FIA GT3: Sainteloc Audi quickest in first practice at Navarra

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:33 PM PDT

FIA GT3 Navarra Sainteloc

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.

The session restarted and it was Championship leader Francesco Castellacci in the nr50 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia who set the pace. At the end of Free Practice the Ferrari was just 0.039s behind the lead Audi.

The nr3 Graff Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG of Mike Parisy was 3rd fastest, 0.439s behind the lead car and 0.055s ahead of the nr6 Need for Speed Team Schubert BMW in 4th.

Free Practice 1
Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap
1	15	GT3	Jerome Demay/Dino Lunardi	Audi R8 LMS	01:41.224	24
2	50	GT3	Federico Leo/Francesco Castellacci	Ferrari 458 Italia	01:41.263	27	0.039
3	3	GT3	Philippe Giauque/Mike Parisy	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:41.663	25	0.439
4	6	GT3	Edward Sandström/Abdulaziz Al Faisal	BMW Z4 GT3	01:41.718	19	0.494
5	33	GT3	Enzo Ide/Greg Franchi	Audi R8 LMS	01:41.944	20	0.720
6	14	GT3	Mikko Eskelinen/Christoffer Nygaard	Ford GT	01:42.033	23	0.809
7	24	GT3	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof/Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	01:42.200	25	0.976
8	35	GT3	Hoevert Vos/Jeroen den Boer	BMW Z4 GT3	01:42.200	25	0.976
9	38	GT3	Giacamo Petrobelli/Carlos Iacomelli	Ferrari 458 Italia	01:42.211	15	0.987
10	51	GT3	Daniel Brown/Glynn Geddie	Ferrari 458 Italia	01:42.313	26	1.089
11	44	GT3	Dominik Baumann/Brice Bosi	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:42.359	27	1.135
12	7	GT3	Csaba Walter/Claudia Hürtgen	BMW Z4 GT3	01:42.510	25	1.286
13	23	GT3	Zakary Brown/Matthew Bell	Audi R8 LMS	01:42.512	29	1.288
14	36	GT3	Harrie Kolen/Nicky Catsburg	BMW Z4 GT3	01:42.618	24	1.394
15	22	GT3	Mark Patterson/Joseph Osborne	Audi R8 LMS	01:42.675	28	1.451
16	4	GT3	Joakim Lambotte/Gregoire Demoustier	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:42.866	29	1.642
17	11	GT3	Leonid Machitski/Jarek Janis	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:42.914	27	1.690
18	1	GT3	Paul van Splunteren/Maxime Soulet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	01:43.242	23	2.018
19	9	GT3	Gael Lesoudier/Maxime Martin	Aston Martin DBRS 9	01:43.436	11	2.212
20	45	GT3	Filip Sladecka/Patrick Hirsch	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:43.588	26	2.364
21	16	GT3	Pierre Hirschi/Lionel Mazars	Audi R8 LMS	01:43.705	27	2.481
22	12	GT3	Jan Stovicek/Jakub Knoll	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	01:43.753	28	2.529
23	2	GT3	Petri Lappalainen/Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	01:44.409	19	3.185
24	8	GT3	Frederic Gabillon/Jean-Charles Battut	Aston Martin DBRS 9	01:44.550	2	3.326

FIA GT1: Reiter Lamborghini Fastest in Free Practice at Navarra

FIA GT3: Sainteloc Audi quickest in first practice at Navarra

All-Inkl.com Lamborghini leads free GT1 practice from Navarra

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:19 PM PDT

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FIA GT1 Navarra All-Inkl.com

Lamborghini led the way in Free Practice in the blazing Spanish summer heat as the action got underway in the sixth round of the championship in Navarra.

Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock in the No.38 All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport Lamborghini set the fastest time of 1:37.639 around the twisty circuit located in northeren Spain between Logrono and Pamplona.

Second fastest was the sister No.37 car of Dominik Schwager and Nicky Pastorelli with a time of 1:37.904.

Third quickest was the JRM Nissan GT-R of Peter Dumbreck and Richard Westbrook with a lap of 1:37.912.

Lamborghini’s early dominance continues the trend set in 2010 where Reiter Engineering cars won both the Qualifying and Championship Races.