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Alon Day and Maximilan Buck won FIA GT Series main race at Zandvoort, after championship leader Ortelli and Vanthoor took win in qualifying race.
On Saturday, Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) and Stéphane Ortelli (MON) led home a trio of cars separated by just over three seconds as they crossed the line. Championship leaders Vanthoor and Ortelli started the race third on the grid, and it was the Belgian's quick start that helped propel the #11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT entry into contention for the lead alongside the front row starters Simonsen and pole-sitter Alvaro Parente (PRT).
The trio went three abreast into infamous first corner, Tarzan, and Parente, in the middle of the trio, lost out as each driver attempted to find a line for the corner. The result was significant damage to the front end of the McLaren MP4-12c which caused the Sebastien Loeb Racing driver to retire further up the circuit; for his part in the incident, Simonsen would later be given a drive through penalty.
On Sunday, Alon Day and Maximilian Buhk took a maiden FIA GT Series victory in championship race. The HTP Gravity Charouz drivers led home championship leaders Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor's Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra after taking the lead at the start of the race, winning by just over six seconds.
The victory was an important moment for Israeli motorsport, as Day's victory is the first for an Israeli driver in International racing scene.
Qualifying race:
1 - Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi R8) - WRT - 33 laps in 1.01'01"018
2 - Day/Buhk (Mercedes SLS) - Gravity - 0"766
3 - Mayr-Melnhof/Rast (Audi R8) - WRT - 2"710
4 - Stippler/Sandstrom (Audi R8) - WRT - 3"129
5 - Bueno/Khodair (BMW Z4) - BMW Brazil - 6"517
etc.
Main race:
1 - Day/Buhk (Mercedes SLS) - Gravity - 35 laps in 1.27'51"001
2 - Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi R8) - WRT - 6"667
3 - Stippler/Sandstrom (Audi R8) - WRT - 6"995
4 - Chandhok/Seyffarth (Mercedes SLS) - Seyffarth - 33"895
5 - Baumann/Proczyk (Lamborghini Gallardo) - Grasser - 40"127
etc.
Championship:
1.Ortelli/Vanthoor 70 points; 2.Sandstrom/Stippler 60; 3.Buhk/Day 53; 4.Mayr-Melnhof/Rast 35; 5.Kox/Rosina 32; 6.Bueno/Khodair 28, etc.
On Saturday, Laurens Vanthoor (BEL) and Stéphane Ortelli (MON) led home a trio of cars separated by just over three seconds as they crossed the line. Championship leaders Vanthoor and Ortelli started the race third on the grid, and it was the Belgian's quick start that helped propel the #11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT entry into contention for the lead alongside the front row starters Simonsen and pole-sitter Alvaro Parente (PRT).
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| Photo: Audi Motorsport |
The trio went three abreast into infamous first corner, Tarzan, and Parente, in the middle of the trio, lost out as each driver attempted to find a line for the corner. The result was significant damage to the front end of the McLaren MP4-12c which caused the Sebastien Loeb Racing driver to retire further up the circuit; for his part in the incident, Simonsen would later be given a drive through penalty.
On Sunday, Alon Day and Maximilian Buhk took a maiden FIA GT Series victory in championship race. The HTP Gravity Charouz drivers led home championship leaders Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor's Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra after taking the lead at the start of the race, winning by just over six seconds.
The victory was an important moment for Israeli motorsport, as Day's victory is the first for an Israeli driver in International racing scene.
Qualifying race:
1 - Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi R8) - WRT - 33 laps in 1.01'01"018
2 - Day/Buhk (Mercedes SLS) - Gravity - 0"766
3 - Mayr-Melnhof/Rast (Audi R8) - WRT - 2"710
4 - Stippler/Sandstrom (Audi R8) - WRT - 3"129
5 - Bueno/Khodair (BMW Z4) - BMW Brazil - 6"517
etc.
Main race:
1 - Day/Buhk (Mercedes SLS) - Gravity - 35 laps in 1.27'51"001
2 - Ortelli/Vanthoor (Audi R8) - WRT - 6"667
3 - Stippler/Sandstrom (Audi R8) - WRT - 6"995
4 - Chandhok/Seyffarth (Mercedes SLS) - Seyffarth - 33"895
5 - Baumann/Proczyk (Lamborghini Gallardo) - Grasser - 40"127
etc.
Championship:
1.Ortelli/Vanthoor 70 points; 2.Sandstrom/Stippler 60; 3.Buhk/Day 53; 4.Mayr-Melnhof/Rast 35; 5.Kox/Rosina 32; 6.Bueno/Khodair 28, etc.