A class of their own: Second victory for Fässler / Deletraz'

Swiss Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Deletraz also won the second race of the FIA GT Championship in the streets of Bucharest. After one hour of racing, they crossed the finish line 9.964 seconds before the second-placed Maserati (no 2) with Miguel Ramos and Alexandre Negrao. German Michael Bartels and his Italian team-mate Andrea Bertolini completed the podium with another Maserati in third. Although the winning Phoenix Carsport Racing team has many reasons to celebrate their victory, they were unlucky minutes before the end of the race. In second position Fabrizio Gollin hit the concrete wall and retired with broken left rear suspension. Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell won the GT2 class with a Ferrari F430 ahead of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander.

13.10 hrs. Formation lap starts.

Start Fässler stays in the lead ahead of Hezemans.

Lap 2 The two Corvettes extend their lead. Kumpen attacks Bertolini for fourth.

Lap 3 Bertolini leads with 0,362 seconds ahead of Bertolini.

Lap 4 Maassen, Peter and Kox are nose to tail, while Maassen ist sixth, Peter seventh and Kox eighth. Vilander leads by 1,6 seconds ahead of Westbrook the GT2 class. Vilander is ninth overall.

Lap 7 First placed Fässler extends his lead to 2.262 seconds.

Lap 11 Fabrizio del Monte (no 57) spun.

Lap 13 Maassen goes wide in the first corner and lost sixth place. Peter and Kox pass Maassen.

Lap 14 Felbermayr jun. (no 66) off the track track in turn 12, uses the emergency exit and returns.

Lap 16 Montanari and Felbermayr sen. collide in the first corner after they try to pass Malucelli on the left and the right side.

Lap 17 Del Monte off the track, continues. Montanari into the pits.\r\

Lap 20 Kumpen passes Bertolini at the end of the start-finish-straight for fourth. The no 1 Maserati into the pits. Bartels now at the wheel. In the Aston Martin no 10 Simonsen for Peter. Longin for Kumpen (no 4).

Lap 22 Before the obligatory pitstop Fässler leads with more than 15 seconds. Hezemans into the pits. Gollin takes the seat of the second placed Corvette.

Lap 24 Longin spuns.

Lap 25 Leading Fässler into the pits. Now its on Deletraz to defend the lead for the remaining 25 minutes.

Lap 26 Kox into the pits. Deletraz still in the lead, but Gollin closed the gap. Deletraz is leading with 0.387 seconds.

Lap 28 Classification after 28 laps: Deletraz (no 5), Gollin (no 6), Ramos (no 2), Bartels (no 1), Longin (no 4), Simonsen (no 10) and Kox (no 8).

Lap 29 Marc Lieb (no 66) stuck on the track.

Lap 34 The 1-2 Corvettes are leading with 22 seconds ahead of the two Maserati.

Lap 37 The second placed Corvette hit the barrier and is slow.

Lap 38 Gollin retires.