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Frederic Makowiecki and Stef Dusseldorp have won the latest FIA GT1 World Championship round aboard the Hexis Racing No. 1 McLaren MP4-12C by over 25 seconds at the Moscow Raceway.

Heavy rains forced the officials to bring out the safety car for the start. When the green flag did drop, the track was so wet the race had to be stopped after only four laps, until visibility improved.

Alvaro Parente and Gregoire Demoustier placed the sister in second place, making it a 1-2 for Hexis Racing. Frank Stippler and Oliver Jarvis rounded out the top 3 in the No. 33 Audi R8 of the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT.

Championship leaders Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman (Vita4One BMW) had a tough weekend, bringing the car home only eighth.

Photo: Petr Gabriel/SRO

Race results - GT1 (Moscow)
1 - Makowiecki/Dusseldorp (McLaren MP4/12C) - Hexis - 29 laps
2 - Demoustier/Parente (McLaren MP4/12C) - Hexis - 25"411
3 - Stippler/Jarvis (Audi R8) - WRT - 31"828
4 - Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi R8) - WRT - 32"470
5 - Basseng/Winkelhock (Mercedes SLS) - Munnich - 40"146

6 - Ide/Castellacci (Ferrari 458) - AF Corse - 55"900

7 - Amorim-Campanico (Audi R8)-Novadriver - 1'16"545
8 - Buurman/Bartels (BMW Z4) - Vita4One - 1'24"240
9 - Pastorelli/Jager (Mercedes SLS) - Munnich - 1'25"256

10 - Basov/Grossman (Ferrari 458)-Esta - 1'26"191
11 - Skryabin/Pier Guidi (Ferrari 458)-Esta - 1'27"459
12 - Lyons/Gai (Ferrari 458)-AF Corse - 1'40"751
13 - Baumann/Buhk (Mercedes SLS)-Heico - 1 lap

14 - Leganov/Afanasyev (Lamborghini Gallardo)-Rhino - 1 lap
15 - Nilsson/Vahamaki (Mercedes SLS)-Heico - 1 lap

16 - Lariche/Ebrahim (Ford GT) - SunRed - 1 lap

17 - Mayr-Melnhof/Lauda (BMW Z4) - Vita4One - 1 lap



Retirements
Lap 27 - Vilander/Salaquarda
Lap 27 - Toril/Ryabov
Lap 18 - Maleev/Ladygin
Lap 13 - Ardagna Perez/Cirò
Lap 4 - Proczyk/Mengesdorf

Championship

1. Bartels/Buurman 127; 2. Basseng/Winkelhock 121; 3. Dusseldorp/Makowiecki 110; 4. Ortelli-Vanthoor 90; 5. Jaeger-Pastorelli 86.