GT1 – Salaquarda and Vilander dominate in Slovakia

The qualifying race for the Slovakia Ring was particularly competitive. The start was given after 12 minutes spent under safety car regime following a major oil leak which dirty the track during a support race. If Hexis Racing had high hopes with the pole of Frédéric Makowiecki and Stef Düsseldorp, the Frenchman was only able to salvage a ninth place after encountering mechanical problems on the McLaren MP4-12C at the end of the test. The sister car of Grégoire Demoustier and Alvaro Parente was not more fortunate and retired from the race.

The laurels go to the Filip Salaquarda crew? Toni Vilander thanks to a superb start from the Finn who placed the Ferrari 458 from AF Corse in the lead from the first round. Although the positions changed a lot during the race, the No. 3 was never worried by its competitors. She finished with a lead of four seconds over the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 of Tomas Enge and Albert von Thurn uns Taxis. The Czech made a dazzling comeback after pitting the No. 24 where the team had lost time to snatch second place on the last lap from the BMW Z4 Vita4One of Yelmer Buurman and Michael Bartels. There Mercedes SLS AMG All-Inkl.com de Markus Winkelhock et Marc Basseng et la Porsche 911 d’Exim Bank Team China de Matt Halliday et Mike Parisy viennent compléter le top cinq. Les deux écuries profitent d’une erreur de Stéphane Ortelli qui ne prend que la onzième place avec l’Audi R8 LMS du Team WRT. Frank Stippler et Oliver Jarvis sauvent une sixième place avec la voiture sœur du team allemand.

The start of the Championship race will be at 14:45 p.m.