Weather: Clear and Dry
Fastest Lap: Car 28 (IBR Ferrari - Roda/Voeckler) : 2:12.428
Results are still considered unofficial.
The Good:
*Dennis Mignolet simply would not allow lightning to strike twice for the 27 Ferrari. He was second on the road before the second round of pit stops and took a big gamble and was the first to pit by two laps over everyone else. Linari kept him in the car for the run to the finish. With the clean air and the fresh tires the Belgian put in a masterful drive which by the time pit stops cycled out gave him a healthy gap. But that was not the whole story. Mike Stern also drove like a man possessed in that last stint cutting down a 15 second gap and getting the lead five laps before the end. It appeared to be that the result that has looked so far away for the unstable Zonda was finally calling to them. But Mignolet had other plans, with the heartbreak at his home race deep in his mind. This time, he made the last lap pass happen as clean as it could have been considering how desperate Stern was. It is IBR's Maiden Victory in the GT-R WC and well worthy of the Drive of the Race.
*While it appeared that nerves had gotten the better of Chiara Rossi on Friday and Saturday, she put all those aside when the lights went Green on Sunday. In the first half a dozen laps, she had already gained ten positions through the general chaos at the start of the race and was able to keep plugging away and with a solid drive from Mattias Kjellerup later on earned them a 15th place result for their troubles.
The Bad:
*The San Luis circuit did not get any nicer once the race started. The exit kerbs have been a thorn in many drivers' sides throughout the weekend and that continued come Sunday. A notable victim was the Guest entry in JP Mazzacane and Gonzalo Solari. Solari got it too hot at the exit kerbs at T14 and had a nasty spin. Right as he got it going in the right direction the Gulf Saleen of Roland Davidson did not do any evasive action and ran square into the back of the Ferrari, eliminating both cars on the spot. The only other retiree because of the kerbs was the Luxray Viper who hit a kerb at Turn 12 which darted the car the other direction and square into a concrete barrier, eliminating them there as well.
*Another victim of a spin was the other Zonda, who got ran into by the 41 Ambrose-Milan car while recovering from a spin as well. Both cars would require to pit but the damage was done. A gearbox failure for the 31 Car would be about as merciful of a ending to their day as they can get. Most of the field had their moments of Woe, including Ricardo Llosa who spun while following the battle between Stern and Mignolet but managed to keep third place, and Darren Cardel who threw away a potential win with a spin on exit of Turn 17 before the second round of stops while following Jordan McKenna who lead at the time.
The Ugly:
*Those first laps were chaos. But the first victim did the most damage later in the race. The Kun 87 had to pit after the first lap to replace a Rear Wing that was lost at Turn 1 at the start, but John Bovy did not have the pace once he had clean air. And once everyone else pitted for the first time, he had about a dozen cars sitting behind him. Saying he looked out of his depth would be a understatement. The cars who were battling at the front before the first stops lost about 20 seconds to the Ponderous Kun 575. The damage was done to most parties, and while the racing was good John Bovy should have done the decent thing and comprehended what the field behind were doing. While it was for position, he had nothing to gain out of ruining half the field's race but the Reject Of The Race.
