SRWC : Magny Cours : Another Ferrari Win Gives JMB Giesse the Team Title
France, 1.10.00

With their fifth victory of the season, Christian Pescatori and David Terrien, in their F333SP, gave JMB Giesse their third successive Team title in the Sports Racing World Cup, adding to the Drivers' titles they claimed at the Nürburgring last time out.

For the first time since the first round in Barcelona, the weather stayed dry throughout the race. Terrien started from pole, but Mauro Baldi, in the R&M Riley and Scott got the better of the young Frenchman in the first corners, relegating Terrien's Ferrari to second place.

"I realised in the warm-up that we had a lot of wing and downforce, but not as much speed as him on the straights," Terrien explained. "He overtook me on the straight. I could have passed under braking into Adelaide, but he pushed me onto the grass. So I stayed second, and tried to push him as hard as possible so he would make some mistakes."

As it turned out, Baldi's domination ended after 21 laps, when an electrical problem with the fuel pump lost R&M a lot of time in the pits. Terrien moved into the lead, handing over to Pescatori with a comfortable margin. The Italian proceeded to take the chequered flag after 95 laps, 40 seconds ahead of the opposition.

Second place went to the GLV Brums Ferrari 333SP, after a thrilling final stint, when Phillipp Peter, in the BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari, was chasing down Gianni Lavaggi.

After the GLV team worked all night to change the gearbox and clutch, Nicolas Filiberti drove a steady, fast first stint in the Ferrari, keeping out of the early-race tangles and handing the car over to his team-mate in second place.

After the final stop, Lavaggi was 10 seconds ahead of Peter, and the gap was gradually worn away through the remaining time. "We only changed the front tyres, so the rear tyres were not so good," Lavaggi said. "And then Pescatori crossed the line two seconds before the end of the race, so we had another lap to do - so I'm very happy with my place." Peter and Zadra finished third, two seconds behind, with Nielsen fourth in the Den Bla Avis Panoz LMP.

Acknowledgement : Race Data by Autosport Magazine.

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