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20.10.2002: FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 10, ESTORIL ( PORTUGAL )



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>>> FIA GT championship standings after 9 rounds

the Veloqx Motorsport Ferrari 360 Maranello of Tim Sugden and Andrew Kirkaldy came home third in class N-GT

race quotes
Andrea Piccini  “We started on wet tyres following the advice of Michelin. In the drying conditions, it was very difficult to keep the others behind. But we are very happy with this win; we have had a very good season. Only the Proximus 24 Hours of Spa was a disappointment.”

Jean-Denis Deletraz  “I am really happy with this win ! It was a great pleasure for me to share the car with Andrea this season. I had a very good fight with Kumpen during my stint, so I am really pleased”. 

Jean-Marc Gounon  “We made the wrong choice of tyres on my car. We had to go on intermediate tyres. We did it for safety, but in any case, a Ferrari won, which is the important thing for us!”

Emmanuel Clerico  “We had a no choice, we had to push. Twice in the race, I had a problem with the gear selection, and I had two slow laps, and lost time in the pits. After that we did the best we could for the project. We got to the end, lapping very competitively and I hope that we see six of these cars here next year.”

Luca Riccitelli  “When the conditions are difficult, the real players start to play! When the track was wet, the car was OK. It is not as important to have a perfect set-up. I drove as well as I could, and the speed was there. I could overtake easily and of course the Pirelli intermediate tyres were very good. When Dieter drove, he was immediately on the pace. We had a mechanical problem, an oil pipe on the engine, but at least we managed to get an hour of racing in. The next race will be the race for us!”

Tim Sugden  “The first hour of the race was amazing to watch Stephane – it was very impressive! This was the first time that we raced the car in anything other than dry conditions and we did not know how it would handle. But it all went well and Andrew did a great job as well. The team’s second car however spun and had to retire. The safety car ruined our race as we had to do an extra pit stop but not at the moment of the safety car! It is very nice to be second despite the clutch problem we had at the end. We are a new team and we still have a lot to learn. Also the Ferrari still has a lot of development possibilities which we will work on through the winter.” 

Andrew Kikaldy  “I joined the team for the two last rounds of the British GT Championship and since then, it has all gone well! This race was a bit of a baptism of fire because I have never driven anything like that before in the wet, and I was on slick tyres! Stephane (Ortelli) won the race in the first laps of the race. We will be very strong next year and will continue in that fashion!”

Christian Pescatori  “It was better; during the race we had more grip. The problem is with the engine and gearbox. Next year will be better, with new bits for my car. It is a very difficult championship. The gap between my car and the Porsche is too much. There is a very exciting programme with JMB for 2003 and 2004 so we will see what happens.”


