After two weeks off, Rounds 9/10 of the FIA GT3 kicked off at the Slovakia Ring. With that said, Reiter Engineering headed straight to the front with pole positions in both qualifying sessions. Albert von Thurn und Taxis laid down a 02:02.058 to Federico Leo’s 02:02.059 in the Corse Ferrari 458… yes thats a difference of 0.001. Top Porsche was down in seventh and top Audi was in eleventh.
In Q2, Stefan Rosina topped with a 02:01.076 in his first GT3 outing. In this session the top Audi was 7th and top Porsche was 14th. Continue reading ‘Reiter Engineering on pole for both FIA GT3 races at Slovakia’
After four events in Portugal, Great Britain, Spain and France supporting the GT1 World Championship, the FIA GT3 European Championship now heads to a new country and a new challenge for the next two one-hour races, when it will be the headline series at the Admiral GT3 Racing Weekend in Slovakia this weekend (19-21 August 2011).
It will be the first time that the FIA GT3 European Championship has raced at the new Slovakia Ring circuit, although the championship has visited Brno in the neighboring Czech Republic twice before (2007 and 2010). Continue reading ‘FIA GT3 heads to the Slovakia Ring circuit’
Round 5 winners Albert von Thurn und Taxis and Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof scored their second win of the 2011 season in emphatic style with a lights to flag victory in Round 7 at Paul Ricard. Von Thurn und Taxis, starting from Pole Position in the nr24 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo, led the 28 car grid into the first corner and opened up a 10 second gap to the following cars by the time the pitstop window opened. The nr24 Lamborghini was the last to pit and Mayr-Melnhof took over the driving duties and he held the lead until the checkered flag. Continue reading ‘Reiter Lamborghini wins race one at Paul Ricard’
Under the hot summer sun in the South of France, the FIA GT3 European Championship took to the track for the first session of the weekend at Paul Ricard, with Round 5 winner Albert von Thurn and Taxis, in the nr24 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo, setting the fastest time of the first Free Practice session with a lap of 2:09.307 on the 5.8km circuit. Continue reading ‘Reiter Lamborghini tops first practice at Paul Ricard FIA GT3′
It was a contest between two Princes for victory at Navarra in Round 5 of the FIA GT3 European Championship as Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis in the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo managed to hold off the challenge of Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal in the no6 Need for Speed Team Schubert BMW Z4. On lap 30 the gap between the two rivals was 4.7 seconds but by the time the checkered flag was shown at the end of lap 35 this was down to 0.459s as the Lamborghini struggled for grip on worn Michelin rear tires. However an elated Albert von Thurn und Taxis, who is the reigning GT Masters Champion, celebrated his first FIA GT3 win with co-driver Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof on the podium. Continue reading ‘Reiter Engineering win GT3 race one at Navarra’
Gallery after the jump!
For the second time this weekend the race win has been decided on the final lap in an FIA GT3 race at Navarra. For Round 6 the battle was between Harrie Kolen in the nr36 Faster Racing by DB Motorsport BMW Z4 and the nr33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 of Enzo Ide. Kolen had been handed a 10 second lead by pole position holder Nick Catsburg at the pitstop and looked on course to take the victory. Ide had emerged from the pits in 3rd place and spent a few laps trying to pass the Sainteloc Racing Audi of Jerome Demay. Continue reading ‘W Racing Team Audi wins GT3 race two at Navarra’
Dino Lunardi put the nr15 Sainteloc Audi R8 LMS at the top of the time sheets in the first Free Practice session of the FIA GT3 European Championship event at Navarra in Spain. The French driver posted a 1:41.224 lap. Continue reading ‘FIA GT3: Sainteloc Audi quickest in first practice at Navarra’
While the All-Inkl Lamborghini was the quickest in both GT1 sessions it was the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo of Nikolaus Meyr-Melnhof and Albert von Thurn und Taxis which set the fastest GT3 time on the first day of the FIA GT3 European Championship weekend at Navarra in Spain. Continue reading ‘Lamborghini Fastest in FIA GT3 and GT1′
