22.09.2003 SCUDERIA FERRARI OF WASHINGTON MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW AT THE 6 HEURES DU CIRCUIT MONT TREBLANT
The Scuderia Ferrari of Washington's 33 Ferrari 360GT took its third consecutive win today at the "6 Heures du Circuit Mont-Tremblant." The Ferrari also finished third overall, behind two of the faster Daytona Prototype-class racers.
The victory further extended the lead of drivers Cort Wagner and Brent Martini in the GrandAm Drivers Championship, and the Scuderia's lead in the GrandAm Team Championship. The team currently holds the GrandAm record of five consecutive wins, set in 2002.
"We were beaten by a Porsche team at Watkins Glen earlier this year," remarked Wagner after the race, "and today we changed positions. The Ferrari didn't miss a shift for six hours today, it ran just like a Girard-Perregaux watch. It's a fun car to drive."
"Luck was on our side today," explained Team Manager Glenn Marquis. "We had a problem with a wheel, and a yellow flag gave us a chance to fix it without losing much time. Beyond that the 360 GT just ran perfectly."
The Scuderia of Washington Ferrari, which qualified eighth overall and fastest in GT, completed 197 laps of the 2.65-mile course, only three laps less than the winning DP-class Red Bull Brumos Racing Porsche Fabcar of David Donohue, Saasha Maasen and Mike Borowski who led their sister car home. A lap adrift of the Ferrari in fourth place came the second placed GT finisher, the Rennwerks Motorsports Porsche GT3-RS of Johannes Van Overbeek, Seth Neiman and Lonnie Pechnik.
Elsewhere,
the Falcon Racing Ferrari 360GT of Lawrence Stroll and Nick Longhi, which
qualified thirteenth on the grid, on lasted 28 laps of the Mont-Treblant
circuit before retiring.
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