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25.05.2003  FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4: BIAGI/BOBBI SCORE EASY FOURTH CONSECUTIVE FIA GT WIN AT BRNO

the no89 Team Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 360 on its way to an eventual tenth in N-GT at BrnoA close, hot and exciting race in Brno saw Bobbi and Biagi give BMS Scuderia Italia its fourth win of the season, in the nr 23 Ferrari 550 Maranello. Despite 100 kg penalty weight, and although they were not the fastest car on the track, a problem-free race and two excellent pit stops saw the two young Italians emerge victorious for the fourth race in succession. 

They were followed by Deletraz and Piccini, in the nr 15 Lister Storm, Gollin and Cappellari in the nr 22 BMS Ferrari and Cambell-Walter and Kinch in the nr 14 Lister, all three cars racing within a few seconds of each other for the final half an hour. 

In N-GT, reigning Champion Ortelli and his team-mate Marc Lieb finally put their bad luck behind them to take their first win of the season.  After a close battle with the nr 52 JMB Ferrari at the start, they pulled away and took a comfortable win, ahead of classification points leaders Bertolini and De Simone, with Team Maranello Concessionaires drivers Mullen and Davies in third.

> FULL RACE REPORT
Race Result
Pos Car Class Drivers Car Time Laps Gap Avg
speed
1
23
 GT Biagi/Bobbi Ferrari 550 Maranello 3:01:47.256 87 155.14
2
15
 GT Deletraz/Piccini Lister Storm 3:02:18.312 87 31.056 154.70
3
22
 GT Cappellari/Gollin Ferrari 550 Maranello 3:02:18.441 87 31.185 154.70
4
14
 GT Campbell-Walter/Kinch Lister Storm 3:02:22.064 87 34.808 154.65
5
21
 GT Bryner/Calderari/Livio Ferrari 550 Maranello 3:03:30.804 87 1:43.548 153.68
6
6
 GT Verdon-Roe/Zadra Lister Storm 3:02:17.066 86 1 LAP 152.94
7
7
 GT Erdos/Newton Saleen S7-R 3:03:48.286 86 1 LAP 151.68
8
8
 GT Amorim/Chaves/Ramos Saleen S7-R 3:02:17.948 84 3 LAPS 149.37
9
50
 NGT Ortelli/Lieb Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:02:21.136 84 3 LAPS 149.33
10
52
 NGT Bertolini/De Simone Ferrari 360 Modena 3:02:36.527 84 3 LAPS 149.12
11
88
 NGT Davies/Mullen Ferrari 360 Modena 3:03:12.655 84 3 LAPS 148.63
12
61
 NGT Sugden/Short Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:03:55.761 84 3 LAPS 148.05
13
11
 GT Roos/Wallinder Chrysler Viper GTS-R 3:02:06.707 83 4 LAPS 147.75
14
57
 NGT Enge/Pergl Ferrari 360 Modena 3:02:14.483 83 4 LAPS 147.64
15
51
 NGT Longin/Gardel Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:03:02.783 83 4 LAPS 146.99
16
2
 GT Konrad/Seiler/Gounon Saleen S7-R 3:03:43.564 83 4 LAPS 146.45
17
75
 NGT Jones/Jones Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:03:39.331 82 5 LAPS 144.74
18
74
 NGT Jordan/Sumpter Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:02:34.695 81 6 LAPS 143.82
19
69
 NGT Ried/Ried Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:03:03.582 79 8 LAPS 139.90
20
89
 NGT Burt/Turner Ferrari 360 Modena 3:03:03.744 79 8 LAPS 139.89
21
53
 NGT Kutemann/Gosse Ferrari 360 Modena 3:02:25.520 78 9 LAPS 138.61
22
56
 NGT Dziurka/Dobrzanski Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:03:52.135 78 9 LAPS 137.52
23
99
 NGT Lechner Jr/Daoudi Porsche 996 GT3-RS 2:41:00.836 72 15 LAPS 144.96
24
18
 GT Zwaan/Zwaan/Abbelen Chrysler Viper GTS-R 2:10:28.075 61 26 LAPS 151.57
25
16
 GT Wieth/Kaufmann Ferrari 550 Maranello 2:35:50.854 61 26 LAPS 126.88
Not Classified
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58
 NGT Gomez/Hiesse Ferrari 360 Modena 1:58:47.978 52 D.N.F. 141.89
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4
 GT Alliot/Hallyday/Zacchia Chrysler Viper GTS-R 1:10:50.366 33 D.N.F. 151.01
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54
 NGT Mayall/Khan Porsche 996 GT3-RS 1:09:05.836 31 D.N.F. 145.44
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5
 GT Hezemans/Kumpen Chrysler Viper GTS-R 1:07:17.357 30 D.N.F. 144.53
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9
 GT Babini/Peter Ferrari 550 Maranello 56:05.683 27 D.N.F. 156.03
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12
 GT Soli/Casadei/Marcinkiewicz Porsche 911 GT2 37:49.633 17 D.N.F. 145.69
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77
 NGT Fomenko/Vasiliev Porsche 996 GT3-RS 17:39.618 8 D.N.F. 146.85
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10
 GT Derichebourg/Terrien/Pescatori Ferrari 550 Maranello 0 D.N.F. N/A
despite carrying a full complement of success ballast, Matteo Bobbi and Thomas Biagi ran out clear winners at Brno
N-GT race action: Stepane Ortelli's Fresigner Motorsport Porsche 996GT3-RS leads the chasing JMB Racing and Team Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 360 Modenas
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