16.09.2008 FERRARI F430 GT CLINCHES ITS FIRST MAJOR TITLE OF THE YEAR

FERRARI F430 GT
FERRARI F430 GT

At Brno, in the seventh round of the FIA GT Championship, Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni finished ahead of Jiri Janak and Tim Bergmeister (Porsche 911) and Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli (BMS Scuderia Italia).

It was a weekend to remember for the Ferrari F430 GT, which came out triumphant in three important events on the international sports car racing calendar, winning in the Le Mans Series, the FIA Championship and the Italian GT Championship.

In the fifth and final round of the Le Mans Series at Silverstone, Ferrari took the constructors' title thanks to a win for Robert Bell and Jaime Melo. Victory went to the Team Virgo Motorsport crew after it dominated all five hours of the race, ahead of the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Marc Lieb and Alex Davison, and the F430 GT of Pierre Ehret, Pierre Kaffer and Anthony Beltoise (Farnbacher Racing). This is the team's second consecutive title, while Bell wins the Drivers' title.

At Brno, in the seventh round of the FIA GT Championship, Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni finished ahead of Jiri Janak and Tim Bergmeister (Porsche 911) and Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli (BMS Scuderia Italia). Thanks to this result the standard bearers of the AF Corse team extend their lead in the GT classification, with a 17.5 advantage over third placed Ruberti and Malucelli, and 23 points over their regular rivals, Westbrook and Collard in the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. The next round takes place at the Nogaro circuit in France, on 5th October.

In the sixth round of the Italian Gran Turismo Championship, held at the Misano World Circuit, Ferrari made up for Saturday's Porsche one-two in Race 1, with no less than eleven F430 GTs in the top eleven places at the end of Race 2. Gabriele Lancieri and Massimiliano Busnelli (Scuderia Playteam Sarafree) stood on the top step of the podium to go into the lead of the classification, ahead of Piergiuseppe Pierazzini and Marco Cioci (Megadrive) and Emanuele Moncini and Alex Caffi (Villorba Corse). The Advanced Engineering crew had finished third in Race 1 behind the Porsches of Martins and Henzler, and Pilet and Roda. The next and final round of the Italian Gran Turismo Championship will take place at the Vallelunga circuit over the weekend of 19th October.
 

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