MUNDIAL GT - OPEN - BARCELONA

Terça, 24 Setembro 2019 10:38 | Actualizado em Quinta, 25 Abril 2024 01:13

Koller-Liberati (VSR Lambo) unstoppable also in Race 2 at Barcelona

The Swiss-Italian takes sixth win of the season, beating Niki Leutwiler (PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche)

Koller now leads the standings by 13 points on Leutwiler ahead of Monza decisive round

Díaz-Varela – Cerqueda (Baporo Motorsport Audi) again on the podium, as third, in front of home crowd

Hans-Peter Koller and Edoardo Liberati confirmed themselves as the masters of the GT Cup Open Europe by taking an undisputed  sixth win of the season in Race 2 today at Barcelona. It is the second time in a row that the duo at the wheel of the Vincenzo Sospiri Racing signs a double win in an event.

The success puts Koller in a comfortable position ahead of the final round of the season in Monza, as he now leads the overall standings by 12 points over his fellow Swiss rival Niki Leutwiler, today 2nd at the wheel of the PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche.

It was again a strong show from local heroes, as Daniel Díaz Varela and Manel Cerqueda repeated podium with the Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS.

In Pro-Am, behind Koller-Liberati, honours were for Vandierendonck-Schouten (EMG Porsche) and the Curti brothers (Tsunami Porsche), while in Am, John De Wilde (EMG Porsche) was third behind Leutwiler and Cerqueda-Varela.

Koller-Liberati (VSR Lambo) unstoppable also in Race 2 at Barcelona
 
 
The Swiss-Italian takes sixth win of the season, beating Niki Leutwiler (PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche)
 
Koller now leads the standings by 13 points on Leutwiler ahead of Monza decisive round
 
Díaz-Varela – Cerqueda (Baporo Motorsport Audi) again on the podium, as third, in front of home crowd
 
 
 

Hans-Peter Koller and Edoardo Liberati confirmed themselves as the masters of the GT Cup Open Europe by taking an undisputed  sixth win of the season in Race 2 today at Barcelona. It is the second time in a row that the duo at the wheel of the Vincenzo Sospiri Racing signs a double win in an event. 
The success puts Koller in a comfortable position ahead of the final round of the season in Monza, as he now leads the overall standings by 12 points over his fellow Swiss rival Niki Leutwiler, today2nd at the wheel of the PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche. 
It was again a strong show from local heroes, as Daniel Díaz Varela and Manel Cerqueda repeated podium with the Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS. 
In Pro-Am, behind Koller-Liberati, honours were for Vandierendonck-Schouten (EMG Porsche) and the Curti brothers (Tsunami Porsche), while in Am, John De Wilde (EMG Porsche) was third behind Leutwiler and Cerqueda-Varela. 
THE RACE – Liberati, who had signed the fifth pole of the season, keeps control of everything at the start and takes the lead ahead of Cerqueda, De Fulgencio who took an excellent start, Leutwiler, Font, De Wilde and Vandierendonck. As expected, Liberati pulls away and by lap 5 has already a 9-second gap, while Leutwiler has taken third from De Fulgencio.
 

 Positions among the first three do not change, but gaps grow, while Font emerges as fourth ahead of De Wilde, De Fulgencio, Pisani, Solieri and Lino Curti. Battle is fierce between De Fulgencio, De Wilde and Pisani for fifth, with Pisani emerging after a few laps. 
In the meantime, the driver change window has open in lap 11 and provides an interesting duel between Díaz-Varela, who has taken over from Cerqueda and Liberati, who is still on track. After the VSR Lambo has also made its stop, the situation (lap 18) sees Koller leading with 21 seconds over Leutwiler, 26 on Varela, 33 on De Wilde, Viniyes and Schouten, while Bozzoni spins and is narrowly missed by Vivacqua, who has to go off-track. 
It is Bas Schouten making the show in the second part of the race as he climbs positions and takes 4th by lap 25, while there is a nice fight also for 9th, between Salom and Solieri. 
Two cars did not take the start of this race: the VSR Lambo of Toni-Mauro, after yesterday’s accident, and the Virage Aston Martin of Navarrete-Lobera, because of technical issues. 
 
STANDINGS AFTER 10 ROUNDS OF 12
Overall: 1.Koller,102; 2. Leutwiler, 89 points; 3. Liberati, 87; 4. Solieri, 74; 5. De Wilde, 55; 6. Mauro-Toni, 54; etc Pro-Am: 1.Koller, 63; 2. Liberati, 58; 3. L.&C.Curti, 43; 4. Basso, 35; 5. SchoutenVandierendonck, Salas, 31; etc  Am: 1. Leutwiler, 71 points; 2. Solieri, 61; 3. Cerqueda, 52; 4.Mauro-Toni, Díaz-Varela, 49; 6. De Wilde, 45; etc Teams: 1. Vincenzo Sospiri Racing, 96 points; 2. PZ Oberer Zürichsee by TFT, 52; 3. EMG Motorsport, 44; 4. Antonelli Motorsport, 42; 5. Baporo Motorsport, 36; 6. Sports&You, 23; etc