davidwp97

Corvette soundly trounced all those big buck cars in the second qualifying session for FIA GT3 at Monza:

2007 FIA GT3 Round 3 - Monza
Qualifying 2

Pos - Car - Drivers - Time
1 16 Corvette Z06R GT3 Klaus LUDWIG 01:52.2
2 18 Corvette Z06R GT3 Jurgen VON GARTZEN 01:52.8
3 19 Corvette Z06R GT3 James RUFFIER 01:53.0
4 38 Ferrari 430 Henri MOSER 01:53.1
5 8 Dodge Viper Edward MORRIS 01:53.6
6 43 Ford GT Thomas MUTSCH 01:53.8
7 28 Ascari KZ1R GT3 Andrew THOMPSON 01:54.1
8 23 Aston Martin DBRS9 Alex FRASSINETTI 01:54.3
9 26 Aston Martin DBRS9 Frederic MAKOWIECKI 01:54.3
10 34 Ferrari 430 Stephane DAOUDI 01:54.5

By the way, this is what the very limited production, Spanish, BMW V-8 engined, 2755-lb, $400,000 Ascari KZ1R GT3 looks like:



David

davidwp97

The first (and second) victories for the Z06R!


Results: FIA GT3 2007 Round 3 - Monza
June 24, 2007 - Race 1 Result
Pos Car Drivers Gap

1 18 Corvette Z06R GT3 Pirri/Von Gartzen
2 8 Dodge Viper Comp Coupe Ellis/Morris 4.402
3 23 Aston Martin DBRS9 Alessi/Frassinetti 14.192
4 19 Corvette Z06R GT3 Peyrolles/Ruffier 34.563
5 5 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Williams/O'Young 34.935
6 28 Ascari KZ1R GT3 Rich/Thompson 45.973
7 1 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Quaife/Ferrier 55.137
8 26 Aston Martin DBRS9 Lagniez/Makowiecki 01:14.9
9 24 Aston Martin DBRS9 Seiler/Sardelli 01:23.8
10 32 Ascari KZ1R GT3 Gibson/Greenhalgh 01:28.0


Results: FIA GT3 2007 Round 3 - Monza
June 24, 2007 - Race 2 Result
Pos Car Drivers Gap

1 18 Corvette Z06R GT3 Von Gartzen/Pirri
2 38 Ferrari 430 Moser/Vannalet 1.089
3 19 Corvette Z06R GT3 Ruffier/Peyrolles 11.96
4 8 Dodge Viper Comp Coupe Morris/Ellis 18.068
5 23 Aston Martin DBRS9 Frassinetti/Alessi 28.818
6 32 Ascari KZ1R GT3 Greenhalgh/Gibson 01:44.3
7 27 Aston Martin DBRS9 Coekelbergs/Marchal 01:45.4
8 24 Aston Martin DBRS9 Sardelli/Seiler 01:45.8
9 22 Aston Martin DBRS9 Zenere/Maggi 01:49.6
10 2 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Keen/Lang 01:58.7

David
Well, at least one of us is proud to see the USA stomp the big buck cars!

Scooter70

David,
Is any of this televised here in the US? This is the kind of stuff that should be on Speed.

davidwp97

It was a new series last year and I haven't seen it on USA TV. Since it is very popular in Europe and features a wide variety of cars, such as: Maserati, Aston Martin, Porsche, Dodge, Lamborghini, Corvette, Ferrari, Ascari, Jaguar, Ford GT and Mustang, I hope Speed will pick it up.

David

micro

The Z06.R GT3 is just about as expensive as the other GT3 cars. The performance of the cars is balanced to make for closer racing.

victory denied at Monza:

http://www.fiagt3.com/newsitem.php?key=137

kentz06

RATS!!!!!!!!!!!

HORNDAWG

I know it is part of the rules, but it still is rather assinine to take away the win for not having enough fuel (the required amount)to test after the car won straight up!

L.P.

gkmccready

Sorry, how do you lack fuel at the end of a race?

Z06Norway

Z06.R cost aprox. 280.000 usd. NOT 400.000 usd
I think it is the "cheapest" and fastest car out there....

I watched Belcar in Zolder last weekend and Kumpen had to retire with broken lower A-arm, without that he would be within top 3 with a stock Z06.R against three Mosler MT900 he was holding up good and spanking Viper, Porsche and Maserati :-)
He was leading the series and would have won with a third place, then he had to retire.
We where invited in their PIT garage, impressive build.


Rune


Rune

AU N EGL

280,000 Euros ~ $400,000

John Shiels

to busy with Pinks their highest rated show

69mako

SPEED needs to move out some the NASCAR crap reruns and put in something like this event

xsiveone

So, I'm guessing that Lou's GT2 car will look something like this?

TeddyFreddy

Yes, how is that? Were they supposed to have a certain amount of fuel AFTER the race ended??
Never heard of something like that.

Tman08

I think someone is looking in all the wrong places for videos:
Link

TeddyFreddy

Thanks, great videos!

Z06Norway

Corvette 280.000 DOLLARS
Ascari 400.000 DOLLARS



:-)


Rune

Tman08

Not quite....The look will resemble more Speed GT than FIA GT3 Z06R jusging from the images:

TeddyFreddy

OK, I will answer my own question...

As per: http://www.corvettemotorsport.com/news.htm

"A BITTERSWEET VICTORY
By Walt Thurn

The #18 driven by Pirri/von Gartzen finished second at Silverstone and won the pole for the first race at Monza. The #16 car driven by Berberich-Martini/Ludwig won the pole position for the second Monza race. The race had 37 starters for the two one hour events on Sunday 24/06/2007. Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is located 25 km north of Milan and is each lap is 5,770 meters. The track is very fast and favored the 7 litre Corvette Z06 engines. Both races saw an epic battle between Corvette, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Viper.

In both events it was the #18 Pirri/von Gartzen Corvette that took the checkered flag in first place. Two back to back wins for Corvette, finally! Unfortunately it was not to be, a Ferrari team protested Callaway’s second win based on article 60 of the FIA rulebook that required each car to have 2 kg of fuel remaining in their tank. Callaway only had 1.7 kg of fuel so their second win was disqualified and they were listed as a non-finisher! It was quite a blow to the private team. They learned of the steward’s decision after their victory circle celebration. However, it is obvious by winning Monza’s race number one that Callaway Competition is fielding a competitive and reliable Corvette. We are certain that Corvette will continue fighting for the top position during the remainder of the season. Pirri and von Gartzen, drivers of the #18 Corvette are now second in the FIA GT3 drivers championship.

It is an exciting time to be a Corvette fan. Stay tuned."