The sixth and final round of the Spanish Gran Turismo championship took place at Barcelona this weekend. The event saw the Maserati Light fielded by Team Giudici take part for the second time, after the Jerez debut at the beginning of October.

The race ended bitterly for Nicola Larini and Alessandro Nannini after their Trident car suffered from a problem with the bonnet.

Nannini, was making his return to competition after a long period of inactivity, but had to be content with thirtieth spot at the chequered flag as the duo lost a lot of time in the pits trying to put the problem right.

Nicola Larini got off to a good start and in just a few laps had moved up to eleventh place. In the early stages of the race the Tuscan driver was making a sterling comeback: “I was fighting it out with three or four other drivers and I was enjoying it”, commented Larini.

“I managed to keep up with more powerful cars and, taking advantage of my rivals’ mistakes, I was able to overtake one driver after another.
 

"Things were going well but then, unfortunately, one of the bonnet clips became unhooked”. This problem forced Larini to slow right down and pull into the pits as his visibility was severely hindered.

The repairs complete, the car had to wait in the pit lane for more than a minute. It was the turn of Alessandro Nannini to get behind the wheel but although a top placing was out of reach, both he and Larini focused on finishing the race.

The best lap time of 1:51.942 still stood out as it was on a par with the fifth best time in the GTS class vehicles and ninth best overall.

The race was won by the Marcos LM600 in Miguel Angel De Castro and Angel Burgueno with the championship title going to Shaun Balfe and Nigel Taylor, who finished second.