One-Two for JB Giesse

Winning by a margin of 1:09.813 at Monza, the JB Giesse Ferrari 333SP duo was followed home by the team's second Ferrari, driven by Mauro Baldi and Laurent Redon.

Third and fourth places also went to Ferrari 333 SP cars, with the Calderari/Bryner car ahead of Dutch National Racing's Waaijenberg and Van der Lof.

Such a comfortable repeat of the JB Giesse's first round victory had not seemed likely in the early stages when the DAMS Lola Judd, driven by the French trio of Gounon, Bernard and Tinseau, led from pole and looked to be in command of the race.

However, exhaust problems overtook the brand new car, which dropped back before eventually retiring 12 laps from the end of the race.

Gounon had said earlier he thought a first win was unlikely, as the car was simply too new and untested. However, with pole position and fastest practice times, it remains a very successful debut.

The non-Ferrari cars did not fare so well, with the Repsol Kremer K8 Porsche retiring 11 laps from the end, having run as high as third.

Philippe Gache's Ford-powered Riley and Scott, hopefully running for the last time before changing to more powerful engines, could only complete 10 laps.

With 13 cars out of the field of 24 retiring, the SR2 class cars finished well, with two Tampolli RS2 cars taking fifth and sixth places overall, ahead of the BPR Kremer Porsche - the only non-Ferrari SR1 car to finish.

Collard and Sospiri now lead the championship with 40 points, a 13-point lead over their team-mates Baldi and Redon. Calderari and Bryner are third with 20 points. The next round is at Spa Francorchamps, on the 23rd May.


Ps.Ql.No. Driver , Car Laps

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1 2 1 SR1 Collard/Sospiri JB Giesse Ferrari 333 SP 86

2 6 2 SR1 Baldi/Redon JB Giesse Ferrari 333 SP 86

3 11 4 SR1 Calderari/Bryner Auto Sport Ferrari 333 SP 83

4 13 6 SR1 Waaijenberg/Lof Dutch Nat. Ferrari 333 SP 82

5 17 56 SR2 Maccari/Merzario Caoduro Tampolli RS2 77

6 15 55 SR2 Amati/Lancellotti Caoduro Tampolli RS2 74

7 16 7 SR1 Ploeg/Papenburg BPR Comp. Kremer K8 Porsche 74

8 22 50 SR2 Show/Yvon M Bailey MBR Rover GR4 71

9 19 57 SR2 Guidici/Raimondi Sc. Guidici Picchio BMW 60

10 23 53 SR2 Peroni/Maddalena Siliprandi Lucchini Alfa 55

11 20 99 SR2 Bruneau/tba Bruneau Debora BMW 53

Retired

12 9 SR1 d'Orleans/Saldaña Kremer Kremer K8 Porsche 75

13 1 12 SR1 Gounon/Bernard DAMS Lola Judd 74

14 8 15 SR1 Caffi/de Lorenzi Target 24 Riley&Scott Judd 58

15 14 3 SR1 Dickens/Becker G4 Team Gebhardt G4 55

16 5 23 SR1 Moncini/Pescatori BMS Ferrari 333 SP 47

17 4 5 SR1 Lavaggi/Mazzacane GLV Brums Ferrari 333 SP 39

18 12 16 SR1 Gabbiani/Corradi Cornero Riley&Scott Chevro 39

19 18 62 SR2 Tonetti/Mancini Turbomotor Sighinolfi MW 57

20 7 22 SR1 Zadra/Zadra BMS Ferrari 333 SP 28

21 10 25 SR1 Bleininger/Riccitelli RWS Riley&Scott BMW 14

22 3 27 SR1 Lienhardt/Theys Doran Lista Ferrari 333 SP 19

23 9 31 SR1 Gache/Formato R&S Europe Riley&Scott Ford 10