Coppa Shell AM	6	10	17	19	12
2017
	Driver	Car	Class	VAL		MNZ		BUD		LEC		SIL		IMO		MUG
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
2	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	4	6	2	5	2	5	4	3	5	5	2	1	5	4
3	Chris Froggatt	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	2	2	Ret	6	9	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret	2
8	Bonamy Grimes	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am									6	4	4	4	8	4
9	Marc Brough	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	5	7	Ret	5							3	9	10	8
25	Laurent de Meeus	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Coppa Shell AM									15	12	14	21	18	18
2018
	Driver	Car	Class	MUG		SIL		SPA		MIS		BRN		BAR		MNZ
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
8	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	7	7	4	4									7	6
1	Chris Froggatt	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
5	John Sawbridge	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	6	5	5	7	2	3	6	5	5	6	Ret	6
7	Jack Brown	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am			2	3							2	Ret	2	2
8	John Dhillon	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	9	9	7	8	5	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	6	7	4	4
11	Pantelis Christoforou	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am			8	9	4	Ret					7	8
7	Laurent de Meeus	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Coppa Shell AM	7	5	Ret	DNS	5	5	8	DNS	6	7			1	5
2019
	Driver	Car	Class	BHR		VAL		SPE		LMS	NÜR		IMO		MUG
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
3	Sam Smeeth	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	2	4	1	6	5	C	3	3	7	3	5	3	5
5	Adam Carroll	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro					1	C	1	7	3	4	4	1	3
10	Chris Froggatt	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro					4	C	Ret					7	8
2	Jack Brown	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	2	2	3	1	1	C	3	6	2	9	2
10	John Dhillon	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	4	6	10	Ret	5	C	11	7	6	8	Ret
11	Franck Ruimy	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	9	10	Ret	5			12	8	8			9	7
14	Ali Kamyab	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	6	7	11	8
2	Laurent de Meeus	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Coppa Shell AM	2	3	4	2	7	2	1	10	Ret	9	3	5	5
2020
	Driver	Car	Class	IMO		BCN		ALG		MUG		SPA		MIS1		MIS2
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
4	Laurent de Meeus	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Coppa Shell AM	5	2	6	2	7	2			Ret	2	1	Ret
2021
	Driver	Car	Class	MNZ		RBR		BRN		VAL		NÜR		SPA		MUG
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
	Omar Jackson	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	11	7	10	8	7	11	9	7	11	12	12	12	Ret	14	14
9	Laurent de Meeus	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Coppa Shell AM	DNF	4	3	DNF							2	7	3	3
2022
	Driver	Car	Class	ALG		LEC		BUD				SIL		MUG		IMO
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
	Jack Brown	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am									2	DNS
2023
	Driver	Car	Class	VAL		MIS		RBR		LMS	EST		SPA		MUG
	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
2	Thomas Fleming	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	2	4	1	DSQ	3	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	1	1
5	James Owen	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-Am	7	Ret	4	6	DSQ	5	10	2	5	6	14	Ret	Ret	4

Ferrari Finali Mondiali titles


	Circuit	Car	Driver	Class	Pos
2016	Daytona International Speedway	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Sam Smeeth	Trofeo Pirelli Pro-AM	1st
2019	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Adam Carroll	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	1st
2023	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo	Thomas Fleming	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	1st

GT Cup Championship results

!Circuit!Car!Driver!Class!Pos
2016
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Calum Lockie David Mason	Class 1	3rd
Snetterton Circuit	Ferrari 458 Challenge	Mike Wilds Anthony Wilds	Class 2	1st

Britcar results

Overall results published, not including places in class.

2016
	Drivers			Class	SILGP	SNE	DON	THR	CRO	SILINT	OUL	BRH	Pts
5	Calum Lockie David Mason	Ferrari 458 GT3	1	1	Ret		15	6	3	4	2	5	107
8	Anthony Wilds Mike Wilds	Ferrari 458 Challenge	9	2		1	3	3		2			85
13	Bonamy Grimes	Ferrari 458 Challenge	5	2	Ret	9				5		4	56
	Johnny Mowlem				Ret	9						4
	Charlie Hollings									5
18	Simon Atkinson Leyton Clarke	Ferrari 458 Challenge	44	2			2						47
18	Simon Atkinson Leyton Clarke	Ferrari 458 Challenge	4	2						3			47

