Dablander grabs SMT title

06.10.13
ETCC: Petr Fulín and Gilles Bruckner encored their Race 1 victories, while Mario Dablander won the Single-Make Trophy and grabbed the category’s title

Dablander took the lead at the start but then had to leave the way to the faster Super 2000 cars of Fuln, Mato Homola and Duan Borkovi

However, he was able to defenf the fourth position overall that gave him victory in the class and the title as well, while Ferenc Ficza stole second place from Andreas Pfister on the last lap.

In the Super 1600 Gilles Bruckner overtook the class champion Kevin Krammes also on the last lap.

Ulrike Krafft finished third and won the Ladies Trophy for the Czech event, but lost the title to Andrina Gugger.

KEY MOMENTS

Start Dablander sprints from pole position, chased by Pfister and Ficza

Lap 1 Homola and Fuln overtake Ficza and Pfister moving up to second and third

Lap 2 Fuln overtakes Homola for second; Bruckner overtakes Krafft for second in S1600

Lap 3 Fuln overtakes Dablander and takes the lead

Lap 4 Lukas and Zaitsev make contact; Lukas retires

Lap 5 Homola and Borkovi overtake Dablander for second and third

Lap 6 Ficza chases Pfister for second in the SMT

Lap 7 Bruckner chases Krammes in the S1600

Lap 8 Comte overtakes Oriola for fourth in the SMT

Lap 9 Ficza overtakes Pfister for second in the SMT

Lap 10 Bruckner overtakes Krammes and wins the S1600