No less than seven Lamborghini Gallardo GT3s (four of them as guest entries) were entered for the final race of the International GT Open at Barcelona. A total of 25 cars in the GTS category, including the competition from Ferrari, Dodge, Porsche, Aston Martin and Marcos, lined up at the start.
The Gallardo demonstrated in practice that it would number among the top favourites for victory. Four of the Reiter Engineering designed and built GT cars topped the time sheets. In particular the Gallardos entered by First Racing from France with Leclerc / Tuchbant and Dubreuil / Amadu. The examples from MIK Corse (Piccini / Cadei) and Racing Box (Vosse / Geri) were also at the head of the field.
The Lamborghini armada was narrowly beaten in the qualifying session deciding the starting grid for the two-hour ten-minute race. During the two qualifying sessions both drivers from one team qualify the car, the resulting average lap time determines the grid position. Bruno Dubreuil and Ulric Amadu had to settle for second position after missing the GTS pole position by a mere two-tenths-of-a-second. Their team mates Antoine Leclerc and David Tuchbant were fourth fastest. The German ‘wild card’ entries Rainer Stiefel / Michael Raja were in the thick of the action in eleventh place in this strong field.
Lamborghini bid the 2007 International GT Open season farewell with a podium finish. Dubreuil / Amadu from First Racing took the chequered flag as third in the GTS category after more than two hours of racing. The second best Gallardo duo in the race dominated by a long safety car period was Leclerc / Tuchbant also from First Racing.
Final standings GTS Class - International GT Open Series:
1st Riccardo Romagnoli Dodge Viper 64 points
2nd Elio Marchetti Dodge Viper 62 points
3rd Ferdinando Geri Lamborghini Gallardo 53 points
4th Diego Romanini Aston Martin DBRS9 48 points
-. Gabriele Lancierei Aston Martin DBRS9 48 points
5th Marco Cioci Lamborghini Gallardo 43 points
-. Marco Mocchi Dodge Viper 43 points
-. Riccardo Azzoli Dodge Viper 43 points
8th Marco Petrini Aston Martin DBRS9 39 points
9th Andrea Larini Dodge Viper 36 points
10th Fabrizio Armetta Dodge Viper 34 points