race result
1 23 GT Deletraz/Piccini   Ferrari 550M 3:00:40.147 100   138.88 1:40.099
2 3 GT Hezemans/Kumpen   Chrysler Viper 3:01:02.216 100 22.069 138.59 1:41.591
3 14 GT Campbell-Walter/Springer   Lister Storm 3:01:25.014 100 44.867 138.30 1:40.145
4 1 GT Bouchut/Vosse   Chrysler Viper 3:01:30.049 100 49.902 138.24 1:41.533
5 22 GT Calderari/Bryner/Gounon   Ferrari 550M 3:00:40.161 99 1 LAP 137.49 1:41.921
6 12 GT Amorim/Babini   Chrysler Viper 3:01:33.953 99 1 LAP 136.81 1:41.558
7 54 NGT Ortelli/Maassen   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:01:52.414 98 2 LAPS 135.20 1:43.757
8 62 NGT Jones/Dumas   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:02:26.855 98 2 LAPS 134.77 1:44.512
9 9 GT Lafon/Jarier   Chrysler Viper 3:01:59.513 97 3 LAPS 133.73 1:42.534
10 83 NGT Sugden/Kirkaldy   Ferrari 360 Modena 3:00:54.358 96 4 LAPS 133.14 1:44.787
11 50 NGT Pescatori/Bertolini   Ferrari 360 Modena 3:00:58.931 96 4 LAPS 133.09 1:45.597
12 34 GT Zwann/Zwann   Chrysler Viper 3:01:34.684 96 4 LAPS 132.65 1:43.552
13 60 NGT Mowlem/Khan   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:01:57.014 96 4 LAPS 132.38 1:45.222
14 55 NGT Daoudi/Longin   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:00:49.334 95 5 LAPS 131.82 1:45.137
15 58 NGT Peter/Wolff   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:01:05.188 95 5 LAPS 131.63 1:45.349
16 31 GT Clerico/Cunningham   Lamborghini Diablo 3:02:08.221 95 5 LAPS 130.87 1:44.270
17 5 GT Alliot/Hallyday   Chrysler Viper 3:02:39.899 95 5 LAPS 130.49 1:41.482
18 76 NGT Simon/Knapfield   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:01:04.413 94 6 LAPS 130.25 1:45.580
19 51 NGT Montermini/Garbagnati   Ferrari 360 Modena 3:00:54.695 93 7 LAPS 128.98 1:45.791
20 64 NGT Nevao/Walter   Porsche 996 GT3-RS 3:02:29.368 91 9 LAPS 125.11 1:48.391
21 15 GT Verdon-Roe/Warnock/McKellar   Lister Storm 3:01:26.634 84 16 LAPS 116.15 1:41.292
22 16 GT Ried/Ried/Sangiuolo   Porsche 911 GT2 2:35:23.935 76 24 LAPS 122.70 1:47.773
23 4 GT Cappellari/Gollin   Chrysler Viper 2:19:35.973 71 29 LAPS 127.60 1:41.726

not classified
52 NGT Gianni/Alexander Ferrari 360 Modena 1:56:01.003 59 D.N.F. 127.57 1:45.334
74 NGT Wall/Bleiner Porsche 996 GT3-RS 1:57:40.375 57 D.N.F. 121.51 1:47.108
77 NGT Fomenko/Vassiliev Porsche 996 GT3-RS 1:22:23.312 41 D.N.F. 124.81 1:48.576
32 GT Riccitelli/Quester Ferrari 550M 1:09:05.589 36 D.N.F. 130.67 1:43.221
11 GT Belmondo/Gosselin Chrysler Viper 1:07:11.698 35 D.N.F. 130.63 1:43.736
82 NGT Capelli/Davies Ferrari 360 Modena 50:49.424 24 D.N.F. 118.38 1:53.497
17 GT Felbermayer/Felbermayer Jr Porsche 911 GT2 34:49.692 16 D.N.F. 115.11 2:04.423
2 GT Rosenblad/Terrien/Bourdais Chrysler Viper 3:33.915 1 D.N.F. 68.54

fastest lap
23 GT Deletraz/Piccini Ferrari 550M 1:40.099 67 93.47mph 150.43
54 NGT Ortelli/Maassen Porsche 996 GT3-RS 1:43.757 54 90.18mph 145.13

the BMS Ferrari 550 Maranello of Andrea Piccini and Jean-Denis Deletraz on its way to victory in Estoril

FIA GT Championship, final overall points standings:

1st Christophe Bouchet 49pts, 2nd David Terrian 48pts, 3th= Jamie Campbell-Walter, Nicolaus Springer 46.5pts, 5th Vincent Vosse 36pts, 5th Jean-Denis Deletraz, Andrea Piccini 41pts, 7th Vincent Vosse 39pts, 8th Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen 36pts, 10th Fabio Babini 33pts 

FIA GT Championship, final class N-GT standings:

1st Stephane Ortelli 80pts, 2nd Christian Pescatori 55.5pts, 3rd Andrea Montermini 49.5pts, 4th Andrea Bertolini 41.5pts, 5th Romain Dumas 36pts, 6th= Andrea Garbagnati, Toto Wolff 31.5pts 8th Emmanuel Collard 30pts, 9th Marb Lieb 29pts, 10th Phillip Peter 21.5pts


>>> 2002 FIA GT Championship calender

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