FIA GT Championship

FIA GT Test Days Monza - Day 1 report

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The first official test session of the 2007 FIA GT Championship was held today at the beautiful Monza circuit in Italy. The test started on a wet track, after heavy overnight rain, but dried during the test leading to lap times coming down all through the day.
There were three sessions today for the GT1 and GT2 cars, with 20 teams testing their 2007 equipment. After three hours and fifteen minutes of testing it was the Aston Martin Racing BMS DBR9 of Fabio Babini and Jamie Davies that set the fastest lap time of the day, followed by the RaceAlliance Aston Martin DBR9 in the hands of Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp. Third fastest in the GT1 category was the All-Inkl.com Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT of Dutchmen Peter Kox and Jos Menten.

Fastest car in GT2 was Jaime Melo’s Michelotto Ferrari 430 GT2. Second fastest was the Edil Cris Racing Team Ferrari of Ruberti/Cressoni/Giammaria with the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari, driven by Niarchos/Mullen/Kirkdaly, completing an Italian top three.

Classification Test Session 1

1. #23 Aston Martin Racing BMS - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:55.426
2. #80 Michelotto - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:56.145
3. #50 AF Corse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:57.709
4. #33 RaceAlliance - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:59.738
5. #97 BMS Scuderia Italia - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 2:00.328
6. #63 Scuderia Ecosse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 2:00.727
7. #99 Tech9 - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 2:03.294
8. #15 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 2:03.822
9. #70 JMB - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 2:05.445
10. #8 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 2:05.481
11. #16 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 2:05.932
12. #41 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 2:05.974
13. #52 Edil Cris Racing Team - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 2:09.038
14. #71 Autorlando - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 2:10.848

Classification Test Session 2

1. #23 Aston Martin Racing BMS - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:46.655
2. #8 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:47.802
3. #33 RaceAlliance - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:47.847
4. #40 Haupt - Maserati MC12 Corsa - GT1 - 1:48.775
5. #7 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:49.971
6. #80 Michelotto - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:50.157
7. #22 Aston Martin Racing BMS - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:50.621
8. #63 Scuderia Ecosse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:51.443
9. #52 Edil Cris Racing Team - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:51.716
10. #99 Tech9 - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:51.976
11. #16 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 1:52.033
12. #12 Playteam - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 1:52.084
13. #50 AF Corse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:52.449
14. #15 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 1:52.602
15. #97 BMS Scuderia Italia - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:52.879
16. #70 JMB - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:54.237
17. #41 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:57.453
18. #71 Autorlando - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:57.756
19. #20 Rock Media - Pagani Zonda - GT1 - 1:57.854
20. #72 JMB - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:59.474

Classification Test Session 3

1. #23 Aston Martin Racing BMS - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:46.622
2. #33 RaceAlliance - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:47.292
3. #40 Haupt - Maserati MC12 Corsa - GT1 - 1:49.354
4. #22 Aston Martin Racing BMS - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:49.726
5. #7 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:49.779
6. #52 Edil Cris Racing Team - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:50.481
7. #8 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:50.511
8. #63 Scuderia Ecosse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:50.602
9. #3 Phoenix Racing - Aston Martin DBR9 - GT1 - 1:51.168
10. #80 Michelotto - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:51.580
11. #97 BMS Scuderia Italia - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:52.259
12. #15 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 1:52.996
13. #99 Tech9 - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:53.396
14. #50 AF Corse - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:53.810
15. #41 All-Inkl.com - Lamborghini Murcièlago - GT1 - 1:54.662
16. #70 JMB - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:56.018
17. #20 Rock Media - Pagani Zonda - GT1 - 1:56.187
18. #71 Autorlando - Porsche 997 GT3 RSR - GT2 - 1:57.579
19. #72 JMB - Ferrari 430 GT2 - GT2 - 1:58.870
20. #16 JMB - Maserati MC12 - GT1 - 2:12.918