The 2007 FIA GT Championship season is gathering pace. Just two weeks after the seventh round in Adria, where AF Corse Motorola re-asserted itself as the leading team in GT2 with a fourth win for Müller and Vilander, the GT2 teams and drivers gathered at the weekend at the magnificent Brno Circuit in the Czech Republic.

For the FIA GT Championship, this was a welcome eighth visit to the circuit, a regular fixture on the calendar since 2000.  The picturesque circuit, winding uphill and down through the forests, has provided some excellent races in the past and 2007 was sure to live up to with the GT2 classification being close. The event, running from Friday to Sunday, included rounds FIA GT3 championship as well as the many of the Czech national Championships, including the CP- Skoda Octavia Cup and the Divize 3 and 4 series.

During the opening practice session most of the cars were using tyres from Adria, as they are allowed, and worked for the race set-up. Paolo Ruberti, in the nr 52 Racing Team Edil Cris Ferrari F430 GT2, set the best time in the first session, with a lap of 2:01.912. He was followed by the nr 63 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari of Niarchos and Kirkaldy, with the nr 74 Ebimotors Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in third, and the leading Porsche.

However, for much of the session, the fastest cars had been the AF Corse Motorola cars, with the nr 50 and 51 separated by newcomer Advanced Engineering until a rush of late-session improvements. The Championship leaders Müller and Vilander were fourth, with the second Edil Cris car fifth.
 

In the second free practice two AF Corse Motorola led the session, with the nr 51 car of Ortelli and Bruni setting a time of 2:00.742 to overtake the previous session leader, the sister car of Müller and Vilander in the nr 50 car, whose best time was 2:00.797. They led the nr 52 Edil Cris Ferrari and the nr 59 Advanced Engineering Ferrari. The best Porsche was fifth in class, with the nr 74 Ebimotors.

Müller set the best lap in the qualifying session with a time of 2:00.614. This was his second pole of the season, after Zhuhai. Second place went to Tim Mullen, driving the nr 62 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari 430 GT2. Tim claimed pole last year in Brno - however, conditions are much faster this year, as his 2006 pole was of 2:02.104. Third place on the GT2 grid went to the second AF Corse Motorola car, Gianmaria Bruni having qualified the car.

Sunday's race saw another one-two for AF Corse Motorola as the team claimed its seventh win of the season, and the fifth for Dirk Müller and Toni Vilander. Second place for Gianmaria Bruni and Stephane Ortelli handed the team an unassailable lead in the Teams Classification, while Ferrari cannot now be caught in the GT2 Manufacturers Cup. Racing Team Edil Cris, with Paolo Ruberti and Maurizio Mediani, crossed the line third, but were excluded due to ride-height problems. Scuderia Ecosse therefore inherited the podium with the nr 62 car of Mullen and Turner.