FIA GT Championship Bucharest 2008

Event: Buchares City Challenge 08		Date: 24.8.2008
Track: Bucharest-Ring (Romania), 3.071 kms	Organiser: unknown
FIA GT Championship Bucharest
FIA GT Championship (round 6)

Weather:	sunny, dry
Start time:	23/8 18:12 and 24/8 14:12
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 x 1 hour
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	24
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	24
Started:	21
Finished:	13
Classified:	18

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT1	10	8	8
FIA GT2	13	12	9
FIA Group 2	1	1	1

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race 1 Results Grid Race 1 Race 2 Results Grid Race 2 Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
two races were officially called Qualifying Race and Championship Race but in fact both were counted for the championship

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 160 minutes on 22-23/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 45 minutes on 23/8
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Race 1:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Delétraz / Fässler
Race 2:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Delétraz / Fässler
FIA GT2 race 1:	56	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kirkaldy / Bell
FIA GT2 race 2:	56	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kirkaldy / Bell
FIA Group 2 race 1:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Leinders / Kuppens
FIA Group 2 race 2:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Leinders / Kuppens
Leaders:
laps I/1-23:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler
lap I/24:	6	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Mike Hezemans
laps I/25-46:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jean-Denis Deletraz
laps II/1-46:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler/Jean-Denis Deletraz
Fastest Laps:
Race 1:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler (CH)	1:16.683	144.170 km/h	lap 6
Race 2:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Marcel Fässler (CH)	1:16.400	144.700 km/h	lap 19
FIA GT2 race 1:	50	Ferrari F430 GTC	Gianmaria Bruni (I)	1:19.240	139.520 km/h	lap 38
FIA GT2 race 2:	95	Ferrari F430 GTC	Matías Russo (RA)	1:18.698	140.480 km/h	lap 33
FIA Group 2 race 1:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Renaud Kuppens (B)	1:22.917	133.330 km/h	lap 3
FIA Group 2 race 2:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Bas Leinders (B)	1:22.713	133.660 km/h	lap 9
Pole Positions:
Race 1:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jean-Denis Delétraz (CH)	1:15.348
Race 2:	5	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jean-Denis Delétraz (CH)
FIA GT2 race 1:	50	Ferrari F430 GTC	Toni Vilander (FIN)	1:18.665
FIA GT2 race 2:	56	Ferrari F430 GTC	Andrew Kirkaldy (GB)
FIA Group 2 race 1:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Bas Leinders (B)	1:22.251
FIA Group 2 race 2:	101	Gillet Vertigo.5	Bas Leinders (B)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Chevrolet (3), Porsche (3), Maserati (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Chevrolet (3), Maserati (3), Porsche (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (9), Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (3), Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (3)
Driver nationalities:	I (9), GB (5), A (4), B (4), CH (4), NL (3), RA (2), D (2), F (2)
Team nationalities:	D (7), I (5), GB (4), B (4)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (61%), front-engined (23%), rear-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4929 cc
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2007)
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (63), Jean-Denis Delétraz (45), Peter Kox (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Henri Moser (21), Alexandre Negrão (23), Richard Lietz (25)

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