2009 FIA GT : Round 2 - Victory to Vitaphone and Prospeed in Adria

Michael BARTELS (GER) - Andrea BERTOLINI (ITA) / MASERATI MC12 GT1 N°1 team VITAPHONE RACING

ADRIA, Italy : May 16, 2009 - The nr 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12 claimed a fine win in Adria today, Bertolini and Bartels racing through the sunset to cross the line 10 seconds ahead of the PK Carsport Corvette C6R of Kumpen and Hezemans.


The second Maserati, of Müller and Ramos, finished third, but could have claimed the win without a stop-go penalty. The Luc Alphand AVentures and SRT Corvettes came in fourth and fifth, with Full Speed Racing taking its first points in sixth. The K plus K Saleen had a difficult day, Wendlinger and Sharp going out at the start with a broken driveshaft. Bertolini and Bartels have taken an early lead in the points.

Emmanuel COLLARD (FRA) - Richard WESBROOK (GBR) / PORSCHE 997 GT3 RSR GT2 N°60 team

In GT2, Prospeed Competition repeated their Silverstone result, following disappointing qualifying with a fine win for Westbrook and Collard, giving them a good points lead. They were followed by both AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2 cars, Vilander and Bruni taking their first points of the season, while Barba Lopez and Cadei took a fine first FIA GT podium.

The second Prospeed Porsche was fourth, with the Brixia Porsche of Ragginger and Lucchini fifth, after leading for the whole of Ragginger's first stint.

2009 FIA GT : Round 2 Adria - Race Result

Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	Avg speed
1	1	GT1	Bertolini/Bartels	Maserati MC 12	2:00:22.680	96	Winner	129.21
2	4	GT1	Kumpen/Hezemans	Corvette Z06	2:00:32.848	96	10.168	129.03
3	2	GT1	Muller/Ramos	Maserati MC 12	2:00:43.145	96	20.465	128.84
4	19	GT1	Maassen/Moreau	Corvette Z06	2:00:32.760	95	1 LAP	127.68
5	3	GT1	Ruffier/Longin	Corvette Z06	2:00:39.492	95	1 LAP	127.56
6	11	GT1	Lemeret/Hines	Saleen S7 Twin Turbo	2:01:36.384	94	2 LAPS	125.24
7	60	GT2	Westbrook/Collard	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:00:29.403	92	4 LAPS	123.70
8	50	GT2	Bruni/Vilander	Ferrari F430	2:00:36.392	92	4 LAPS	123.59
9	51	GT2	Cadei/Barba	Ferrari F430	2:01:03.586	92	4 LAPS	123.12
10	61	GT2	Holzer/O'Young	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:06.034	92	4 LAPS	123.08
11	97	GT2	Ragginger/Lucchini	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:09.267	92	4 LAPS	123.03
12	40	GT1	Leinders/Kuppens	Ford GT (001 PT GT1)	2:01:30.086	92	4 LAPS	122.68
13	55	GT2	Mullen/Niarchos	Ferrari F430	2:00:27.716	91	5 LAPS	122.39
14	56	GT2	Kirkaldy/Bell	Ferrari F430	2:01:04.455	91	5 LAPS	121.77
15	59	GT2	Sugden/Ashburn	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	2:01:08.616	90	6 LAPS	120.36
16	78	GT2	Romanini/Heyer	Ferrari F430	2:01:27.818	90	6 LAPS	120.04
17	18	GT1	Dominguez/Lacko	Saleen S7	2:00:42.562	85	11 LAPS	114.08
18	77	GT2	Malucelli/Ruberti	Ferrari F430	1:49:40.510	83	13 LAPS	122.60
19	44	GT1	Biagi/Mutsch	Ford GT (001 PT GT1)	2:01:29.745	71	25 LAPS	94.66
20	13	GT1	Monfardini/Orts	Saleen S7	37:25.905	20	76 LAPS	86.37
21	95	GT2	La Mazza/Sbirrazuoli	Ferrari F430	8:29.272	6	90 LAPS	113.50
22	14	GT1	Sharp/Wendlinger	Saleen S7			96 LAPS	N/A

2009 FIA GT1 Driver Championship

Pos	Name	Nat.	R1	R2	Total
1	Michael Bartels	Germany	8	10	18
	Andrea Bertolini	Italy	8	10	18
2	Anthony Kumpen	Belgium	5	8	13
	Mike Hezemans	Netherland	5	8	13
3	Xavier Maassen	Netherland	6	5	11
	Guillaume Moreau	France	6	5	11
4	Karl Wendlinger	Austria	10	-	10
	Ryan Sharp	Great Britain	10	-	10
5	Bert Longin	Belgium	3	4	7
	James Ruffier	France	3	4	7
6	Miguel Ramos	Portugal	-	6	6
	Alex Müller	Germany	-	6	6
7	Mario Dominguez	Mexico	4	1	5
	Adam Lacko	Czech	4	1	5
8	Stephane Lemeret	Belgium	-	3	3
	Luke Hines	Great Britain	-	3	3
9	Jos Menten	Netherland	2	-	2
	Bas Leinders	Belgium	-	2	2
	Markus Palttala	Finland	2	-	2
	Renaud Kuppens	Belguim	-	2	2
10	Thomas Biagi	Italy	1	-	1
	Thomas Mutsch	Germany	1	-	1

Images : 2009 FIA GT : Round 2 Adria, Italy Hi-light images

[Source : FIA GT, Maserati]