FFSA GT Magny-Cours – Preview
The Last Two
© Claude Foubert

Magny-Cours this weekend welcomes the finale of the 2007 FFSA GT Championship, with the last two races, on Saturday and Sunday (October 13-14).

GT1
The 2007 Champions will be two of the Oreca drivers, their team having overshadowed their opponents. Soheil Ayari and Raymond Narac (#9 Oreca Saleen S7R) have a 24 point lead over their team-mates Laurent Groppi and Bruno Hernandez (#1Oreca Saleen S7R), who are the only drivers able to defeat them, Yvan Lebon (#17 PSI Corvete C6.R), in third place in the standings, but too far behind the four Oreca drivers.

At Magny-Cours, Ayari and Narac in #9 could claim the title as early as Saturday afternoon if they cross the finish line of the first race ahead of Groppi and Hernandez. The #9 Saleen will carry 80 kg of ballast on Saturday, whereas the #1 Saleen will have 40 kg.

The ANAVEO Larbre Compétition Aston Martin DBR9 (Makowiecki / Bornhauser) took its first win in the Championship at the last meeting at Nogaro, and on the smooth surface of the Magny-Cours circuit it should be even more competitive than on the bumpy tracks, so it should be a potential race winner. PSI will race as usual a Corvette C6.R (Lebon / Dayraut) and a C5-R (Police / Zangarelli. SRT and Tarrès Team will each field two cars: two C5-Rs for SRT (Cazenave / Cayrolle and Bouchut / Bervillé). This will be Bouchut's comeback in the FFSA GT Championship. Tarrès, alongside their usual Saleen for Thévenin / Debard, which is still in contention for the third place in the championship, will have a brand new S7-R for Olivier Porta / TBA.

Championship Standings (overall)
1 Ayari/Narac -#9 Oreca Saleen) 277
2 Groppi/Hernandez (#1 Oreca Saleen) 253
3 Lebon (#17 PSI Corvette C6.R) 146
4 Balandras/Lecourt (#36 IMSA Performance MATMUT Porsche 997 RSR, GT2 category) 146
5 Balthazard / Policand (#8 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C5-R) 140

GT2 Trophy
Richard Balandras an Michel Lecourt have won every race since the start of the season and have already claimed the GT2 Trophy. They can even be on the podium in the overall FFSA GT Championship standings.

GT3
Christopher Campbell (#75 Sport Garage Ferrari 430 GT3) has a large lead over the rest of the GT3 runners.

He has a 37 point lead over his team-mates Michel Petit and Gilles Vannelet (#74 Ferrari 430 GT3) and if he stays out of trouble he could be champion on Saturday, while Petit and Vannelet will have to win to hang onto any chance of being champions on Sunday.

GT3 Standings
1 Campbell (#75 Sport Garage Ferrari 430 GT3 251 points
2 Petit / Vannelet (#74 Sport Garage Ferrari 430 GT3) 214
3 Brière (#76 Hexis Racing Aston Martin DBRS9) 184
4 Dubreuil (#70 First Lamborghini Gallardo) 179

The GT4s will be racing at Magny-Cours too (in their own races – one Saturday the other Sunday), and the new Ginetta G50 will be driven this time by Tom-Kimber Smith and former G20 Champion Stewart Linn (one race each).