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GT2 Qualifying race winners : CR Scuderia nr 56 (Kirkaldy / Bell)

5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 50 - 61 - 77 - 51 - 55 - 62 - 78 - 66 - 69 - 101

The GT2 battle goes down to the line, Kirkaldy crossing 0.223 ahead of Bruni

46 Chequered flag

45 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 / 56 -50 - 61 - 77

43 The gap is maintained at the front. Kirkaldy is 0.7 ahead of Bruni, with Collard 22 seconds behind

41 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 50 - 61 - 77 - 51 - 55 - 62 - 78 - 66 - 69

41 Bruni still pressuring Kirkaldy for the GT2 lead, Collard a comfortable third after the nr 62's spin put it down in 7th

40 Deletraz maintains a 0.7 lead over Gollin, Kirkaldy leads GT2 ahead of Bruni

40 7 minutes to go…

39 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 7 56 - 50 - 61 - 77 - 51 - 55 - 62

39 Contact between the nr 3 and the nr 51 Ferrari - nr 3 has damage to the bonnet, the nr 51 spun and continued

38 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8

37 Ferrari nr 62 spun and rejoined at turn 12

36 Maassen has caught the nr 2 Maserati and is 0.4 behind in the battle for fourth

36 The battling leaders catch up with traffic

35 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 - 56 - 62 - 50 - 51 - 61 - 77 - 55

35 The leading Phoenix Corvettes are now nose to tail

35 Kirkaldy overtakes Davies for the GT2 lead

34 Gollin is now 1.8 behind Deletraz.

33 The top three GT2 Ferrari cars continue an amazing battle, nose to tail through the streets

32 Ferrari nr 95 retires

32 Gollin is now just 2.7 behind Deletraz in the battle for the lead, while Bartels maintains a comfortable third,

32 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 / 62 - 56 - 50 - 51 - 61 - 77 ,

32 Kirkaldy overtakes Bruni for second,

31 Gollin closes to 4.4, while Davies is still 0.4 ahead of Bruni - top three nose to tail ,

29 95 To the pits . Fire extinguisher gone off - his harass pushed the release button,

29 Gollin continues to close, while Bruni is just 0.3 behind Davies in GT2,

28 Gollin knocks two seconds off the gap between him and the leader…,

27 Scuderia Ecosse has taken the lead in GT2 after the pit stops, with Davies ahead of Bruni and Kirkaldy,

27 Deletraz has a 7.7 second lead over his team-mate Gollin, with Bartels third.,

27 57 retires due to rear right damage,

26 5 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 10 - 8 / 62 - 50 - 56 - 61 - 77,

26 Del Monte spins in the nr 57 Kessel Ferrari at turn 8 and rejoins - back to the pits,

25 Lamborghini to the pits, tyres and driver to Rusinov,

24 Kox is the last out there who has not pitted,

24 Ferrari nr 62 to the pits, tyres and driver to Davies,

24 Maserati nr 2 to the pits, tyres and driver to Ramos,

24 Corvette nr 6 to the pits, tyres and driver to Gollin

23 Ferrari nr 51 to the pits, tyres and driver to Biagi

23 Race leader nr 5 to the pits, tyres and driver to Deletraz

22 Ferrari nr 95 to the pits, tyres and driver to Russo

22 Ferrari nr 77 to the pits, tyres and driver to Ruberti

22 5 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 8 - 1 - / 62 - 51 - 95 - 50 - 77

