GT FFSA: Pro GT has relaunched in C2

After taking 8th place in Race 1, Laurent Pasquali and Franck Perera won on Sunday at Lédenon and brought a smile back to Pro-GT by Almeras. Eric Debard and Olivier Panis return to the lead in the Championship with the Sofrev F458.

Published on 30/04/2012 à 11:17

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Après avoir pris la deuxième place en Course 1 derrière l’Audi R8 LMS de Lamic-Guilvert (Saintéloc Racing), Olivier Panis s’élançait en pole de la Course 2 hier devant la Porsche d’Anthony Beltoise (Pro GT by Almeras) mais ce dernier a dû rentrer aux stands alors que la Mclaren ART Grand Prix MP4-12C retired on the seventh lap following a broken gearbox. Dino Lunardi's Audi spinning into a puddle of oil, Team Sofrev-ASP occupied the first three places before the pit stops with Olivier Panis preceding Ludovic Badey and Morgan Moullin-Traffort.

Taking advantage of the time penalties following the result of Race 1, Laurent Pasquali took control of the race with the Pro-GT by Almeras Porsche which occupied fourth position after a good stint from Franck Perera who returned this weekend. ends the competition after two years of absence. It was then that Gilles Vannelet began a formidable comeback with the Mercedes Sébastien SLS Loeb Racing to finish in second place ahead of the two Sofrev ASP F458s. By climbing onto the podium for the second time, Olivier Panis and Eric Debard took control of the Championship.

Discover the report of the GT Tour FFSA in Lédenon in the next issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Tuesday in digital version for iPad and from Thursday on newsstands.