FFSA - R1 - Nogaro In the first qualifying session of the opening round of the FFFSA-GT championship on April 19, at Nogaro, southwest of France, Belgian Didier Defourny (photo) set the quickest time with the Larbre Viper, Luc Alphand's Maranello being second quickest. However, in the second qualifying session, Boris Derichebourg was the quickest driver, aboard the lead Belmondo Viper, and claimed the pole position for the race on Sunday.
But the rain stopped and most of the
drivers came into the pits to change their tyres.
Alexander David then had a serious accident, Malcher's
Modena violently hitting the #86 Porsche which had
spun: the safety-car came onto the track. Sourd /
Dedours won the race ahead of Defourny / Goueslard
(Larbre Viper) and Dumez / Blanchemain (Viper). In
the N-GT class, the win went to Thévenin /
Bornhauser with a Porsche. There was then a dispute over the result - rather like the Brazilian GP affair. The
race report and the race result don't agree about
the winner!!! - says Claude. Sourd / Dedours had
apparently won the race but when the race was yellow,
the safety car came onto the track ahead of Goueslard's
Viper and not ahead of Sourd's Viper. So, Jack Leconte,
Larbre Team Owner, made a 'request' after the race
and today, the result seems to be:
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But it was the Porsche of Marc Sourd
/ Frédéric Dedours (Alméras
Frères) that won the opening round of the
FFSA-GT Championship. Rain fell just before the start
but Sourd / Dedours chose to keep their slicks. That
choice was the right. At the start, Defourny's Viper
jumped ahead Alphand's new 550 Maranello and Alexander
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