Vita4One BMW continued to dominate at the Slovakia Ring with Michael Bartels (DEU) and Yelmer Buurman (NLD) setting the pace in the morning Warm-up session ahead of today’s Championship Race.
The focus of an intensely-fought 2012 championship switches to Slovakia for the sixth round from 17-19 August as part of the ESET Racing Weekend featuring the FIA Central European Zone Trophy.
Ferrari joined Audi, BMW, Porsche and McLaren as race winners in 2012 when Toni Vilander (FIN) and Filip Salaquarda (CZE) claimed victory in an eventful Qualifying Race at the Slovakia Ring in round four of the FIA GT1 World Championship.
Stephane Ratel, founder and CEO of SRO Motorsports Group, informed the GT Commission, sitting in Paris on July 17th, that SRO did not intend to continue as promoter of the FIA GT1 World Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship in 2013.
Having secured their first win of the 2012 season in the Qualifying Race, the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Mercedes team recorded a one-two in the Championship Race in Portugal.
Mercedes became the sixth brand to taste victory in 2012 when Marc Basseng and German co-driver Marcus Winkelhock won the Qualifying Race in the No.38 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
Filip Salaquarda (CZE) and Toni Vilander (FIN) in the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia No.3 secured pole position for today’s Qualifying Race with a commanding performance in Qualifying at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
Ferrari laid down a solid marker for the weekend with the best outright time from Friday’s two Free Practice sessions at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.