Halliday and Ortelli on the podium in French GT

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June 28, 2010 in Motorsport

Halliday and Ortelli on the podium in French GT

Brinkmann Motorsport score twice at Spa Halliday and Ortelli on the podiumGT3 France: David Halliday and Stéphane Ortelli took podium positions in both French GT Championship races in an Audi R8 LMS (Audi Team Oreca) at Val de Vienne, France. David Halliday, who started from pole position for the first race, relinquished his lead early, but was able to defend second place along with Ortelli to the checkered flag in the high summer temperatures. In the second race Halliday/Ortelli finished third. Their Oreca team mates Soheil Ayari and Bruno Hernandez were fifth in both races. In Sunday’s race the Audi drivers Stéphane Lemeret and Greg Franchi (WRT), who retired after an accident from the first race, moved up to fourth place. Brinkmann Motorsport score twiceGT Open: Brinkmann Motorsport started the fourth International GT Open race of the season at Spa-Francorchamps as sole Audi team. Around the famous Belgian race track the Dutch drivers Siebrand Dijkstra and Arjan van der Zwann took seventh place in both races in the Audi R8 LMS and, in doing so, scored points twice. Phoenix Racing did not start at the track in the Ardennes following the accident at Imola.

Val de Vienne (F), June 26, French GT Championship race 71. Canal/Tonelli (Corvette) 36 laps in 1h 00m 09.549s 2. Ortelli/Halliday (Audi R8 LMS) + 9.074s 3. Derlot/Peyroles (Corvette) + 31.034s 4. Panis/Debard (Corvette) + 35.236s 5. Ayari/Hernandez (Audi R8 LMS) + 35.635s...7. Bouchut/Merafina (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 11.808s8. Mollekens/Tuchbant (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 12.095s9. Lunardi/Sourd (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 16.242s Val de Vienne (F), June 27, French GT Championship race 81. Derlot/Peyroles (Corvette) 36 laps in 1h 00m 33.198s2. Cazenave/Police (Corvette) + 13.243s 3. Ortelli/Halliday (Audi R8 LMS) + 20.016s4. Franchi/Lemeret (Audi R8 LMS) + 28.362s5. Ayari/Hernandez (Audi R8 LMS) + 28.795s...7. Mollekens/Tuchbant (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 21.753s11. Lunardi/Sourd (Audi R8 LMS) - 1 lap17. Bouchut/Merafina (Audi R8 LMS) - 4 lapsNext race: Magny-Cours (F), August 28Spa-Francorchamps (B), June 26, International GT Open race 71. Frezza/Couceiro (Ferrari) 28 laps in 1h 11m 29.382s2. Dayraut/Makowiecki (Ferrari) + 0.363s 3. Livio/Bontempelli (Ferrari) + 17.814s4. Bamford/Mortimer (Ford) + 18.698s5. Roux/Rodrigues (Ferrari) + 31.484s ...7. Dijkstra/van der Zwaan (Audi R8 LMS) + 1m 21.061sSpa-Francorchamps (B), June 27, International GT Open race 81. de Lorenzi/Borghi (Porsche) 28 laps in 51m 15.135s2. Gruber/Deverikos (Porsche) + 7.452s 3. Lancelotti/Lancieri (Aston Martin) + 15.212s4. Frezza/Couceiro (Ferrari) + 15.645s5. Lieb/Bullitt (Porsche) + 15.964s...7. Dijkstra/van der Zwaan (Audi R8 LMS) + 16.727sNext race: Magny-Cours (F), July 10Standings after 8 of 16 races: 1. Dayraut, 44 points; 2. Couceiro and Frezza, 42; 4. Deverikos and Gruber, 37; 6. Livio and Bontempelli, 32; 8. Lancieri and Lancelotti, 26.

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