Crazy weather in Spain too! The ProAm race on Saturday provided everything from dry to wet. Andrea Ceccato and Marco Visconti held their nerves and displayed true class by not only winning in the GTS class with the Racing Box Lamborghini Gallardo but also by finishing in fifth place overall among the more powerful GT2 cars.
The two Italians also won Sunday’s race in front of a crowd of 46,000. With three wins in four races Ceccato / Visconti now hold the championship lead with a total of 30 points.
Highs and lows were order of the day at the second round of the FIA GT3 European Championship in Monza. Tech9 lost a Lamborghini Gallardo in an accident during practice, however success followed in the first 60 minute race. Christopher Haase and Dimitrios Deverikos, sharing a cockpit for the first time at Tech9, claimed a sensational podium finish in this extremely hard fought championship after finishing second.
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Giacomo Piccini and Matteo Grassotto scored two flawless victories at Mugello. As a result, they secured their MIK Corse and Lamborghini the second and third wins in four rounds of the Italian GT Championship. The weekend’s first race saw Piccini / Grassotto ably supported by team mates Marzo Romano and Cedric Sbirazzuoli. Fifth place in the second race saw enough points collected to stay in the leading group. Caccia / Garofano claimed 7th and 6th positions with the third MIK Corse Lamborghini Gallardo.
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The Belcar Lamborghini Gallardo travelled to the second meeting at Dijon with 40 kg less on board. The three Lamborghini crews nevertheless had a hard time around the roller-coaster circuit. Danny de Laet had to spectate after crashing in free practice; Henk Haane / Mikke van Hool were 13th in race 1, Kurt Thiers and Joost Vollebergh 19th. After finishing in 11th position Thiers / Vollebergh were the best Lamborghini Gallardo team in race 2 on Saturday.
Paulo Bonifácio and Ingo Hoffmann made the podium twice at Sao Paulo with their Lamborghini Gallardo. With 2nd place in the first race and 3rd in the second they once again scored points and now lie third in the championship standings. Alceu Feldmann and Thiago Marques, who finished in tenth and eighth position, can be found two places further back.
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While First Racing defended the championship lead with Leclerc / Tuchbant in the French GT Championship, Ruffier Racing, the second Lamborghini team contesting the series, was able to celebrate its first podium position. Already during the first race of the third round it looked as if the Lamborghini would score another victory. Julien Briche (First Racing) led the GT3 field before a tyre failure cost him victory within sight of the chequered flag.
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Premiere in the Asia Supercar Challenge. The Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 developed and built by Reiter Engineering made its debut in Asia. The first weekend in Shanghai was totally dominated by Eddie Yau Jr. who claimed pole position before taking victory from various Ferraris and Porsche competitors in both races. Further races on the calendar of the six year old series, organised by the Supercar Club Hong Kong, are held in China, Malaysia and Singapore.
After Tuchbant / Leclerc (First Racing) set the fastest time in free practice, it was clear that the GT3 victory at the second round of the French GT Championship at Ledenon would go the way of a Lamborghini driver. First Racing’s brace of Lamborghini Gallardo ended first qualifying in 3rd and 4th positions, Ruffier Racing also kept up the symmetry by claiming thirteenth and fourteenth start positions. The best Lamborghini Gallardo in second qualifying was the Leclerc / Tuchbant driven example in second place.
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Spectators on the hillside surrounding Knockhill were treated to a turbulent first race. A total of four Safety Car periods caused by various spins and slip-ups resulted in the field bunching-up on several times. Tom Ferrier in the Tech9 Lamborghini Gallardo had a short race. A spin at the first corner threw Ferrier, who had started from seventh on the grid, to the back of the field, a second ‘off’ on lap 8 signalled the end for the “Scotsman”.
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