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Blancpain Endurance Series Silverstone |
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The final race of the 2011 Blancpain Endurance Series resulted in a victory for the Marc VFS |
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BMW Z4. Bas Leinders, Maxime Martin and Markus Paltalla crossed the finish line first after a |
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three hour race at Silverstone. Second place was secured by the WRT Audi R8 of Bert Longin, |
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Stephane Ortelli and Filipe Albuquerque. Giacomo Petrobelli, Carlos Iacomelli and Filip |
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Salaquarda finished third. |
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Freshly crowned GT Masters champion Dino Lunardi drove the nr. 41 BMW Alpina B6 GT3 to the pole |
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position on the grid. Team mate Niki Mayr-Melnhof drove the first stint on Sunday and dominated the first |
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laps of the race. Initially, second place was claimed by the nr. 50 AF Corse Ferrari of Marco Cioci, but Bas |
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Leinders worked his way quickly through the field in the Marc VDS BMW Z4, snatching second place. Phil |
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Quaife drove an impressive race in the brand new McLaren MP4-12C and claimed third place buy |
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overtaking Cioci. Lunardi created a big solid gap and behind him it was escecially the Ferrari 458 driven by |
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Frank Kechele that claimed fourth and a little later third place. Kechele closed in on the BMW of Leinders |
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but the Belgian ex F1 driver and team manager of the Marc VDS team responded quickly buy setting some |
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fast lap times. Leinders was that fast that he closed in on Mayr-Melnhof in the leading BMW. Shortly before |
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the pit window opened Leinders claimed the lead. Mayr-Melnhof´s mandatory stop took far too long which |
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resulted in a fouth place for Dylan Derdaele. Paltalla switched seats with Leinders and the Finnish driver |
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remained in the leading having a 10 second gap in front of the nr. 29 Vita4One Ferrari 458 of Carlos |
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Iaconelli. Derdaele dropped back in the order and switched seats with pole sitter Dino Lunardi. The |
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Frenchman claimed the fastest lap time during the opening laps of his stint. Paltalla stopped and handed |
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the steering wheel to Maxime Martin. Without any signicant loss Martin entered the track leading the final |
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laps of the race. Just twelve minutes before the checkered flag mother nature decided to do her thing, |
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resulting in a little rain above Silverstone. Maxime Martin handled the conditions troublefree and claimed |
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victory. Stephane Ortelli had a moment but despite this he claimed second place in the final standings. |
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Pro-Am Cup saw victory for Michael Bartels, Niek Hommerson and Louis Machiels. The nr. 33 Sport |
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Garage Ferrari 430 of Lionel Comole, Chris Dymond and Robert Hissom took victory in the GT3 |
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Gentlemen Trophy. Greg Mansell, Leo Mansell and Edoardo Piscopo took victory in the Lotus Evora |
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winning the GT4 Cup. |
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