Collard, Boullion win for Pescarolo
Emmanuel Collard and Jean-Christophe Boullion kicked off Pescarolo's Le Mans Series title defence in perfect style at Istanbul with a dominant victory on Sunday
The duo ended the four-hour event, which had been shortened by two hours because of a fuel shortage, six laps ahead of the Barazi Epsilon Courage of Michael Vergers, Juan Barazi and Jean-Philippe Belloc.
Pescarolo's only real challenge came early on when Creation Autosportif's Nicolas Minassian battled for the lead before he hit gearbox trouble and was forced to retire as there was insufficient time to make repairs.
Nicolas Kiesa and Jens Moller took third place in the Chevrolet-powered Lister Storm.
Pedro Lamy, FIA GT champion Gabriele Gardel and Vincent Vosse dominated GT1 in their Aston Martin, finishing a lap in front of the MenX Ferrari of Peter Kox, Alexei Vasiliev and Robert Pergl.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Cl Drivers Make Laps
1. P1 Collard/Boullion Pescarolo C60 Judd 134
2. P2 Vergers/Barazi/Belloc Courage C65 AER 128
3. P1 Keen/Kiesa/Moller Lister Storm Hybrid 127
4. P1 Berridge/Evans/Owen Lola B06/10 AER 127
5. P2 Rostan/Bruneau Pilbeam Judd 125
6. GT1 Lamy/Gardel/Vosse Aston Martin DBR9 125
7. P2 Morris/Leroch/Hahn Courage C65 Judd 125
8. P2 Belmondo/Andre/Clairay Courage C65 Ford 124
9. GT1 Kox/Pergl/Vasiliev Ferrari 550 Maranello 124
10. GT1 Policand/Goueslard/Beltoise Corvette C5-R 123
11. GT1 Kinch/Garcia Aston Martin DBR9 122
12. GT1 Hardam/Vann Aston Martin DBR9 122
13. GT2 Drudi/Rosa/De Ferrari 430 GT 119
14. GT2 Lieb/Camathias Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 119
15. GT2 Tomlinson/Dean Panoz Esperante GTLN 118
16. GT2 Bouchut/Dumez/Narac Porsche 996 118
17. GT2 Bleekemolen/Hezemans Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 118
18. GT2 Ehret/Farnbacher Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 117
19. P2 Gosselin/Ojjeh/Ragues Courage C65 Ford 117
20. GT2 Kane/Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R 117
21. GT2 Eagling/Sugden/Khan Ferrari 430 GT 116
22. GT2 Burgess/Collin/Bergmeister Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 113
23. GT2 Lambert/Lefort/Iannetta Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 112
24. GT2 Kristensen/Edmann/Simonsen Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 111
25. GT2 Smith/Hesnault/Wilson Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 107
26. P2 Newton/Erdos MG Lola EX 264 102
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Cl Drivers Make Laps
GT2 Nielsen/Seefried Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 88
P2 Barbosa/Short/Greaves Radical SR9 Judd 120
GT1 Kuismanen/Menten/Palttala Corvette C6-R 79
P1 Gounon/Nakano/Kurosawa Courage LC70 Mugen 79
P1 Lammers/Yoong Dome Mugen 62
P1 Minassian/Ortiz/Gabbiani Creation Judd 56
GT2 Hughes/Bell Panoz Esperante GTLM 28
P2 Randaccio/Mancini/Collini Lucchini LMP2 26
GT2 Villarroel/Sundberg Ferrari 430 GT 23
P1 Primat/Fassler Courage LC 70 Judd 20
Fastest lap: Collard/Boullion, 1:41.281 on lap 101
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