22 Corvette nr 3 to the pits, tyres and driver to Maassen

21 Porsche nr 69 to the pits, tyres and driver to Lietz

21 101 to the pits, tyres and driver to Leinders

21 Corvette nr 6 has damage to the front left corner

21 Maserati nr 1 to the pits, tyres and driver to Bartels

21 Ferrari nr 50 to the pits, tyres and driver to Bruni

20 Ferrari nr 78 to the pits, tyres and driver to Rigon

20 Ferrari nr 55 to the ptis, tyres and driver to Mullen

20 Aston nr 10 to the pits, tyres and driver to Peter

20 Saleen nr 4 to the pits, tyres and driver to Longin

20 Porsche nr 66 to the pits tyres and driver to Lieb

20 57 smoking at rear right tyre, to the pits, fuel and driver to Del Monte

20 Porche nr 61 to the pits, tyres and driver to Collard

20 Ferrari nr 56 to the pits, tyres and driver to Kirkaldy

19 The cars have now completed 25 minutes and drivers could do their pit stop if they wished

18 Negrao is still nose to tail with Kumpen and trying to overtake

17 The gap between the leaders is now 3 seconds

17 5 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 61 - 51 - 57 - 95

16 Westbrook sets his fastest lap in the nr 61 Porsche, lying 4th

16 Hezemans sets the fastest first sector time, and closes to 4.1 from his team-mate

16 The GT1 cars are now up with the leading GT2 cars

15 5 - 6- 3 -1 -4 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 61 - 51 - 57 - 95 - 77

13 Car 95 straight on at turn 2. Moser, in the Kessel Ferrari, goes up to 6th

13 5 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 -

12 The nr 6 Corvette has closed fractionally on the nr 5. The fight for 5th is the hottest , with Kumpen, Negrao and Simonsen within a second

11 5 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 61 - 51 - 95 - 57 - 77

11 The fight continues to be close, with another battle between Negrao in the nr 2 Maserati and Simonsen in the nr 10 Gigawave Aston for 6th

11 Bouchut overtakes Kumpen and starts to pull away

11 The fighting Corvette and Saleen cross the line separated by 0.1 of a second

10 Bouchut in the nr 3 SRT Corvette is still trying to get past Kumpen in thePK Saleen, but Kumpen resists

9 5 - 5 - 1 - 4- 3 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 95 - 61 - 51 - 57 - 77

8 The cars are still very close together, with the cars in third to sixth position nose to tail. Bouchut is just 0.4 behind Kumpen, who is 0.6 behind Bertolini

7 The nr 5 leads by 5 seconds ahead of the nr 6 Corvette, with Bertolini third and Kumpen fourth

6 5 - 6 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 95 -61 - 51

6 Fässler further improves the lap time to 1:16.683

6 The nr 56 CR Scuderia is pulling out a bit of a lead, while Vilander closes on Babini for second

5 Bell flies over the kerbs, keeping his GT2 lead from a pushing Babini. Vilander is still in contact in third, makign this a thrilling battle while Fässler pullas away in GT1

4 The nr 56 and 62 are nose to tail in the battle for GT2 lead

4 The best lap goes down again : 1:16.729

3 5 - 6 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 10 - 8 / 56 - 62 - 50 - 95 - 61 - 51

3 Fässler continues to improve his time to 1:17.319

2 Bell has a narrow lead of 0.7 in GT2, with Babini second and Vilander down to third

2 Fässler has a lead of 2.5 over Hezemans, with Bertolini a further 2.2 behind

2 Fässler improves his best time to 1:17.948

1 5 - 6 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 2- 10 -8 / 56 - 50 - 62 - 95 - 61 - 51

1 Marcel Fässler sets the fastest lap : 1:21.379

1 Car 61 goes straight on at turn three

1 Bell takes the advantage in GT2, putting CR Scuderia in command

1 Very close start, with the sun very low around the track. Fässler leads with Hezemans getting ahead of the nr 1 Maserati to give a Phoenix Corvette one-two

0 Cars set off on formation lap

0 Cars 33 and 36 withdrawn from the event

0 60 to miss the qualifying race following accident in qualifying. The car will start from the back of the grid in the Championship race.

0 Grid : 5 - 1 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 10 - 8 - 50 - 56 - 62 - 95 - 69 - 51 - 61 - 66 - 55 - 78 - 57 - 77 - 101

0 Weather : hot and sunny

- Jacquie GROOM - photo SRO

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