GT3 Europe

The FIA GT3 title fight goes on to Nogaro

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As the FIA GT3 European Championship enters its closing phase, the race for the Drivers’ title is proving just as close as the racing on the track. After the chaotic events in the previous round, at Brno in the Czech Republic, just two points separate the leading contenders – it looks like this one won’t be decided until the final round, in Dubai.

Before heading to the Middle East, there are two races in France to be negotiated. Situated in the Gers department, about half-way between Bordeaux and the Spanish border, the Nogaro circuit is radically different to the fast, sweeping corners and hills of the Brno track. The track features a seemingly endless sequence of corners, some with more than one apex; the main straight ends with a heavy braking zone into the École hairpin. Unusually the longest straight is not used for the start-finish line – that comes between the double- right of the Claude Storez corner and the Lake Esses.