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FIA GT Champions honoured during Gala Prize-Giving

The 2009 Champions of World Motor Sport received their trophies from the FIA in a Gala Prize-Giving in Monaco on December 11th.  Among them, the FIA GT Champions were honoured.  Standing in front of a gleaming Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12, Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels were presented with the trophies as GT1 Drivers Champions - for the third time - while Mr Matthias Quinger collected Vitaphone's fifth consecutive GT1 Teams Trophy.  In GT2, Richard Westbrook was presented with the trophy for the GT2 Drivers Championship. Amato Ferrari collected the GT2 Teams title for the fourth consecutive time, while Antonello Coletta of Ferrari was presented with the GT2 Manufacturers Cup.  
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Did you know ?

Only one GT2 driver has taken overall pole position : Antonio Garcia, at Estoril, 2001.  The young Spaniard, in his first season of GT racing, was sixth in GT2 after qualifying.  In this Superpole era, this meant he was first out on the track for his solo lap.  And it started to rain.  The only driver to get a dry track, he set the fastest time and started from pole - although not for long.  This was behind a change in regulations for the next year, with a revised Superpole making sure this could not reoccur.

Garcia

Emmanuel Collard, however, came close to pole at Monza 2008, during a wet qualifying session, when the Prospeed Porsche proved to be the fastest car around the ultra-fast circuit.  He eventually qualifying fourth - and GT2 pole.

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Michael Bartels57
Andrea Bertolini57
Mike Hezemans45
Anthony Kumpen45
Bert Longin39
James Ruffier39
GT2
Richard Westbrook56
Gianmaria Bruni54
Toni Vilander54
Emmanuel Collard49

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