GT1 – Slovakia: Bartels and Buurman double the lead

Arriving in Slovakia as championship leaders, Michael Bartels and Yelmer Buurman confirmed their status by collecting maximum points during the two rounds of the weekend. Starting in pole position, the two men did not tremble against their opponents, even when they began to lose ground towards the end of the race.

Third for a large part of the race, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 No. 38 grabbed second place going into the final lap. Marc Basseng and Marcus Winkelhock took advantage of a safety car deployed five minutes from the end of the race, following the loss of a bodywork element of the No. 4 MP12-2C of Grégoire Demoustier and Alvaro Parente, to back into the exhausts of the #4 BMW Z17. At the wheel, Mathias Lauda was unable to do anything to defend himself, letting slip a double which held out his arms to the Vita4One Racing Team.

The French team Hexis had a difficult weekend in Slovakia. The No. 4 MP12-1C of Frédéric Makowiecki and Sted Dusseldorp retired at the end of the first lap while the second car of Philippe Dumas' men could do no better than a ninth place after losing its rear hood at the end. race.

Discover the report from GT1 at the Slovakia Ring in the next issue of AUTOhebdo available from Tuesday in digital version for iPad and from Wednesday on newsstands.