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In the fifth
and final round of the Le
Mans Series, held at
Silverstone, Ferrari took
home the constructors’ cup thanks to a
win for Robert Bell and Gianmaria Bruni driving
an F430 GT entered by JMW Motorsport. |
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The
Ferrari F430 GT has had a memorable last weekend
running in the GT2 class and achieving important
success in two competitions in international GT racing.
Its performance in the
Silverstone 1000 Km race was
enough to give Ferrari the
constructors’ title in the
prestigious Le Mans Series,
while there were also wins
in another round of the
Spanish GT championship.
In the fifth
and final round of the
prestigious Le
Mans Series, held at
Silverstone in the UK, Ferrari took
home the constructors’ cup, the
second time the title has
come its way in the two
years and this time the
prize was awarded, thanks to a
win for Robert Bell and Gianmaria Bruni,
driving an F430 GT entered by JMW
Motorsport. It was an
amazing race: starting from
second on the grid, they
ended up sliding down the
order after a particularly
hectic start and then made
up ground in the final two
hours to catch and pass the
Spyker C8 of Tom Coronel and
Jarek Janis and the Porsche
911 GT3 RSR of Patrick Pilet and
Raymond to take the win,
thus handing the much sought
after title to the Prancing
Horse marque, while
finishing second in the
class, missing out on first
place by just one point.
Meanwhile at Spain’s Albacate circuit, the
GT2 category F430
GT cars dominated both
races of the fourth round of
Spanish GT Championship. At
the end of Race 1, Peter Sundberg and Juan Manuel
Lopez (Exakt Racing) stood
on the top step of an
all-Ferrari podium, ahead of
Ricardo Bravo and Lourenço
da Veiga (ASM Team) and
Josep Mayola and Marc Carol
(PCR Sport). In the second
race, run in darkness, the
Manuel Cerqueda and Alain
Sicart car, entered by
Automobil Club D’Andorra,
managed to get the better of
the Porsche of Miguel de
Castro and the F430 GT of
Ricardo Bravo and Lourenço
da Veiga. The next
round of the Spanish series
takes place at the Jerez de
la Frontera circuit over the
weekend of 18 October.
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