Mahaveer & Ferrari win Race-2 of Italian GT Sprint Championship
It followed a second-place finish in Race-1 earlier in the weekend, making it a double-podium.
The pair now leads the GT3 Pro-Am championship standings and is second overall in the Italian GT Sprint Championship.
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