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The 2010 International GT Open season closed
this past weekend with the title going to
Alvaro Barba and Pierre Kaffer (AF Corse
F430 GT2.) The final round of the season
took place at the Catalunya circuit, in
Montmelo, outside Barcelona and featured two
closely contested races packed with
spectacular overtaking moves. |
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The 2010 International
GT Open season closed this past weekend with the title
going to Alvaro Barba and Pierre Kaffer (AF Corse F430
GT2.) The final round of the season took place at the
Catalunya circuit, in Montmelo, outside Barcelona and
featured two closely contested races packed with
spectacular overtaking moves.
Race 1 did not go well for the series leaders as Alvaro
Barba was involved in a collision with Emmanuel Collard
(JMB Stradale Racing, F430 GT2) but they only needed a
fifth place in Race 2 to keep their lead over the duo of
Enrico Toccacelo and Raffaele Giammaria (Edil Cris
Racing Team F430 GT2) who ended up second in the
championship.
It was a good weekend for Ferrari, with an amazing sweep
of the top three places in Race 1 and a second and third
place in Race 2. Victory in the first race went to the
F430 GT2 of Nelson Piquet Jr and Alvaro Parente (Aurora
Energy Drink) making their debut in this category. After
a closely fought battle, the Brazilian and Portuguese
duo got the upper hand over the crews of Tim Mullen-Adam
Christodolou (CRS Racing F430 GT2) and Philipp
Peter-Michael Broniszewski (Kessel Racing F430 GT2.)
Race 2 was won by the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Richard
Lietz/Gianluca Roda (Autorlando Sport) who had to mount
a spirited defense to fight off Emmanuel Collard/Dino
Lunardi (JMB Stradale Racing F430 GT2) who produced a
great performance to finish second, while the third step
on the podium went to the Ferrari of Sintu Vives and
Manuel Cerqueda (Automobil Club d’Andorra F430 GT2.)
There was a noteworthy performance for the Enrico
Toccacelo and Raffaele Giammaria duo (Edil Cris Racing
Team F430 GT2) who took an important fourth place in
Race 1, which brought them to within one point of the
championship leaders, making the final race even more of
a fight. However, seventh place in Race 2 was not enough
for the Edil Cris crew to close the gap any further.
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