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22.09.2002: FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 8, ENNA-PERGUSA ( ITALY )



>>> race quotes
>>> race results
>>> FIA GT championship standings after 8 rounds

race quotes:
 
Andrea Piccini  “As I had qualified so low down after our air-box problems, I had to start behind some N-GT cars, and so I was really lucky that the safety car came out, as I was able to catch up. At the end of my stint I was fifth, which was quite good from 18th on the grid. Jean-Denis did an excellent stint, he was one of the fastest men on the track today. We had to change all our tyres at each stop as we were using a softer compound, so we lost some time in the pit stops. When I took over again, I just had to keep Babini behind me to get third. He was pushing, and he was fast but he couldn’t pass me. When we were coming up to the chicane, I was going through it, and he pushed me and I went off. I came in to the pits, and I thought the car was OK, but before the last corner, the suspension broke at high speed, and I hit the barriers. That was it. It was just not our weekend. But there are two races left and we will try to win again.”

Andrea Montermini  “It was a good race with many changes. The team did a great job putting together two two-car teams. Iradj also did a great job. It was difficult for me to go faster than the Porsches. The traffic stopped us all through the race and I had to lift the accelerator several times. I knew that this circuit would be difficult for us but I am looking forward to the two last races of the season. We are not giving up!”

Iradj Alexander  “It was the best race of the season for me as it was the first time I had the opportunity to work with a professional driver. The car was also really perfect. We are trying to work in the right direction to improve the car for the last two races of the season”. 

Christian Pescatori  After the second stint, I broke something in the brakes. For my team it is very hard, it was Montermini or me, and now there is ten point difference, but the biggest problem is that the Porsche is too fast. However, we do have another two races, so we will see what happens. 


race result:

GT result
POS
CL
DRIVERS
CAR
TIME
LAPS
GAP
KPH
BEST
1
GT
Campbell-Walter/Springer
Lister Storm
3:00:14.276
101
 
166.39
1:36.911
2
GT
Gollin/Cappellari
Chrysler Viper
3:00:54.150
101
39.874
165.78
1:36.594
3
GT
Babini/Duez
Chrysler Viper
3:00:58.487
101
44.211
165.72
1:37.927
4
GT
Derichebourg/Belmondo
Chrysler Viper
3:00:58.997
101
44.721
165.71
1:37.387
5
GT
Bouchut/Terrien
Chrysler Viper
3:01:28.979
100
1 LAP
163.62
1:38.671
6
GT
Hezemans/Kumpen
Chrysler Viper
3:00:25.881
99
2 LAPS
162.92
1:37.707
7
GT
Verdon-Roe/De Castro
Lister Storm
3:00:49.397
99
2 LAPS
162.57
1:39.640
8
GT
Vosse/Rosenblad
Chrysler Viper
3:00:41.241
97
4 LAPS
159.41
1:40.015
9
GT
Bryner/Calderari/Gounon
Ferrari 550 Maranello
2:42:11.269
84
17 LAPS
153.78
1:37.957
10
GT
Piccini/Deletraz
Ferrari 550 Maranelo
2:32:30.296
81
20 LAPS
157.70
1:38.486

GT not classified
GT
Ried/Ried
Porsche 911 GT2
2:22:36.293
40
D.N.F.
83.26
1:48.103
GT
Clerico/Gavin
Lamborghini Diablo GT
1:02:04.144
31
D.N.F.
148.24
1:42.449
GT
Riccitelli/Quester
Ferrari 550 Maranello
1:41:17.463
22
D.N.F.
64.45
1:38.180
GT
Felbermayer/Cassadei/Jurasz
Porsche 911 GT2
 
0
D.N.F.
N/A 

fastest lap
GT
Gollin/Cappellari
 
Chrysler Viper
1:36.594
72
114.63mph
184.48

N-GT result
1
NGT
Ortelli/Lieb
Porsche 996
3:01:26.761
99
 
162.01
1:42.568
2
NGT
Daoudi/Sauvage
Porsche 996
3:01:45.574
99
18.813
161.73
1:43.094
3
NGT
Montermini/Alexander
Ferrari 360 Modena
3:00:27.684
98
1 LAP
161.25
1:42.268
4
NGT
Pescatori/Bertolini
Ferrari 360 Modena
3:00:28.703
98
1 LAP
161.24
1:42.991
5
NGT
Garcia/Felbermayr Jnr
Porsche 996
3:00:58.583
97
2 LAPS
159.15
1:42.885
6
NGT
Jones/Soli
Porsche 996
3:00:24.276
96
3 LAPS
158.01
1:44.678
7
NGT
Gugliardo/Ceraulo
Porsche 996
3:01:20.266
95
4 LAPS
155.56
1:43.779
8
NGT
Gianni/Garbagnati
Ferrari 360 Modena
3:01:52.017
95
4 LAPS
155.11
1:45.158
9
NGT
Kutemann/Pregliasco
Ferrari 360 Modena
3:01:18.344
94
5 LAPS
153.95
1:43.203
10
NGT
Fomenko/Vasiliev
Porsche 996
2:55:09.885
91
8 LAPS
154.26
1:44.692
11
NGT
Commis/Bertoli/De Filippis
Ferrari 360 Modena
3:00:46.585
81
18 LAPS
133.04
1:54.040

N-GT not classified
NGT
Peter/Wolff
Porsche 996
1:15:46.683
34
D.N.F.
133.18
1:45.017
NGT
Sangiuolo/Pichler
Porsche 996
52:13.527
18
D.N.F.
102.25
1:44.638
NGT
Merendino/Merendino
Porsche 996
18:13.859
10
D.N.F.
162.60
1:47.163

N-GT fatest lap
NGT
Montermini/Alexander
Ferrari 360 Modena
1:42.268
70
108.27mph
174.24


FIA GT Championship, overall points standings after 8 rounds:

1st= Christophe Bouchet, David Terrian 46pts, 3th= Jamie Campbell-Walter, Nicolaus Springer 42.5pts, 5th Vincent Vosse 36pts, 6th= Jean-Denis Deletraz, Andrea Piccini 31pts, 8th= Marc Duez, Fabio Babini 28pts, 10th Sebastian Bourdais, Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen, Luca Cappellari, Fabrizio Gollin, 20pts

FIA GT Championship, class N-GT standings after 8 rounds:

1st Stephane Ortelli 60pts, 2nd Andrea Montermini 49.5pts, 3rd Christian Pescatori 48.5pts, 4th Andrea Bertolini 34.5pts, 5th Andrea Garbagnati 31.5pts, 6th Emmanuel Collard 30pts, 7th Toto Wolff 29.5pts, 8th Marb Lieb 29pts, 9th Romain Dumas 20pts, 10th Phillip Peter 19.5pts


>>> 2002 FIA GT Championship calender

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