Fourth victory of the year for Müller & Vilander
Dirk Muller and Toni Vilander crossed the finish line ahead of team-mates Gianmaria Bruni and Stephane Ortelli thanks
to a spectacular climb through the field, thus consolidating the lead in the Drivers’ championship. For the record, the GT1 class saw victory go to the Aston Martin of Wendlinger/Sharp ahead of the Maserati of Bertolini/Piccini and the Aston Martin of Babini/Davis.
The Ferrari F430 GT developed by the Corse Clienti department of Maranello thus took its sixth win of the season, with another demonstration of its superiority.
Muller: “It’s great to be winning again. The car, the Michelin tyres and the whole team were perfect. There are three races to go and we remain totally concentrated.”
Vilander: “I am happy with our fourth race of the season and if we make no mistakes we can win the championship no problem.”
Ortelli:”On Saturday the cars went very well, but on such a tight track it is very easy to lose time in traffic. It was really fun driving in the dark with the track lit up with spotlights.”
Bruni: “The race went well. I am very happy for the team because we have taken important points and now all we have to do is win.”
At the FIA GT official site Müller said the following:
“We are all very happy, Toni, myself, the team,” Müller said. “After my pole position yesterday I was really thrilled, and really happy. But three hours later when we got the message that we were going to start from the back, that wasn’t really the best news we could hope for. But anyway, we got back to the front in the end, but it was a really tough race. The whole team did a really fantastic job. We might have got another 10 points this weekend, but it is still quite close and we still have to fight, but I think that it’s good for the championship and good for the spectators.”
AF Corse Motorola leads the team classification with 97 points and is close to taking the title. The duo of Muller/Vilander on 53 points leads the drivers classification, ahead of Malucelli/Collard on 47 and Bruni/Ortelli on 44. The next round takes place on 23 September at the Brno circuit (Czech Republic.)
Press Office AF Corse Motorola
Updated 9.9.2007