GT Open – Ferrari unbeatable at Brands Hatch
Maranello 24 July – Once again, Soheil Ayari and Nicolas Marroc took their JMB Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 to victory at the English Brands Hatch circuit, which this weekend staged the fourth round of the GT Open series. The French duo having won Race 1, started from pole and kept the lead throughout, crossing the line ahead of the F430 GTC entered by AF Corse and crewed by Luca Rangoni and Alessandro Garofano, who drove a great race, followed by the Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 entered by Kessel Racing for Lorenzo Bontempelli and Stefano Gattuso, who took their fourth victory in the GTS class.
Fourth overall and third in the Super GT category was the Villorba Corse 458 Italia GT2 driven by Andrea Montermini and Emannuele Moncini, who having crossed the line second, were given a 20 second penalty for not having taken the entire handicap. All the same the result puts the duo in the lead of the overall classification in the championship with a one point advantage over Marco Frezza and Juan Manuel Lopez (F430 GTC – Vittoria Competizioni) who retired on the opening lap after a collision with Miguel Ramos (458 Italia GT2 –Racing Team Edil Cris. Equally close was the battle in the GTS classification with Bontempelli-Gattuso in the lead, just one point ahead of Fabio Babini-Gianluca Roda (Autorlando Sport-Porsche.)
The GT Open championship is back in action at Spielberg (Zeltweg) on the last weekend of August, for the fifth of eight rounds.
Credit: Ferrari S.p.A. (www.ferrari.com)
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