The World Motor Sport Council of the FIA met in Paris today. As well as many decisions that were taken the provisional calendar for the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship was also confirmed. A full calendar, with some surprises.[...]
The seventh and penultimate round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship saw Sangari Team Brazil’s nr 8 Corvette Z06 of Bernoldi and Streit take their first victory. This was both the first time the Brazilian flag has flown over the podium, and Enrique Bernoldi’s first race win since 2004. [...]
The risk of opting for a different car configuration, with wider tyres, a heavier car and bigger restrictors, really paid off this weekend for AF Corse, when their nr 50 Ferrari 430 GT2 of Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni took a fine win at the Paul Ricard HTTT. Dominant throughout, they crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of the second-placed car [...]
Enrique Bernoldi took his second consecutive pole position in the FIA GT Championship, with a lap of 2:00.919 around the 5.842 km Paul Ricard HTTT circuit. Not only the best time of the weekend so far, the Brazilian’s lap was nearly a second faster than the second-placed car, Alex Müller in the nr 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12. [...]
The appeal lodged by Prospeed Competition against the exclusion of their nr 61 car from Oschersleben was rejected by the International Court of Appeal. This means that the Oschersleben results are now final.[...]
The pre-qualifying session proved to be significantly faster than the morning’s free practice, with a best lap of 2:01.811 from Enrique Bernoldi. His Sangari Team Brazil Corvette was three tenths faster than the nr 4 Pekaracing Corvette, with Thomas Biagi , in the nr 19 Luc Alphand Corvette third, proving the speed of the Corvette cars around this circuit. [...]
Enrique Bernoldi set the best time in the 80-minute free practice session for Sunday’s seventh and penultimate round of the FIA GT Championship, setting a lap of 2:03.306 near the start of the session. Driving the nr 8 Sangari Team Brazil Corvette Z06, he was 0.3 seconds ahead of the nr 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12 of Bertolini and Bartels [...]
With the seventh round, taking place at the Paul Ricard HTTT, the 2009 FIA GT Championship is drawing steadily towards an exciting conclusion. With everything still to play for, the titles are wide open in both GT1 or GT2. Although this is the second time that the FIA GT Championship has raced at the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit, the 2009 event will be a much different [...]
Henri Moser, the young and very talented Swiss driver will be joining the Matech GT Racing team at the Paul Ricard round of the FIA GT Championship to drive the number 44 Ford GT1 race car. [...]
The roller-coaster Autodromo Internacional Algarve circuit provided the perfect backdrop for a thrilling round of the FIA GT Championship, as 38,700 delighted spectators were able to watch a nail-biting finish to the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship. The nr 3 SRT Corvette of Longin/Ruffier and the nr 51 AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2 of Cadei/Barba Lopez [...]