FERRARI ALSO WINS IN THE FIA GT WITH AF CORSE MOTOROLA
 The
Ferrari F430 GT of the AF Corse Motorola Team driven by Gianmaria
Bruni and Stephane Ortelli won the fifth round of the FIA
GT Championship GT2 Class at Oschersleben in Germany. It was
an unlucky race for their team-mates, Dirk Muller-Toni Vilander
who had to pit early because of a loss of power steering fluid,
costing them around a minute. They finished fourth, just 37
seconds behind the second placed Porsche of Malucelli-Collard.
For the record, the GT1 class saw victory go to the Corvette
of Kumpen-Longin ahead of the Maserati of Biagi-Bartels and
the Lamborghini of Mucke-Bouchut.
The next round, the Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours, is on 28
and 29 July in Belgium.
Gianmaria Bruni "I got a scare at the
start because an Aston Martin spun in the middle of the pack
and, in order to avoid him, I went on the grass losing three
places, but then once back in the lead I pushed hard and the
car went very well. Everything was perfect today. Thank you
to Stephane who, as usual, did a great job. Now we go to Spa
for my first ever 24 hour race and I know I can rely on Ortelli
for sound advice."
Stephane Ortelli. "A special moment
for me as this is my third consecutive win in three weeks,
counting the one with the Saleen. It is equally special for
the AF Corse Motorola team that has won all five races held
so far in this championship. Today, I had the best team mate,
the best car and the best tyres, there it was actually quite
easy to get the win."
Toni Vilander. "I am a bit disappointed
with fourth place because we could have won today. We were
quickest all weekend but unfortunately the power steering
problem lost us so much time in the pits."
Dirk Muller. "A shame about the problem
as the car was very quick today, but just finishing the race
was an achievement. It's good for the championship at least,
as we have another five points."
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