GT Tour-C2: ART GP and McLaren winners at Magny-Cours

If Grégory Guilvert started from pole with his Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra, the winner of the Saturday race was quickly overtaken by Ludovic Badey until the Ferrari 458 Sofrev ASP encountered a gearbox problem on the eighth lap ending his race. The poleman was thus able to regain the lead of the race and return to the pits to make his obligatory stop with around ten seconds ahead of the F458 of Olivier Panis. The latter leaves the wheel to his teammate Eric Debard who takes the lead ahead of the Audi now driven by Paul Lamic and the McLaren MP4-12C from ART Grand Prix led by Grégoire Demoustier.

However, Eric Debard was forced to relinquish control of the race by making a second trip to the pits to observe a penalty for not having respected the time allowed in the pits. Grégoire Demoustier seized the opportunity to pass Paul Lamic's Audi and take first place, which he would not relinquish until the checkered flag. ART Grand Prix thus signs the first success of an MP4-12C in a French event while Saintéloc Racing sees its Lamic-Guilvert crew get closer to the lead of the Championship with a good second place which follows after the victory of the first race . The last step of the podium won by Eric Debard and Olivier Panis allows the Sofrev ASP crew to leave Magny-Cours in first place in the Championship with a lead of four points over Henry Hassid and Anthony Beltoise whose Porsche 911 RSR (997) of Pro GT by Alméras finished the race in eighth place.

Discover the report of the GT Tour FFSA in Magny-Cours produced by our special correspondent in the next issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Tuesday in digital version for iPad, PC and Mac, and from Wednesday on newsstands.