Nogaro – Race 2: Gialdini and Delomier give victory to CMR

• Ethan Gialdini and Gwenael Delomier were pushed around, but they won this Monday, during Race 2 at Nogaro. Aboard the Ginetta n°10, the crew of the CMR team triumphed despite a disputed start to the race, where theAlpine Rodolphe Wallgren's No. 111 took the lead as soon as the lights went out. However, it wasn't long before Gwenael Delomier was back at the front. The French duo managed to maintain the lead until the finish, despite the mandatory pit stop and a safety car. Ethan Gialdini and Gwenael Delomier took their first overall victory in FFSAGT.
• Ginetta double and CMR double in this Race 2 at Nogaro since Nicolas Ciamin and Rudy Servol finished in 2nd place in the Ginetta n°18. Starting in third position, the two teammates took advantage of the pit stop and the extended pit stop of the Mercedes Vic'Team's No. 64 – with time added to the pits for the top three in Race 1 – to take second place in this second round. The podium was completed byAston Martin No. 7 of the Mirage Racing team and Russian drivers Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub.
• The race was marked by an intense battle for 4th place at the end of the race between Éric Trémoulet (Mercedes n°64 – Vic'Team), Lorens Lecertua (Audi n°25 – Saintéloc Racing) and Nelson Panciatici (Alpine n°111 – Chazel Technologie Course). At an impressive pace, the reigning French champion got the better of his two rivals with some muscular and authoritative overtaking moves. Nelson Panciatici took advantage of the fight between the Audi and the Mercedes to take 5th place from Lorens Lecertua who tried to respond on the start-finish straight by taking the inside of the first corner. Surprised, Nelson Panciatici went wide, into the grass, and hit a bump which destroyed the floor of his Alpine, forcing him to retire three minutes from the checkered flag.
• Another incident disrupted Race 2 early in the race. Guilty of a failed braking, David Levy (Mirage Racing – Aston Martin n°5) went straight on at the hairpin at Turn 7 and hit Julien Paget (JSB Compétition) head-on. Porsche No. 24), which he was unable to avoid. A collision which required the intervention of the Safety Car for around ten minutes.

FFSA GT – Nogaro
Race 2 – Ranking

ALSO READ > Nogaro – Race 1: Gaspard Simon and Pascal Huteau dominate in the rain