2017
	Driver	Car		Class	SIL		SNE		SIL		BRH		DON		OUL		SIL	BRH		Pts
Endurance Category Standings
4	Bonamy Grimes	Ferrari 458 Challenge	5	2	4	1	2	3	2	Ret	1	1	3	3	1	1		1	4	256
	Johnny Mowlem				4	1	2	3	2	Ret	1	1			1	1		1	4
	Charlie Hollings												3	3
13	Graham Lucking Leyton Clarke	Ferrari 458 Challenge	4	2	Ret	20	6	4	5	2										92
16	Mike Wilds Dino Zamparelli	Ferrari 458 Challenge	9	2	1	5	Ret	12												76
22	Marc Brough Charlie Hollings	Ferrari 458 Challenge	23	2	7	3														37
24	David Mason Calum Lockie	Ferrari 458 GT3	7	1	6	EX	7													31
27	Laurent De Meeus Jamie Stanley	Ferrari 458 Challenge	22	2	25	18														25
Sprint Category Standings
6	David Mason Calum Lockie	Ferrari 458 GT3	7	1				2	3	1	5	1	4	1			2	22	1	176
13	Rob MacFarlane	Ferrari 360 Challenge	26	3					20	8										40
16	Laurent de Meeus Jamie Stanley	Ferrari 458 Challenge	22	2			5	1												34
17	Marc Brough Andrew Bentley	Ferrari 458 Challenge	23	2			4	3												31

2018
	Drivers	Car		Class	ROC	SIL	OUL	DON	SNE	SIL	BRH	Pts
4	David Mason Ross Wylie	Ferrari 458 GT3	7	1S	2	5	4	Ret	2	2	1	257
14	Johnny Mowlem Ivor Dunbar	Ferrari 458 GT3	5	1E		1						43
	John Seale	Ferrari 488 Challenge	55	1S	4	6
	Laurent de Meeus Jamie Stanley	Ferrari 488 Challenge	22	S2 A					1
	Ronnie Garrick Fulvio Mussi	Ferrari 458 Challenge	45						Ret

Sources: ^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20]

Notes and References

Web site: FF Corse, Much More Than A Gentlemen's Club . 2024-09-28 . www.dailysportscar.com. 28 February 2015 .
Web site: Finali Mondiali 2024 Ferrari Corse Clienti - Ferrari.com . 2024-09-28 . www.ferrari.com . en.
Web site: ((challenger24)) . 2018-03-30 . 2007 Ferrari F430 Challenge at RM Sotheby's Auction Monaco 2018 FCHGT . 2024-09-28 . en-US.
Web site: Three Ferraris in final round of GT Cup . 2024-09-28 . www.ferrari.com . en.
Web site: Ferrari Challenge Misano: Gara 2 a Valint e Sartingen. it.motorsport.com. 24 April 2023. 29 June 2025.
Web site: 13 June 2024 . Nine drivers selected for FF Corse’s inaugural GT Driver Academy. 2025-06-30 . www.racecar.com . en.
Web site: FF Corse Targeting 2025 British GT Entry With Ferrari . 2024-09-28 . www.dailysportscar.com. 8 August 2024 .
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Silverstone International Circuit 30th March 2019 . 30 March 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Silverstone GP Circuit 27th April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Brands Hatch Indy Circuit 11th May 2019 . 11 May 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Donington Park National 1st June 2019 . 1 June 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Oulton Park International Circuit 22nd June 2019 . 22 June 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Snetterton 300 Circuit 10th August 2019 . 10 August 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Oulton Park Island Circuit 26th October 2019 . 26 October 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: BRITCAR ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Brands Hatch Indy Circuit 9th / 10th November 2019 . 9 November 2019 . tsl-timing.com.
Web site: Past Results . 2024-05-24 . Britcar Trophy Championship . en-GB.
Web site: Overall Champions · Official Site of GT Cup Championship . 2024-05-24 . www.gtcup.co.uk.
Web site: FF Corse Statistics and Results Motorsport Stats . 2024-05-24 . motorsportstats.com.
Web site: Core . 2023-01-24 . FF Corse Ferrari motorsport winning team - Silverstone Park news . 2024-05-24 . Silverstone Park . en-GB.
Web site: Ferrari Challenge Campioni Stagione 2023 - Ferrari Corse Clienti Ferrari.com . 2024-05-24 . www.ferrari.com . en.