GT1 – Buurman and Bartels pass Hexis

If Toni Vilander and Filip Salaquarda seemed untouchable yesterday, the Ferrari 458 from AF Corse did not retain the benefit of its pole for long for the Championship race held at the Slovakia Ring. The winning crew finally falls short of the podium which now corresponds to the top three of the Championship. Yelmer Buurman and Michael Bartels are now leaders after winning today with the BMW Z4 Vita4One. The German was able to take the lead of the race after a perfect pit stop from his team.

However, Hexis Racing was in the lead in the first part of the race thanks to a superb stint from Frédéric Makowiecki who only started from ninth place on the grid. But the McLaren MP4-12C de l’écurie championne en titre a perdu du temps aux stands en étant bloquée par la rentrée d’une Porsche. Stef Dusseldorp a tout de même pu conserver la deuxième place des attaques de la Mercedes SLS AMG All-Inkl.com by Marcus Winkelhock and Marc Basseng. After shining in the qualifying race, the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 of Tomas Enge and Albert von Thurn und Taxis retired following contact with the Ford GT Sunred at the start of the race while Tomas Enge and Matteo Cressoni were fighting for the lead. third place. Team WRT places its two Audi R8 LMS in fifth and sixth positions with the No. 33 of Frank Stippler and Oliver Jarvis ahead of the sister car of Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor.

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