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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). |
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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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