Capello and Sanna narrowly miss victory
Podium positions for the Audi R8 LMSFIA GT3: At the FIA GT3 European Championship event in Germany the Audi R8 LMS secured podium positions in both races. In the battle for victory in the first race at Oschersleben, Christopher Mies and Christopher Haase had to settle for second place only 0.5 seconds behind in the Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS. On Sunday Cesar Campanico and Nicolas Armindo from Team Rosberg clinched second place in a turbulent race which was started behind the Safety Car. Haase and Mies were sixth. Capello and Sanna narrowly miss victoryItalian GT Championship: Dindo Capello and Giorgio Sanna experienced a weekends of highs and lows in the fifth and sixth races of the Italian GT Championship at Mugello. In the first race the Italian duo held second position for much of the race in the Audi Sport Italia Audi R8 LMS. A tire failure with Giorgio Sanna at the wheel threw them back to fourth place. In the second race start driver Sanna handed over the Audi R8 LMS as leader to partner Dindo Capello. As rain started to fall the Safety Car was deployed onto the track. Capello tried to defend the lead while still on slicks but was pushed down to second on the last lap. Results and point standingsOschersleben (D), June 20, race 5 FIA GT3 European Championship 1 Accary/Rodrigues (Aston Martin) 39 laps in 1h 01m 21.385s2 Mies/Haase (Audi R8 LMS) + 0.504s3 Lunardi/de Doncker (Ford GT) + 6.192s4 Armindo/Campanico (Audi R8 LMS) + 8.008s5 Walter/Hürtgen (BMW Alpina) + 16.789s... 14 Navrati/Matzke (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 0.026s.20 la Marca/Deletraz (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 28.458sOschersleben (D), June 21, race 6 FIA GT3 European Championship 1 Gruber/Nygaard (Ford) 37 laps in 1h 01m 32.789s2 Campanico/Armindo (Audi R8 LMS) + 0.513s3 Rodrigues/Accary (Aston Martin) + 1.913s4 Makowiesci/Rodrigues (Aston Martin) + 15.967s5 Basseng/Haring (Porsche) + 16.17s 6 Haase/Mies (Audi R8 LMS) + 25.570s... 10 Matzke/Navratil (Audi R8 LMS) + 58.608s19 la Marca/Deletraz (Audi R8 LMS) -1 lapStandings after 6 of 12 races: 1 Accray/Rodrigues, 35 points; 2 Armindo/Campanico and Rodrigues/Makowiescki, 25; 3 Lesoudier/Martin, 21; 4 Mies/Haase, 19; 5 Lunardi/de Doncker, 18.Next race: Algarve (P), September 12Mugello (I), June 20, race 5 Italian GT Championship1 Livio/Bontempelli (Ferrari) 26 laps in 53m 8.648s2 de Lorenzi/Borghi (Porsche) + 16.254s3 Earle/La Mazza (Ferrari) + 18.692s4 Capello/Sanna (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 45.769s5 Grassotto/Baso (Lamborghini) - 1 lapMugello (I), June 21, race 6 Italian GT Championship1 Baso/Grassotto (Lamborghini) 22 laps in 49m 7.435s2 Sanna/Capello (Audi R8 LMS) + 1.526s3 Geri/Piccini (Lamborghini) + 2.340s4 Moncada/Valentini (Corvette) + 27.578s5 Bianco/Meneghello (Chrysler) + 59.089sStandings after 6 of 14 races: 1 de Lorenzi/Borghi, 61 points; 3 Livio/Bontempelli, 57; 3 Capello/Sanna, 55; 4 Grassotto/Baso, 37; 5 Piccini/Geri, 29.Next race: Misano (I), July 19
