AKKA-ASP flies over race 2 in Nogaro

Jim Pla and Jean-Luc Beaubelique dominated the second race of the FFSA GT French Championship at Nogaro on Sunday in the No. 87 AKKA-ASP Mercedes AMG.

Published on 23/08/2020 à 11:22

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AKKA-ASP flies over race 2 in Nogaro

Jim Pla is untouchable this weekend. The Frenchman had stuck six tenths to everyone in his qualifying, then overcame his opponents one after the other in race 1, before a penalty dashed his hopes.

In race 2, nothing could prevent him from winning the Mercedes-AMG n°87 from AKKA-ASP. Not even a safety car at the end of the race, which barely needed ten seconds to restart the race for one last lap.

 

 

Jim Pla passed the baton eighteen seconds ahead of Jean-Luc Beaubelique. A boulevard that the gentleman driver managed perfectly until the safety car, to offer AKKA-ASP its first victory of the season.

Behind, Rodolphe Wallgren and Vincent Beltoise continue a superb weekend for Mirage Racing and place theAlpine in second position, thanks to a regular race punctuated by a nice overtake when refueling on theAston Martin from AGS Events. It finished on the third step of the podium in the hands of Nicolas Gomar and Mike Parisy.

In Silver, the Espace Bienvenue BMW once again displayed superb resistance at the end of the race, to win the category thanks to Benjamin Lessennes and Ricardo Van der Ende. Benjamin Lariche and Robert Consani, on the other hand, may have great regrets.

At the start of the race, Speed ​​Car's Ginetta G55 got stuck behind Anthony Beltoise on his Audi. A time which he lacked to overcome the BMW at the end of the race. She tried everything but settled for second place.

Neuvième du général, la Toyota Supra du Toyota Gazoo Racing by CMR s’offre son premier podium de la catégorie grâce à Aurélien Panis et Julien Piguet. L’auto monte en puissance.

And above all, the Japanese brand achieved the first success in its history in GT4 in the AM-Cup, in the hands of the duo Wilfried Cazalbon and César Cazeau.

A victory with success since the Aston Martin AGS Events, leader, slipped on the oil left by theAlpine crashed at the end of the race and ended up in the wall. The Toyota nevertheless overtook Pierre-Laurent Figuière and Stéphane Guérin on the Arkadia Racing Ginetta on the track, who finished second.

The classification of the race.

 

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