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FFSA GT, Val de Vienne – Race Two Report
Police Chase No Problem For Bornh
auser

There were important changes for Sunday's race regarding the weight handicaps: after their win on Saturday, Debard and Panis had to take 40 kg more; making a total of 120 kg; Mérafina and Dayraut lost their 80 kg; while Hernandez and Ayari stayed at 80 kg. In GT3, the weight handicaps are given for one race only after a good result so only Dubreuil-Amado (50 kg) and Lamic-Moulin Traffort (30 kg) had to take weight.

The start was quieter than the day before. Groppi took the lead and was soon alone, ahead of Panis. Dayraut overtook Porta – which made it four Corvettes chasing the leading Saleen, with Panis, Ayari, Cazenave and Dayraut at the wheels.
 
In GT3, the new 430 Scuderia took the lead; Charpilienne, seventh overall, being followed by six Gallardos. Leclerc and Parisy were fighting together for second place, which meant that Charpilienne could ease away. With his Viper, Moulin-Traffort was climbing through the Gallardo group while Campbell, starting from the back of the grid, was soon sixth in GT3; but he retired a little later. The new Ferrari is not yet reliable. Parisy found the way to overtake Leclerc on the 16th lap, taking second place, then closed on Charpilienne.

After the driver change, Demay (replacing Charpilienne) now led. Lamic (replacing Moulin-Traffort) gained third place, overtaking Tuchbant (replacing Leclerc) in the pits by doing the closest pit-stop ever in FFSA-GT, only half a second more than the minimum time! Ahead, Gaillard (replacing Parisy) was now close of Demay, and it wouldn't be long before he overtook him. Lamic did the same immediately after.


In GT1, Bornhauser had a quiet lonely run, while Debard's tyres suffered from the 120 kg of weight handicap. Police overtook Hernandez for third place when the Alphand Corvette span on oil not announced by marshalls. Thanks to his very short race on Saturday, Police's tyres were fresh, so he had no problem to catch Debard and overtake him seven laps before the end.

Back in GT3, Lamic put the pressure on Gaillard, but was not close enough to try to overtake. For third place, Demay closed each door to stay ahead of Tuchbant, who lost patience and pushed him in the back. Demay span and lost third, while Tuchbant received a drive through. He returned to the track fourth, behind Dubreuil.
 
It was a hard end to the race for some GT1s. Hernandez had to do half a lap with a puncture at the rear left, but back in the pits, the C6.R wouldn't restart, leading to its retirement; but with classification. Mérafina, meanwhile, visited the gravel at the first corner, but was able to return to the track.
 
No worries for Bornhauser, however, who received the chequered flag first; a good way to forget the two previous races before the summer holidays.

It was also a fourth Sunday win in GT3 for Parisy-Gaillard.


In the standings, Ayari-Hernandez leads with 164 pts, ahead of Debard, 154, Bornhauser-Groppi, 146, and Cazenave-Police, 142. In GT3, Parisy-Gaillard leads with 142 pts, 30 pts more than Thévenin-Peyroles, second.
 
The FFSA-GT will be back on September 5-6 at Albi.

Full results here

David Legangneux