Sandown Park, end station for the Australian GT Championship, would decide the destination of the title. With Mark Eddy a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 driver travelled as series leader to Victoria State.
Spanish GT: Final win!
The sixth Spanish GT Championship event was held around the new track on the Portuguese Algarve coast. A race of 70 laps was on the agenda. Antonio Torres / Ricardo Galiano (MC Motorsport) started from third place before moving up to second place within the first hour. After 2 hours and 12 minutes the win was secure. They led their opponents over the finish line with almost a minute in hand in their #31 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 in the GTS class!
Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup: Podium in Macau
A 10 lap GT race around the legendary street circuit in Macau was also on the World Touring Car Championship support programme. Keita Sawa (JP) took the chequered flag in third place in his Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. Eddie Yau Junior (HKG) was seventh, Yuk Lung Siu finished 16th.
The Lamborghini GT3 teams concluded the International GT Open Series finale at Barcelona brilliantly with a brace of one-two finishes.
Reiter Engineering experienced something completely different with a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 during the 3-City Rally. The 2007 ADAC GT Master car of Peter Kox / Albert von Thurn und Taxis was modified within the space of just one week for the rally event.
Giacomo Piccini and Matteo Grassotto sealed the Italian GT3 Championship after notched up wins number 7 and 8. The duo claimed first place in eight of the fourteen point scoring rounds in their MIK Corse Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. The season finale at Vallelunga was no exception to the rule.
End of season atmosphere at Magny Cours where the 11th and 12th races of the French GT Championship were scheduled. For the First Racing crew of David Tuchbant / Antonie Leclerc in the #54 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 extreme tension was order of the day. The two French drivers were among the top favourites to take the GT3 Championship. Acting as wing men were team mates Briche / Dubreuil and three other Gallardos from Ruffier Racing with Ruffier / Peyroles, Cabanne / Helary and Miloe / Miloe at the wheel.
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.
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The 2008 season’s final event was held at Sachsenring, where both Team and Drivers’ Championships were still up for grabs. Before the last two 60-minute races Team flatex reiter still had chances of taking the Team Championship crown, Christopher Haase / Albert von Thurn und Taxis in #1 Lamborghini Gallardo the Drivers’ Championship.
On Saturday Ingo Hoffmann and Paulo Bonifacio scored valuable points in the fight for South America’s only GT3 championship. After five events in Curitiba, Sáo Paulo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro Hoffmann / Bonifacio also hold third place in the drivers’ championship standings. With three races still to run and 60 points to be awarded the Gallardo drivers are still on course to take the title. Hoffmann / Bonifacio have claimed five podium finishes and one victory.
