No rain at the time of the start of the last Endurance race of the Italian GT.
Start of the race behind the Safety Car with Liberati riding slicks. On lap three the Safety car returns, Liberati starts well, a bit of chaos in the first variant but the two VSR Huracans.
Guidetti unleashed passes Hites then tries on Liberati but arrives along the canal. At the beginning of the fifth lap Guidetti leader with excellent inspiration from Galbiati who passes second to the braking of the first variant.
Problems for Castillo who returns to the pits, while Galbiati hunts for Guidetti. Leading postillion in the Gt Cup, above all eighth overall, ahead of Buttarelli and Cazzaniga. Galbiati presses Guidetti closely, fast lap for the Mercedes driver with 1’59 ”728.
Rappange joins Liberati and passes to Alboreto conquering the fourth position. Still problems for Hites’ 488 Challenge, problem for Cazzaniga who punctures the left rear and returns to the pits, together with his teammate Riva. On the eighth fastest lap of Guidetti in 1’57 ”436, a problem for Kikko Galbiati who, after a probable contact from behind by Hites, continues at low speed.
Lap eleven, Guidetti fast Lap in 1’55 “108, Galbiati returns and mounts four slicks, before leaving the box he stops and the team mechanics bring him back, the race over for him due to a broken drive shaft. Another fast lap of Guidetti 1’54 ”190 which brings the advantage to over eleven seconds.
Third position for Pavlovic’s Huracan in the GT Cup, Alfred Renauer third with Lauck aiming for Liberati who goes long in the first variant and Rappange takes the black / white flag for “abuse” of track limits. Very fast Roe, while Guidetti continues his forcing on lap fifteen with another fastest lap in 1’52 ”815, PIT OPEN.
The first to enter are Bozzoni, Rappange, Liberati, Fascicolo, Postiglione, Magnoni, Buttarelli. On lap 20 another fast lap by Guidetti who stops the clock at 1’51 ”403. Lauck approaches Alfred Renauer’s Porsche, while Guidetti drops to 1’50 ”708, Guzman IN 22nd.
Kodric leads the GT Cup with Pavlovic second and Privitelio third. At 24th Hites changes for Michelotto, Roe for Ponzio, on the next lap enters Guidetti for Cabezas, Alfred Renauer IN, Lauck for Dreisow. Moulin IN at 26 ° for Cola. Nemoto puts on the plate a fast lap in 1’50 ”541 and will leave Liberati the last stint of the race, Pavlovic IN for his teammate.
At 28 ° Mur jumps on the curb of the Canal and goes against the barriers while Bacci returns for the umpteenth problem, Safety Car on the track. On lap 31 the safety car returns and a Stop & Go penalty is applied to Linossi for a problem created by Rappange, it seems for a position not returned.
Michelotto passes Di Fabio a lap behind and throws himself in the hunt for Cabezas who, after the change, went to the top of the standings. At 34 ° long Michelotto who tries on Cabezas at the first variant, returning sends wide Di Fabio who keeps on the sand and returns. Bohn in the pits, Cabezas IN and leaves to Moncini.
Fast lap of Comandini with the M4 GT3 in 1’50 ”072, Cola IN for Moulin, Bacci for La Mazza, Coluccio leaves it to Mazzola and Comandini for Nilsson. Fast lap of Michelotto on lap thirty-seven with 1’49 ”465, then 1’49” 097. At 39th Francesca Linossi after an excellent stint leaves the final part of the race to Emidio Pesce IN Nilsson.
At 40 ° IP in sand at Ascari, with rather risky maneuvers he manages to get back on track. Michelotto IN for Basz on lap forty-three, Del Monte IN for Santanocita, Nemoto for Liberati. La Mazza stopped on the track at the exit of the first variant, a weekend full of problems for the Sicilian’s car that compromised the weekend.
Shot of scenes for Basz who slows down conspicuously, while Pijl tries on Moulin, attacks the first variant and passes in front. Safety Car on the track, due to Basz’s Huracan stopped on the track under the Seraglio bridge, due to gearbox problems.
Restart at 48th, Nemoto tries to stretch, but Moncini follows him closely with Pijl attacked on the rear. Safety Car for the exit of Magnoni who crashes into the Canal, unharmed driver. At 51 ° the race starts again, Nemoto is not surprised, at 53 ° 360 ° of Lauck in Lesmo 1 and remains on track.
At 54 ° Robert Renauer takes off well in the first variant and passes Moulin to conquer the fourth position. In the penultimate lap, Nemoto signs the fast Lap but Nilsson does better in 1’48 ”655.
Under the checkered flag, Nemoto-Liberati won and took home the title, ahead of Moncini-Guidetti-Cabezas. Third position for Pijl-Guzman-Llarena.
GT3 PRO-AM in Bohn-A. Renauer-R.Renauer, second position Cola-Baptiste, third for Ponzio-Balthasar-Roe.
GT3 AM, IP Ching-Marchy victory ahead of Di Fabio-Magnoni.
GT CUP PRO-AM in Pavlovic-Fischbaum ahead of Mazzola-Coluccio-Postiglione, third position for Berton-Riva-Mainetti. GT CUP AM in Buttarelli-Cossu-Menichini in front of Bozzoni-Del Monte-Santanocita, third place for Luciano and Donovan Privitelio.
GT Cup Porsche PRO-AM in Berton-Mainetti-Riva in front of teammates Cazzaniga-Di Benedetto-Nicolosi.
An intense weekend that gave emotions, during the week there will be an in-depth study on the winners of the titles and then the last stage at Mugello for the GT Sprint.
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