Van der Ende-Lessennes and Guilvert-Michal crowned in Silver and Pro-Am at Paul Ricard

Nicolas Gomar and Mike Parisy (Aston Martin Vantage GT4 n°89 – AGS Events) concluded the 2020 season of France championship FFSAGT by a victory during the second race at Paul Ricard, decisive for the award of the Silver, Pro-Am and Am Cup titles.

The first losers of this last confrontation are Nicolas Cheers and Christopher Campbell (Alpine A110 GT4 n°36 – CMR), spun at the first corner following a collision, before being hit a little later in the lap by another car.

In the running for the Pro-Am crown, the Prost-Campbell duo must give up while the leaders of the classification Grégory Guilvert and Fabien Michal (Audi R8 LMS GT4 n°42 – Saintéloc Racing) are not spared with apparent mechanical problems, also forcing the reigning French champions to retire, but the Pro-Am title is then sealed.

The race is then neutralized under safety car regime after contact between the Mercedes-AMG GT4 n°3 – CD Sport of Clément Bully and the Mercedes-AMG GT4 n°16 – AKKA-ASP of Vincent Marserou at the first corner.

At the restart, Adrien Tambay (Audi R8 LMS GT4 n°27 – Saintéloc Racing) still leads Jim Pla (Mercedes-AMG GT4 n°87 – AKKA-ASP) in his wake.

The titles are emerging

After the change of drivers, Cyril Saleilles, relay of Adrien Tambay, can take the lead again but is quickly put under pressure by Jean-Luc Beaubelique, teammate of Jim Pla.

A little further in the peloton, the fight for the Silver Cup title sees Ricardo van der Ende (BMW M4 GT4 n°17 ​​– L'Espace Bienvenue) attacked by Edouard Cauhaupé (Mercedes-AMG GT4 n°2 – CD Sport). The latter, however, drops his pace after a collision with the BMW and plunges in the ranking.

At the head of the race, Cyril Saleilles must observe a one-second stop&go for an infraction in the pit lane, and leaves the controls of the event to Nicolas Gomar (Aston Martin Vantage GT4 n°89 – AGS Events), who came overtake Jean-Luc Beaubelique.

From then on, the hierarchy no longer evolves to the checkerboard with success for the Gomar – Parisy duo, winner in Pro-Am, ahead of Alain Ferté and Grégoire Demoustier (Alpine A110 GT4 n°35 – Bodemer Auto) and Thomas Drouet – Paul Petit (Mercedes-AMG GT4 n°88 – AKKA-ASP) who won the Silver Cup.

But it is Ricardo van der Ende and Benjamin Lessennes in Silver and Grégory Guilvert – Fabien Michal in Pro-Am who are crowned. En Am Cup, César Gazeau et Wilfried Cazalbon (Toyota GR Supra GT4 n°66 – CMR) l’emportent et sécurisent le titre Am Cup.

Ranking to come

Discover the full report of the FFSA GT final at Paul Ricard, in issue 2288 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.