FIA GT1 / Nürburgring – Ferrari finally wins

From the first lap of the race, a collision undermined the ambitions of the Pastorelli-Jäger duos (Mercedes SLS All-Inkl.Münnich Motorsport), Jarvis-Stippler (Audi R8 LMS ultra WRT) and Parente-Demoustier (McLaren MP4-12C Hexis Racing). Ortelli and Vanthoor are no better off, having been forced to return to the pits following a puncture. This is what does the business of the Lamborghini of Kox-Rosina (winners of the qualifying race yesterday), the Mercedes of Basseng-Winkelhock and the BMW Z4 of Bartels-Buurman.

Frédéric Makowiecki and the Hexis Racing team are, for their part, still not let go by the black cat that made them abandon yesterday while they were in the lead. The Frenchman, stuck behind a car participating in the FIA ​​GT3 European Championship, will have to give up after coming into contact with the latter, highlighting the limits of the coexistence of these two championships during a single race.

But surprise at the end of the salvo of supplies, since Filip Salaquarda, who took over from Toni Vilander, points the nose of his Ferrari 458 AF Corsica in the lead. A position he will not let go of. In the end, the Salaquarda-Vilander pair triumphed, giving Ferrari and AF Corse their first championship race victory in the discipline. The podium is completed by the Mercedes SLS of Basseng-Winkelhock and the Lamborghini Reiter Engineering of Kox-Rosina.

In the championship, the good operation is to the credit of Basseng-Winkelhock. The two men take the lead in the general classification by one point to the detriment of the Bartels-Buurman duo (BMW Z4 Vita4One Racing Team), fourth today. In the Teams ranking, All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsports still holds the reins.

All these classifications are currently provisional, an investigation being carried out by the stewards into a possible infraction committed by the AF Corse Ferraris during the pit stop. (Update: The release at 18 p.m. of the official FIA GT1 press release announcing Ferrari's victory indicates that no penalty will be imposed on the Italian team. See here).