Ten Dunlop shod cars competed in the UK round of the FIA GT Championship, four of which were regular Dunlop runners in the British GT Championship.
Aston Martin dominated the overall race, while the GruppeM Porsche of Rockenfeller/Lieb took GT2 honours. But the British GT squads of Embassy Racing (Collins/Cunningham) and Team LNT (Tomlinson/Kane) took two well-earned podium places in second and third. Ahead of both was the Dunlop-shod G2 class winning Balfe Motorsport Mosler, four laps ahead of the Eclipse version, also on Dunlop.
Michael Butler, Dunlop Motorsport:
“I think the British GT runners have shown that the standard is high in the UK and to take two GT2 podiums in an international event is fantastic. The British contingent was very competitive and gave a creditable performance against strong competition.” Neil Cunningham,Embassy Racing – 2nd GT2 “We had a great first stint. The tyres were strong all the way – we only changed once. The team has worked wonders and really deserved the result this weekend.”
POS CL DRIVERS CAR TIME GAP
1 GT1 Kox/Lamy Aston Martin DBR9 3:00:28.713 2 GT1 Brabham/Turner Aston Martin DBR9 3:00:30.650 1.937 3 GT1 Babini/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1 3:00:39.791 11.078 4 GT1 Bertolini/Wendlinger Maserati MC12 GT1 3:00:30.929 1 LAP 5 GT1 Bartels/Scheider Maserati MC12 GT1 3:01:10.001 1 LAP 6 GT1 Gardel/Gollin Ferrari 550 Maranello 3:01:10.401 1 LAP 7 GT1 Deletraz/Piccini Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC 3:00:56.396 2 LAPS 8 GT1 Peter/Buncombe/Rusinov Maserati MC12 GT1 3:01:08.779 2 LAPS 9 GT2 Lieb/Rockenfeller Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 3:01:25.835 5 LAPS 10 GT1 Ardizzone/Panzavuota/Hooker Saleen S7 R 3:01:45.975 7 LAPS 11 G2 Balfe/Derbyshire Mosler MT900R 3:01:48.668 8 LAPS 12 GT1 Bouchut/Fomenko/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 Maranello 3:01:49.716 8 LAPS 13 GT2 Collins/Cunningham Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 3:01:55.098 9 LAPS 14 GT2 Tomlinson/Kane TVR T400 3:01:30.160 10 LAPS 15 GT1 Ruberti/Camathias Saleen S7 R 3:01:31.426 10 LAPS 16 G2 Keen/Taylor Mosler MT900R 3:00:30.425 12 LAPS 17 GT2 Rosa/Drudi Ferrari 360 Modena 3:00:43.701 12 LAPS 18 GT2 Ried/Ried Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 3:01:37.536 13 LAPS 19 GT2 Collard/Sugden Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 3:01:47.033 13 LAPS 20 GT2 Nielsen/Ehret Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 3:01:08.919 14 LAPS 21 GT2 Eriksson/MacAri Ferrari 360 Modena 3:01:08.644 15 LAPS 22 GT2 Vonka/Casadei Porsche 996 GT3 RS 3:00:53.125 16 LAPS 23 G2 Whight/Whight/Kershaw Mosler MT900R 3:00:33.254 40 LAPS
