GT3 Newsletter
Thursday, 9. October 2008, 15:03 UhrCategory : 2008 GT3 Series
International GT Open: The usual suspects
Monza was chosen as venue for the seventh and penultimate round of the International GT Open season. Piccini / Garofano collected a brace of fourth place finishes in #55 MIK Corse Gallardo. Giacomo Piccini was able to strengthen his seventh position in the GTS class standings as a result. In both the ProAm and also the GT Open race Stiefel / Ruh (RS Line Lamborghini Gallardo) finished fifth directly behind their Lamborghini counterparts from MIK Corse.
Taddeo / Rossi drove the second car fielded by the Italian MIK Corse squad. They latched onto the Gallardo train and crossed the finish line sixth in both races.
The standings after seven events:
| 1. | Cioci / Pellizzato | Corvette Z06 | 71 | Points |
| 2. | Wiser | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 51 | Points |
| 3. | Pamplo / Julia | Ferrari 430 | 39 | Points |
| 4. | Romani | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 33 | Points |
| 5. | Ceccato / Visconti | Lamborghini Gallardo | 30 | Points |
| 6. | Moncada | Lamborghini Gallardo | 29 | Points |
| 7. | Piccini | Lamborghini Gallardo | 26 | Points |
| Ricci | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 26 | Points | |
| 8. | Guidici / Raimond | Ferrari 430 / Dodge | 23 | Points |
| 9. | Piccolo | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 22 | Points |
| 10. | Petrini | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 19 | Points |
FIA-GT3 European Championship: Races 9 and 10 at Nogaro
Two Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 cars appeared at the fifth European Championship event at Nogaro under the banners of S-Berg Racing (Dominik Kraihamer / Dennis Retera) and Tech9 Motorsport (Joe Macari /Maurizio Fabris). The junior crew of Austrian Kraihamer and Dutchman Retera achieved their best result with 20th place in the enormous GT3 in Saturday’s first race. Macari, driving a Gallardo for the first time, finished 21st together with Fabris in Sunday’s race. The finale is held on 6 December in Dubai.
