18/11/2006: Victory for Phoenix - Deletraz and Piccini second in Drivers Classification

Phoenix Racing finally took their first victory of the season in the final race, with a fantastic performance from Jean-Denis Deletraz and Andrea Piccini at the Dubai Autodrome. Their nr 5 Aston Martin DBR9 behaved perfectly throughout the race, and the two drivers crossed the line 49 seconds ahead of the nr 4 GLPK Carsport Corvette of Longin, Kumpen and Hezemans, with the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 of Davies, Biagi and Vosse third.
The GT2 victory went to Mullen and Niarchos, in the nr 63 Ferrari 430 GT2 of Scuderia Ecosse. However, the ten points were not enough to promote Mullen to third in the Classification, as he was followed by the two AF Corse cars. Jaime Melo and Toni Vilander finished second, giving Melo the GT2 title. Aguas and Salo were third today, struggling with a problem in their car, but it was enough to guarantee their third place and the AF Corse domination in the GT2 drivers top three. The Spyker and Ebimotors Porsche both led the category, but finished further down in the points.
The Larbre Ferrari 550 Maranello, running in G2, was awarded 10 kg penalty weight by the GT Burean, and also placed behind the GT1 cars on the grid. However, it drove a good race and finished 7th overall for Gardel, Zacchia and Makowiecki.
The G3 category was won by Toni Seiler and Luca Pirri, in the nr 133 BMS Scuderia Italia Aston Martin DBRS9. Both drivers were pleased with the performance of their car, and saw it as a good preparation for next year's FIA GT3 European Championship, which should finish the season in Dubai.
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