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06.10.2002: FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 9, DONINGTON PARK ( ENGLAND )

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early race: the no22 Ferrari leads from the no 14 Lister Storm and its sister Ferrari 550
race quotes:
Jean-Marc Gounon  “I lost my clutch on the formation lap and had to be pushed onto the grid. For the first hour I did not have any trouble, I just had to be careful going through the gears, so as not to destroy the gearbox because of the clutch problem. I had a similar experience here last year when I drove Marco Zadra’s Ferrari 333 SP, when we had oil pressure problems but finished second. I would like to thank the team that has allowed me to qualify and race with them, and show that I am still quick.”

Lilian Bryner  “I had a problem with the starter motor and with the fuel pump at my pit stop. But the rest of the stint was OK ! ”

Enzo Calderai  “I have to thank Jean-Marc Gounon as he proved that we could manage a podium finish although we did not believe in it anymore ! At the end of the race, I was very careful as I had Fabio Babini [driving the nr 12 Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper] getting closer to me and I remembered Pergusa.”

Andrea Picinni  “Everybody seems to like my back. Jamie pushed me off. I thought I had overtaken him nicely on the outside at the chicane, which is quite difficult to do, but he didn’t fight too much. Then we came to the first chicane and it was OK, I was just trying to control him, but in the last corner I missed my braking point, and went wide. When he hit me I was at the apex and I spun. I was very quick to re-start, though and after that the car was very quick. Now the Championship is gone, but I still think that we have done a good job this year.”

Christian Pescatori  “We changed our set-up for the race so it was better in both the fast and slow corners. The problem was with the gearbox, which was not right for this circuit. I stopped for tyres at the front, took on fuel, but it did not change the final classification because the difference between the Porsche and us was too big. But it was a good test for next year, and I think it is possible I will stay with the team again.”
race result:
POS NO CL DRIVERS CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST
1 3 GT Hezemans/Kumpen Chrysler Viper 3:00:21.976 113   151.10 1:30.533
2 22 GT Calderari/Bryner/Gounon Ferrari 550 3:01:01.306 113 39.330 150.55 1:30.444
3 12 GT Amorim/Babini Chrysler Viper 3:01:06.762 113 44.786 150.48 1:32.252
4 4 GT Cappellari/Gollin Chrysler Viper 3:00:35.175 112 1 LAP 149.58 1:31.775
5 2 GT Terrien/Rosenblad Chrysler Viper 3:01:00.595 112 1 LAP 149.23 1:32.327
6 54 NGT Ortelli/Dumas Porsche 996 3:00:55.561 109 4 LAPS 145.30 1:35.996
7 76 NGT Garcia/Felbermayr Jnr Porsche 996 3:01:42.344 109 4 LAPS 144.68 1:35.993
8 50 NGT Pescatori/Bertolini Ferrari 360 3:00:27.626 108 5 LAPS 144.34 1:37.003
9 60 NGT Mowlem/Khan Porsche 996 3:01:18.824 108 5 LAPS 143.66 1:36.552
10 58 NGT Peter/Wolff Porsche 996 3:01:27.851 108 5 LAPS 143.54 1:37.005
11 77 NGT Fomenko/Vassiliev Porsche 996 3:00:50.248 106 7 LAPS 141.37 1:38.711
12 16 GT Ried/Ried/Casadei Porsche 911 3:01:45.898 105 8 LAPS 139.32 1:39.102
13 53 NGT Kutemann/Pregliasco Ferrari 360 3:00:19.943 104 9 LAPS 139.09 1:39.281
14 88 NGT Jordan/Sumpter Porsche 996 3:01:37.842 102 11 LAPS 135.44 1:37.273
15 62 NGT Jones/Stokoe Porsche 996 2:46:40.607 99 14 LAPS 143.25 1:37.137
16 89 NGT Jones/Jones Porsche 996 3:01:59.751 98 15 LAPS 129.87 1:37.629
17 64 NGT Merendino/Poulain Porsche 996 2:39:30.247 91 22 LAPS 137.60 1:38.270
18 82 NGT Capelli/Davies Ferrari 360  2:32:18.452 90 23 LAPS 142.52 1:36.673
19 14 GT Campbell-Walter/Springer Lister Storm 2:50:51.162 87 26 LAPS 122.81 1:30.659
20 29 GT Roos/Wallinder Chrysler Viper 2:22:42.303 85 28 LAPS 143.65 1:33.675

not classifield:
52 NGT Gianni/Garbagnati Ferrari 360 2:14:24.403 77 D.N.F. 138.17 1:38.791
56 NGT O'Rourke/Liddell Porsche 996 2:06:58.033 69 D.N.F. 131.07 1:35.920
5 GT Alliot/Hallyday Chrysler Viper 1:48:41.639 68 D.N.F. 150.88 1:31.493
1 GT Bouchut/Vosse Chrysler Viper 1:46:53.639 66 D.N.F. 148.91 1:31.740
83 NGT Sugden/Kirkaldy Ferrari 360 1:44:33.213 63 D.N.F. 145.32 1:36.064
55 NGT Daoudi/Longin Porsche 996 1:50:05.179 63 D.N.F. 138.02 1:36.724
11 GT Duez/Gosselin Chrysler Viper 1:39:08.933 61 D.N.F. 148.38 1:33.195
9 GT Lafon/Jarier Chrysler Viper 1:33:47.159 57 D.N.F. 146.58 1:32.782
51 NGT Montermini/Alexander Ferrari 360 2:03:15.344 50 D.N.F. 97.83 1:36.967
23 GT Deletraz/Piccini Ferrari 550 1:11:21.838 45 D.N.F. 152.07 1:30.680
15 GT Verdon-Roe/Warnock/McKellar Lister Storm 1:10:22.714 44 D.N.F. 150.77 1:31.431
32 GT Riccitelli/Quester Ferrari 550  4:57.469 3 D.N.F. 145.70 1:33.018

fastest lap:
22 GT Calderari/Bryner/Gounon Ferrari 550 1:30.444 4 99.42mph 160.01
56 NGT O'Rourke/Liddell Porsche 996 1:35.920 6 93.75mph 150.87
the Andrea Piccini/Jean Denis Deletraz Ferrari 550 sits trackside after suffering engine failure
FIA GT Championship, overall points standings after 9 rounds:

1st David Terrian 48pts, Christophe Bouchet 46pts, 3th= Jamie Campbell-Walter, Nicolaus Springer 42.5pts, 5th Vincent Vosse 36pts, 6th Fabio Babini 32pts, 7th= Jean-Denis Deletraz, Andrea Piccini 31pts, 9th= Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen 30pts

FIA GT Championship, class N-GT standings after 9 rounds:

1st Stephane Ortelli 70pts, 2nd Christian Pescatori 52.5pts, 3rd Andrea Montermini 49.5pts, 4th Andrea Bertolini 38.5pts, 5th= Andrea Garbagnati, Toto Wolff 31.5pts 7th= Emmanuel Collard, 9th Marb Lieb 29pts, 10th Phillip Peter 21.5pts
>>> 2002 FIA GT Championship calender
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