The Spanish Gran Turismo and Endurance Championship, Racer Cup and Saxo 8V Cup, which this weekend hosted the Jerez track, ended today after the penultimate round of the season in the case of the GT categories. TCR, CER and Racer, with the last event to be held in Barcelona still ahead of them, while the Saxo 8V Cup closes its season in 2023 in Jerez. This Sunday also ended the intense marathon of 5 consecutive events hosted by the Jerez-Ángel Nieto Circuit. in the last month that started in mid-October with the Spanish Superbike Championship, followed by the Jerez Historic Motorsport Festival, to, a week later, host the Superbike World Championship, Cup of Spain in motorcycling and this event from the national Endurance and Gran Turismo event.
The pilots enjoyed great weather in Jerez, with sun and good temperatures. And now the morning fog gave way to a sunny day with rising temperatures to welcome today’s Sunday’s intense program with a total of 8 races. The first of them, TCR Spain winner Enric Bordas dominated the entire race, followed by Lewis Brown and Scott Sumpton who climbed to the third step of the podium. In the second race of the day for this category, Alvaro Garcia won with a wide margin over Lewis Brown and Enric Bordas.
The second race of the day was the CER Endurance test. The race was scheduled for 48 minutes with one lap won by Manuel Servillera (Peugeot), followed by Miguel A. Romero (Cupra) and Cabezas-Melgar (Nissan). By category, Romero won class 1 and the Junior class, while Servillera won class 2 and the Juan Fernández Trophy. In class D3 it was done by Chico / Carayol, while in class D4 it was done by Iribas / Hernández.
Next, the second race of the Racer Cup took place with a very fast Marta Suria who, in the absence of Tony Albacete, set a very fast pace, leading several meters in the first stages of the race to control the rest of the laps and entered the finish line as the winner with Sebastian Villadary in second, and Alvaro Bajo in third place. The final test of the day for this category, as well as of the day, is an endurance test with 45 minutes to go which includes changing drivers or time handicaps. The test was won by the Marc Gruau-Alex Gruau duo after completing 19 laps, with Marta Suria second, while the third place on the podium went to the couple Albacete-Barambio who also achieved victory in the Sergio Tobar trophy.
Joan Vinyes, who yesterday in the first race of the weekend achieved second place overall, today won the star event of this event, the Spanish GT and Endurance Championship, thanks to a solid race in the one that led the first lap to lead. almost 48 minutes and a lap in which the test was scheduled, although, the lead was given up on laps 12, 13 and 14 when he had to go through the pits to meet the handicap where the Vieira-Cunha duo led the race. , then Font-Diaz, and finally, De los Milagros-Martín for Joan Vinyes to bring it back on lap 15 and not let go until taking the checkered flag, with Patrick second Cunha-Carlos Vieira and climb the podium in third place overall, Jaume Font and Daniel Diaz. By category, in the PC class Vinyes won, while in the GPX class it was Smets-Parera. In the GPR it was done by Lao-Duran, while in the Juan Fernández Trophy it was awarded to the couple Lionel Amrouche-Solenn Amrouche.
Finally, the A and B finals for the Saxo 8V Cup where battles and touches on the court were the order of the day won by Antonio Albacete and Vicente Valles respectively. In the A final, they joined Albacete, Iván Riera and Agustín Arce on the podium, while in the B final, after Valles, Martín Fajeda and Francisco Jose Amaro qualified.
The next appointment of the Jerez-Ángel Nieto Circuit with the competition is the Andalusian Motorsport Championship set for December 9 and 10.
Source: La Verdad
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