FIA GT Championship

FIA GT – Warm-Up Report/Result

© Planetlemans – Marcel ten Caat

The Selleslagh Racing Team Corvette C6.R was the quickest car in the warm-up session ahead of today’s ninth round of the FIA GT Championship at Zolder. In the session that kickstarted Sunday’s action the Belgian Corvette was almost half a second quicker than the nearest rival.

Second fastest in the GT1 class was the Jetalliance Racing Aston Martin DBR9. The Austrian team set a 1:27.519. Behind it was the #5 Phoenix Carsport Racing Corvette C6.R at less than a tenth of a second from the DBR9.

In GT2 the Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team Ferrari F430 GT2 set the fastest lap time, a first time in the FIA GT Championship. The car driven by Matias Russo and Luis Perez Companc was just over a tenth of a second quicker than the #50 AF Corse Ferrari and just over two tenths ahead of the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari.

In G2 the Aston Martin Racing Vantage was quickest again, posting a time that would have put it in sixth place in the GT2 class.

1 – 3 – GT1 – Sellleslagh Racing Team (Maassen) – Corvette C6.R
2 – 33 – GT1 – Jetalliance Racing (Wendlinger) – Aston Martin DBR9
3 – 5 – GT1 – Phoenix Racing (Fässler) – Corvette C6.R
4 – 10 – GT1 – Gigawave MotorSport (Simonsen) – Aston Martin DBR9
5 – 7 – GT1 – Larbre Competition (Vosse/Franchi) – Saleen S7R
6 – 4 – GT1 – PK Carsport (Kumpen) – Saleen S7R
7 – 1 – GT1 – Vitaphone Racing Team (Bertolini) – Maserati MC12
8 – 37 – GT1 – Escuderia ACA Argentina (Lopez) – Ferrari 550 Maranello
9 – 17 – GT1 – Team Vitasystems (Lamy) – Maserati MC12
10 – 2 – GT1 – Vitaphone Racing Team (Negrao) – Maserati MC12
11 – 6 – GT1 – Phoenix Racing (Hezemans) – Corvette C6.R
12 – 95 – GT2 – AE PeCom Racing Team (Russo) – Ferrari F430 GT2
13 – 50 – GT2 – AF Corse (Vilander) – Ferrari F430 GT2
14 – 62 – GT2 – Scuderia Ecosse (Babini) – Ferrari F430 GT2
15 – 78 – GT2 – BMS Scuderia Italia (Camathias) – Ferrari F430 GT2
16 – 61 – GT2 – ProSpeed Competition (Collard) – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
17 – 164 – G2 – Aston Martin Racing (Mücke) – Aston Martin Vantage V8
18 – 77 – GT2 – BMS Scuderia Italia (Malucelli) – Ferrari F430 GT2
19 – 51 – GT2 – AF Corse (Biagi) – Ferrari F430 GT2
20 – 55 – GT2 – CR Scuderia (Mullen) – Ferrari F430 GT2
21 – 60 – GT2 – ProSpeed Competition (Lieb) – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
22 – 56 – GT2 – CR Scuderia (Kirkaldy) – Ferrari F430 GT2
23 – 57 – GT2 – Kessel Racing (Moser) – Ferrari F430 GT2
24 – 101 – G2 – Belgian Racing (Leinders) – Gillet Vertigo