But let's take a step back. After the apprenticeship in ETCC and F1 championships Giuseppe Risi crosses Enzo Ferrari's path in 1972. The legendary founder of Ferrari asked him to manage the first American direct dealership in America, namely Ferrari of Houston in Texas. At the end of 1970s Risi collaborates to the visionary project of GRID prototype with Ian Dawson, a former colleague from the Lotus period, and after a while he joined Doyle Racing in 1998 to take part to GT IMSA championship. The so called Doyle-Risi Team did very well that first year so they decided to try for one of the most challenging races of the world: the 24 hours of Le Mans. They won the LMP1 category with the first strike. After a few years Risi took over the team management renaming it Risi Competizione. The name switch came along with the change of equipment. It was the rise of Ferrari F430 era in GT competitions. Under his lead the team scored 3 more victories in Le Mans enriching the Team's palmares with other successes in top endurance circuits around the world, winning at the 24h of Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans. However the 24h of Le Mans is still there, like the Sphinx. It's Mr. Risi's hidden obsession. 

To Giuseppe Risi team work and car prep are paramount to win. The race starts with the prep stage. You have to have peace of mind with car preparation, the drivers' line up and the choice of spare parts. The relationship with Pakelo Lubricants joins in here. It dates back at the end of the 1990s when Risi Competizione needed a transmission oil that could keep up even during a challenging 24hours race. "With Pakelo it was a marriage made in heaven. And we never looked back."