FIA GT3: Prospeed Competition takes Team Championship Title at Zolder

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:39 AM PDT

The two final rounds in the FIA GT3 calendar took place this weekend in Belgium. Coming off his first 10 hour Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta last weekend, Marco Holzer had two great races at Zolder. With a strong run in the second race today, Paul van Splunteren and Marco Holzer secured the Champioship.

The Hexis AMR Aston Martin DBRS9 of Frederic Makowiecki and Manuel Rodrigues finished in second. Enzo Ide and Greg Franchi clinched the final podium spot in their Belgian Audi Club Audi R8 LMS.

Prospeed teammates, Petri Lappalainen and Markus Palttala finished in 5th place, giving the team 10pts and keeping them ahead of Callaway Competition.

Race 2 Result
Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	Avg speed
1	61	GT3	van Splunteren/Holzer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	01:00:04	37	0	0
2	1	GT3	Rodrigues/Makowiecki	Aston Martin DBRS9	01:00:13	37	8.88	0
3	27	GT3	Ide/Franchi	Audi R8 LMS	01:00:17	37	12.375	0
4	77	GT3	Walter/Hürtgen	BMW Z4	01:00:17	37	12.932	0
5	60	GT3	Lappalainen/Palttala	Porsche 911 GT3 R	01:00:18	37	13.948	0
6	76	GT3	Söderlund/Sandström	BMW Z4	01:00:21	37	16.907	0
7	14	GT3	Eskelinen/Nygaard	Ford GT	01:00:27	37	23.279	0
8	11	GT3	Vannelet/Narac	Porsche 911 GT3 R	01:00:41	37	36.462	0
9	23	GT3	Brown/Bell	Audi R8 LMS	01:00:54	37	50.301	0
10	16	GT3	Lambotte/Parisy	Corvette Z06R GT3	01:00:55	37	50.595	0
11	5	GT3	Hirschi/Guilvert	Audi R8 LMS	01:01:09	37	01:05.0	0
12	22	GT3	Patterson/Guasch	Audi R8 LMS	01:01:16	37	01:11.6	0
13	2	GT3	Paillard/Accary	Aston Martin DBRS9	01:01:32	37	01:27.7	0
14	17	GT3	Vincent/Peyroles	Corvette Z06R GT3	01:01:49	37	01:44.4	0
15	30	GT3	Teregulov/Romanov	Ascari KZ1R GT3	01:00:21	36	16.711	1
16	6	GT3	Demay/Lorgere-Roux	Audi R8 LMS	00:57:36	35	02:27.9	2
17	101	GT3	Hohenadel/Keilwitz	Corvette Z06R GT3	00:51:41	31	08:22.9	6
18	98	GT3	Beche/De Doncker	Ford GT	00:46:35	28	13:28.7	9
19	12	GT3	Thiry/Fumal	Porsche 911 GT3 R	00:44:30	27	15:34.1	10
20	99	GT3	Lesoudier/Martin	Ford GT	00:50:22	27	09:42.4	10
21	100	GT3	Ritskes/van Oranje	Corvette Z06R GT3	00:48:49	26	11:14.9	11
22	3	GT3	Lemeret/Heyer	Audi R8 LMS	00:38:11	8	21:53.3	29
23	87	GT3	Dockerill/Ferrier	Ferrari 430 Scuderia	00:02:34	1	57:30.1	36

FIA GT3: Team Rosberg Audi on top during first practice

Belcar: Maxime Soulet wins pole in the Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3-R

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:25 AM PDT

Maxime Soulet was able to top a 1.32.069 by Niels Lagrange in the #15 Lamborghini Gallardo. Soulet lapped a 1.31.991 around the long straights of Zolder.

The W Racing Team of Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin placed 3rd and 4th, respectively. This looks great for their championship run. Jeffrey Van Hooydonk completed the top 5 driving the swifter of the two Dodge Vipers.

Classification of qualifications:
1. Goossens-Soulet (Porsche 911 GT3-R) 1.31.991
2. Lagrange-De Laet (Lamborghini Gallardo) 1.32.069
3. Kumpen-Franchi (Audi R8 LMS) 1.32.418
4. Longin-Verbist (Audi R8 LMS) 1.32.627
5. Van Hooydonk Wauters (Dodge Viper) 1.32.750
6. Maes-Ide (Porsche 911 GT3-R) 1.32.830
7. Moser-Schmetz (Aston Martin DBRS9) 1.32.892
8. Van Oost-Van Elslander (Mosler MT900) 1.33.271, 1st in Class 4
9. Brown-Dockerill (Ferrari 430) 1.34.290
10. Bouvy-Coens (Ferrari 430) 1.34.902; etc..