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INTERNaTIONal GT OPEN fOR acTION f3 OPEN all hOuRS
Despite only being formed in 2006, the International GT Open series
suplied by Dunlop has quickly become a popular addition to the GT
car racing scene and the 2011 campaign is quickly shaping up to be
a classic – with five drivers covered by three points in the overall
standings at the half way point of the season.
A brace of victories – at Magny-Cours and Spa – mean Andrea
Montermini and Emanuele Moncini hold a one point lead over fellow
Ferrari drivers Marco Frezza and Juan Manuel Lopez, the latter pair
losing the points lead after a disastrous weekend at Brands Hatch
yielded no points.
A double win there for Soheil Ayari and team-mate Nicolas Marroc
means Ayari is just three points off the lead; Marroc having only
joined his fellow Frenchman at Spa. Stefano Gattuso and Lorenzo
Bontempelli are within ten points of the championship leaders as the
top pairing in the GTS Class.
With the overall standings taking into account overall and class
position, the actual class standings have a slightly different
appearance; and are even closer.
In the premier Super GT class, the pairings of Lopez and Frezza
and Moncini and Montermini are level on 42 points with Ayari just one
point further back, while the GTS class is equally close.
At the half way stage of the season, Gattuso and Bontempelli hold
a one point lead over Gianluca Roda and Fabio Babibi despite
winning twice as many races as their rivals.
At the half way stage of the European F3 Open – run entirely on
Dunlop racing tyres - it’s the rookie brigade who leads the way in the
championship standings with Swiss teenager Alex Fontana having
emerged as the man to beat in 2011.
The Corbetta Competizioni driver took his maiden win at Spa and
leads another rookie driver, Team West-Tec’s Fabio Gamberini by 15
points after eight races.
Gamberini also enjoyed success on-track at Spa where he took his
only victory of the season to date, while the competitive nature of the
series has been seen by the fact that the eight races held so far in
2011 have been won by six different drivers.
Alongside Fontana and Gamberini, Fahmi Illyas, Tono Fernandez,
Johan Jokinen and Victor Correa have taken to the top step of the
podium – the latter pair on two occasions.
In the team’s championship, the successes for Gambernini, Illyas
and Correa have allowed British outfit West-Tec to take a healthy lead
in the standings ahead of Fontana’s Corbetta Competizioni team and
the Cedars outfit that carried Jokinen to his two victories.
As well as sitting second overall, Gambernini has dominated the
Copa Class for older Dallara cars, winning all bar one of the eight
races. Jesus Rios is the only other winner having taken class honours
in the second race at Spa.