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.
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.
“team flatex-reiter”, a new name for the three Lamborghini Gallardo of Reiter Engineering. Form the second race weekend of the ADAC GT Masters at the Nuerburgring the GT3 will race und their new entry. Flatex, Germanys cheap online-broker, was active as a Sponsor of Christopher Haase. Now they made the step to enter an own team. “Fast handling and fast reactions are the main aspects”, says Flatex chairman Ralf Mueller. “And that are the reasons why motorsport fits to our Marketing strategy. Also in car racing only the fastest team can win.”
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.
