Ferrari Victorious At Brno

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As always, the Automotodrom Brno gave the FIA GT Championship an exciting race, made even more unpredictable by the weather, with a heavy shower drenching the track mid-race. The challenging circuit saw victory go to Larbre Competition - which has won every race it has competited at the Czech circuit. Pedro Lamy and Gabriele Gardel took their second joint win of the season, to propell Gardel into the Championship lead for the very first time.

A varied podium saw JMB Racing's Maserati of Wendlinger and Bertolini take second, after a spirited race up from the back of the grid, while GPC Sport claimed its first podium finish of the year. In GT2, Marc Lieb made it three out of three when he and Mike Rockenfeller were victorious in their GruppeM Porsche, ahead of the Austrian team Renauer Motorsport, with a Porsche driven by Wolfgang Kaufmann, Manfred Jurasz and Petr Valek, and Czech team Vonka Racing third for Jan Vonka and Mauro Casadei.for Jan Vonka and Mauro Casadei.

The nr 86 GPC Ferrari 360 of GPC Sport had initially finished second in GT2, but was excluded from the results due to failing the ground clearance.
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1 GT1 Lamy/Gardel Ferrari 550 Maranello 01:39.7 83 148.11
2 Bertolini/Wendlinger Maserati MC12 GT1 02:37.7 83 58.036 147.33
3 GT1 Melo/Belloc Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC 02:39.5 83 59.863 147.3
4 GT1 Kumpen/Longin/Hezemans Corvette C5R 02:50.1 82 1 LAP 145.39