O trio Klaus Bachler/Andrea Rizzoli/Zaid Ashkanani (Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R) venceu neste domingo (14/04) as três horas de Monza, no Autódromo Nazionale de Monza, na Itália, etapa de abertura do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Foi a estreia da equipe na categoria.
Debaixo de chuva, e depois de alinhar apenas na 23 posição, o trio do Porsche #54 foi ganhando posições no decorrer da prova, contando com a ajuda dos perÁodos em Safety-Car. Rizzoli começou a prova, passando a condução para Ashkanani.
Mais experiente do trio Bachler colocou o carro na segunda posição, quatro segundos atrás do lÁder, o Audi R8 LMS #25 da Sainteloc Racing (Simon Gachet/Steven Palette/Christopher Haase), faltando 20 minutos para o final. O Audi R8 LMS # 25 teve que entrar nos pits, com Bachler assumindo a liderança.
Bachler/Rizzoli/Ashkanani venceram com 14s8 de vantagem sobre o trio Andrea Caldarelli, Marco Mapelli, Dennis Lind (Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO).
O trio Yelmer Buurman, Luca Stolz, Maro Engel(BLACK FALCON/Mercedes-AMG GT3) completou o pódio no geral e na classe Pro.
O brasileiro Felipe Fraga (AKKA ASP Team/Mercedes-AMG GT3), em trio com o alemão Nico Bastian e o russo Timur Boguslavskiy, terminou em quarto no geral. Sendo os vencedores na Silver Cup.
Pela classe AM Cup vitória do trio Adrian Amstutz/Leo Machitski/Miguel Ramos (Barwell Motorsport/Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO).
Pela Pro Am vitória do trio Chris Buncombe/Jonathan Hui/Chris Froggatt (Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3).
A próxima etapa, as Três Horas de Silverstone, na Grã-Bretanha, acontece no dia 12 de maio.
Final:
1 54 Klaus Bachler, Andrea Rizzoli, Zaid Ashkanani Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 77 voltas
2 563 Andrea Caldarelli, Marco Mapelli, Dennis Lind Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO a 14.852
3 4 Yelmer Buurman, Luca Stolz, Maro Engel BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 17.193
4 90 Silver Cup Nico Bastian, Timur Boguslavskiy, Felipe Fraga AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 17.527
5 6 Silver Cup Hubert Haupt, Patrick Assenheimer, Gabriele Piana BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 18.063
6 108 Alex Buncombe, Andy Soucek, Maxime Soulet Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 a 19.218
7 66 Clemens Schmid, Nick Foster, Kelvin van der Linde Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO a 27.755
8 99 Dennis Olsen, Dirk Werner, Matt Campbell Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R a 30.543
9 59 Come Ledogar, Andrew Watson, Jonny Adam Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 a 37.832
10 555 Silver Cup Diego Menchaca, Taylor Proto, Michele Beretta Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO a 42.853
11 19 Silver Cup Arno Santamato, Gerhard Tweraser, Lucas Mauron GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO a 43.023
12 107 Jordan Pepper, Jules Gounon, Steven Kane Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 a 45.793
13 22 Silver Cup Matt McMurry, Philipp Frommenwiler, Struan Moore Jenson Team Rocket RJN Honda Acura NSX GT3 a 59.286
14 5 Silver Cup Kim Luis Schramm, Finlay Hutchison, Ivan Pareras Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO a 1:02.998
15 25 Simon Gachet, Steven Palette, Christopher Haase Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO a 1:23.647
16 77 AM Cup Adrian Amstutz, Leo Machitski, Miguel Ramos Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO a 1:25.848
17 519 Phil Keen, Giovanni Venturini, Franck Perera Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO a 1:30.626
18 2 Dries Vanthoor, Ezequiel Perez Companc, Alex Riberas Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO a 1:32.511
19 76 Marvin KirchhÁ¶fer, Jake Dennis, Nicki Thiim R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 a 1:48.501
20 93 Pro-AM Cup Chris Buncombe, Jonathan Hui, Chris Froggatt Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 a 1:49.907
21 98 Sven Müller, Romain Dumas, Mathieu Jaminet Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 76
22 43 Lewis Williamson, Dev Gore, Jack Hawksworth Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 76
23 72 Miguel Molina, Mikhail Aleshin, Davide Rigon SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 76
24 55 Silver Cup Steijn Schothorst, Pieter Schothorst, Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO 76
25 333 Silver Cup Rinat Salikhov, Denis Bulatov, David Perel Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 76
26 78 Silver Cup James Pull, Jordan Witt, Sandy Mitchell Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 76
27 10 Silver Cup Rik Breukers, Charles Weerts, Ricardo Sanchez Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO 75
28 29 AM Cup Stefano Costantini, Antonio Forne Tomas, Christoph Lenz Raton Racing by Target Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 75
29 26 Pro-AM Cup Fabien Michal, Pierre Yves Paque, Markus Winkelhock Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO 75
30 188 AM Cup Alexander West, Chris Goodwin Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 75
31 15 AM Cup Claude-Yves Gosselin, Pierre Feligioni, Renaud Kuppens Boutsen Ginion Lamborghini Huracan GT3 75
32 23 AM Cup Fabien Barthez, Bernard Delhez Tech 1 Racing Lexus RCF GT3 75
33 488 AM Cup Pierre Ehret, Martin Berry, Jose Manuel Balbiani Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 75
34 33 AM Cup Steve Parrow, Christian Hook, Manuel Lauck Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 75
35 97 Pro-AM Cup Salih Yoluc, Ahmad Al Harthy, Charlie Eastwood Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 74
36 444 AM Cup Florian Scholze, Andrzej Lewandowski, Jens Liebhauser HB Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 74
37 62 Matthieu Vaxiviere, Matt Parry, Maxime Martin R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 73
38 74 Pro-AM Cup Remon Vos, Tom Onslow-Cole Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 68
39 88 Raffaele Marciello, Michael Meadows, Vincent Abril Mercedes-AMG Team Akka ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 67
40 63 Mirko Bortolotti, Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 62
NC 12 Silver Cup Romain Monti, Dean Stoneman, Stefano Gattuso Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 37
NC 9 AM Cup Philippe Steveny, Marc Rostan, Karim Ojjeh Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 49
NC 87 Pro-AM Cup Jim Pla, Mauro Ricci, Jean-Luc Beaubelique AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 41
NC 52 Pro-AM Cup Niek Hommerson, Louis Machiels, Andrea Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 11
NC 111 AM Cup Davide Roda, Giuseppe Cipriani, Marco Antonelli Antonelli Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 11
NC 31 Pro-AM Cup Derek Pierce, Rob Smith, Sebastian Morris Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 7