FIA GT Championship

FIA GT round 6 – Race results

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Jetalliance bounced back from missing Bucharest to claim their third win of the season, with a fine victory in what is effectively their home race in Brno for the nr 33 Aston Martin DBR9 of Karl Wendlinger and Ryan Sharp. The duo crossed the line eight seconds ahead of the nr 6 Phoenix Carsport Corvette of Mike Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin, with the nr 3 SRT Corvette of Bouchut and Maassen taking third.

The nr 3 Corvette had been on a different strategy, Bouchut leading for much of the second hour before making his final pit stop. Maassen emerging in second behind the nr 33 Aston, two laps for the end, to set up a thrilling final charge for the line between him and the two Phoenix Racing Corvettes.

Championship leaders Bertolini and Bartels finished in sixth place, maintaining their lead in the points and allowing them to reduce their handicap weight for the next round in Nogaro. Second place allowed Hezemans and Gollin to move up to second in the classification.

In GT2, Vilander and Bruni extended their Championship lead with a fourth win of the season in the nr 50 AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2. They finished ahead of newcomer K plus K Motorsport, whose Porsche was driven by Czech driver Jiri Janak and Tim Bergmeister to a fine second place and a maiden podium. Third place went to BMS Scuderia Italia, with their nr 77 Ferrari 430 GT2 of Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli, strengthening their second place in the GT2 points.

Results:

1 33 GT1 Wendlinger/Sharp – Aston Martin DB9
2 6 GT1 Hezemans/Gollin – Corvette Z06
3 3 GT1 Maassen/Bouchut – Corvette Z06
4 5 GT1 Fassler/Deletraz – Corvette Z06
5 36 GT1 Muller/Lichtner-Hoyer – Aston Martin DB9
6 1 GT1 Bertolini/Bartels – Maserati MC 12
7 2 GT1 Negrao/Ramos – Maserati MC 12
8 37 GT1 Tuero/Basso – Ferrari 550 Maranello
9 50 GT2 Bruni/Vilander – Ferrari F430
10 79 GT2 Janak/Bergmeister – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
11 77 GT2 Malucelli/Ruberti – Ferrari F430
12 51 GT2 Biagi/Montanari – Ferrari F430
13 60 GT2 Forsten/Palttala – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
14 95 GT2 Russo/Perez Companc – Ferrari F430
15 57 GT2 Del Monte/Moser – Ferrari F430
16 62 GT2 Babini/Davies – Ferrari F430
17 55 GT2 Mullen/Niarchos – Ferrari F430
18 78 GT2 Rigon/Camathias – Ferrari F430
19 12 GT1 Kaufmann/Talkanitsa – Corvette C5-R
20 101 G2 Leinders/Kuppens – Gillet Vertigo
21 59 GT2 Williams/Ashburn – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
22 88 GT2 Reindler/Konopka – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
23 61 GT2 Collard/Westbrook – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
24 56 GT2 Muller/Kirkaldy – Ferrari F430
25 4 GT1 Kumpen/Longin – Saleen S7
26 10 GT1 Simonsen/Peter – Aston Martin DB9
27 13 GT1 Piccini/Auinger – Saleen S7