Scuola Federale ACI Sport establishes the Del Balzo Trophy

The best Rookie 2018 will be prized with the Trophy named after Cristiano Del Balzo
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Scuola Federale ACI Sport has decided to create the Del Balzo Trophy, entitled to the driver and Scuola Federale di Pilotaggio Director, icon of morality and sportivity. The best Rookie of the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth 2018 will be awarded at the annual "Champions prizing". “We have wanted to create this prize for the Rookie drivers so we could prize a young driver at his very first experience on a single-seater, so exactly the category of drivers to which Cristiano (Del Balzo) has dedicated all his life with passion and competence”, Raffale Giammaria, Director of the Scuola Federale ACI Sport, has commented.

“Gero”, as he used to be called, has raced from the ‘70s until mid ‘80s, participating with cars of different brands on the main Italian circuits, at the Targa Florio and abroad (Zeltweg, Thruxton, Kyalami and Hockenheim). Among the races he has participated to the Mugello GP from 1967 to 1970 (on Ferrari, De Sanctis, Chevron and Lancia Stratos), Targa Florio from 1968 to 1970 on De Sanctis-Cosworth. Since 1973 he participates to long distance races in Italy and abroad. His activity in the long distance races lasts until 1987 when he participates to the 500 km of Imola with a BMW M3.

Del Balzo has directed with passion and professionality the Scuola Federale for more than 20 years, since its birth in 2015, making it the point of reference for the young Italian and foreign drivers.