Success for Corvette in FIA GT1 race at Adria, Italy
Source: GM Europe
Jun 26, 2008 - 8:34:51 AM
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Corvette finishes 1st, 3rd and 4th in third FIA
GT1 race of the season
· Silver Corvette Z06 Pace Car leads the 27 starters
on their warm up lap
· Corvette Z06 official Safety and Leading Car 2008 for
FIA GT
The third FIA GT1 race of the season has brought the success for Corvette the
teams had been waiting for: the GMAC Corvette C6.R, driven by Mike Hezemans and
Fabrizo Gollin finished first in the two-hour race at the Adria Motorsport Park
in Italy.
Adria Motorsport Park is located 70 km south of Venice, Italy,
and is one of the newer FIA GT venues. The tight twisty 2.702-kilometer (1.68
mile) course hosted Round 3 of the highly competitive 2008 FIA GT championship.
Twenty-seven cars qualified for this two-hour night race and fourteen were GT1
entries. Four Corvettes were entered, three C6R’s and one C5R
The GMAC
Corvettes fought for the lead throughout the entire race. They both had a
stirring battle with the Nr 1 Maserati MC-12. As the clock counted down it was
the Hezemans/Gollin GMAC Corvette first across the stripe with a 11.879 second
margin. Maserati was second, the Nr 5 GMAC Corvette with drivers Marcel Fässler
and Jean-Denis Deletraz was third 2.714 seconds behind the Maserati. The SRT
Corvette C6R was fourth. This was the GMAC team’s first victory of the year. The
podium at Adria was a sea of Corvette yellow as the fans roared their approval
for this outstanding Corvette victory.
There was more for Corvette to
cheer about. For 2008, Corvette is the official Safety- and Leading Car for the
FIA GT Championship. Corvette Europe supplied two Corvette’s Z06 to become the
Official Safety and Leading Car for 2008. The program will continue through the
season to the final FIA GT3 Championship race in Dubai and the final FIA GT
Championship race in San Luis, Argentina. In addition a Cadillac CTS 3.6 will be
the Medical Car and a Cadillac Escalade will be the Course Car.
SRO
Motorsports Group is particularly pleased to announce this partnership with such
an important member of the GT community. “Corvette is a perfect Official Car
Supplier for us,” commented Stephane Ratel, Chairman of SRO Motorsports Group.
“Their cars have played a leading role on the track in recent years, winning the
Total 24 Hours of Spa last year (2007) as well as the Teams Championship in the
2007 FIA GT3 European Championship, so it is pleasing to see them play an
official role as well. SRO look forward to growing this partnership together
with Corvette”.
The next FIA GT round is in two weeks at the track of
Oschersleben, Germany, July 5-6. Please visit www.corvettemotorsport.com for more info.
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