Pilet-Narac and Belloc-Balandras dominate last race in the AlgarveLietz-Roda, 3rd in all-Porsche podium, secure vice-championshipVillois Racing crowned GTS Teams champion, after final one-twoBravo-Da Veiga (ASM Ferrari) take Spanish GT title in front of home crowd
RACE 2
With Marcel Fässler and Joël Camathias (Trottet Ferrari) crowned GT Open champions on Saturday, the last race of 2009 offered a nice opportunity for revenge to the Porsches. IMSA Performance Matmut took a superb one-two with Patrick Pilet-Raymond Naracand Richard Balandras-Jean-Philippe Belloc while Gianluca Roda-Richard Lietz (Autorlando), third, secured the vice-championship.
It was a one-two also in GTS with the Aston Martins of Lucas Guerrero-Max Wiser and Gabriele Lancieri-Max Busnelli dominating the race ahead of the excellent Mosler GT3 of Martin Short (again on the podium) and giving a well-deserved GTS Team title to Villois Racing. Suspense came to an end in the Spanish GT Championship, with Portuguese pair Ricardo Bravo-Lourenço Da Veiga (ASM Ferrari) clinching the final success. Poleman Pilet pulled away easily at the start, ahead of Camathias, Cioci, De Castro,Roda, Da Veiga, Carol, Gutiérrez, Balandras and Wiser, while a beautiful fight opposed Camathias and Cioci, followed not far away by De Castro (who takes provisional advantage in the fight for the Spanish title) and Roda. In lap 8, Cioci managed to pass and took second.
Things went smoothly until the pit stop; when this is was finished, it was Perazzini (on the Megadrive Ferrari, with no handicap) leading with over 9 seconds on Narac, 21 on Belloc, followed by Aguas, Lietz (long time stuck in traffic), Bravo,Villalba and Fässler.
The last laps were really exciting with Narac catching up on Perazzini. The Italian defended strenuously , but had to surrender to Narac on lap 25 and waspassed also by Belloc and Lietz in the last lap. Aguas is fifth ahead of Fässler. 2009 International GT Open – Roll of Honour
Overall Champions: Joël Camathias (CH) – Marcel Fässler (CH) / Trottet Racing FerrariSuper GT Champions: Joël Camathias (CH) – Marcel Fässler (CH)/ Trottet Racing FerrariSuper GT Team Champion: Autorlando Sport (IT)GTS Champions: Philipp Peter (AT) – Michal Broniszewski (PL) / Kessel Racing FerrariGTS Team Champion: Villois Racing (IT)
2009 International GT Open – Final Standings1. Camathias-Fässler (Ferrari/Trottet Racing), 233 p.2. Lietz-Roda (Porsche/Autorlando Sport), 2203. Pilet-Narac (Porsche/IMSA Performance), 2104. Gião-Couceiro (Porsche/Autorlando), 1325. Ricci-Rugolo (Ferrari/Advanced Engineering), 1276. Cioci-Perazzini (Ferrari/Megadrive), 123
