It was horrible and wet at the start.

Zadra Jnr. and Peter came second in the BMS Ferrari.

The Giesse team, this time with Terrien/Pescatori, won their third SRWC title.

The happy winners with the four Ferrari drivers on the left.

SRWC : Nurburgring : Ferrari Drivers Win Title
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With their fourth victory of the season the JMB-Giesse Ferrari team of Christian Pescatori/David Terrien have won the Sports Racing World Cup.

With an impressive grid of 29 cars, typical Nürburgring weather meant the cars started in the wet, the rain slowing to a drizzle for much of the race.

Unlike their flag-to-flag Donington win, Terrien and Pescatori had to work hard at the Nürburgring. Their car, good in the dry but hard to handle in wet conditions, qualified in a relatively low fifth place, and Terrien was clearly struggling in the initial stages, when the track was at its wettest.

However, an early pit stop for intermediate tyres reversed the situation, and when he handed over to Pescatori, the car was in a position to challenge for the lead. After the final pit stop, Pescatori was neck and neck with the leading BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 333SP, claiming first place on the 70th lap out of 81. He took the chequered flag 12.6 seconds ahead of Marco Zadra in the BMS car, with Jürgen von Gartzen third in the Konrad Motorsport Lola he shared with Sascha Maassen.

Ralf Kelleners started from pole in the Kremer Lola. A heated first-lap battle with Gary Formato's R&M Riley&Scott ended at the final corner when Formato spun into the gravel, bringing out the pace car until the Riley&Scott could rejoin. Kelleners proceeded to lead comfortably in the early stages, building up a good lead from Philipp Peter in the BMS Ferrari, with Filiberti an impressive third in the GLV Brums Ferrari.

However, when Kelleners handed the Kremer over to his young team-mate Norman Simon, and put on intermediate tyres, the car became very difficult to handle, and Simon dropped back, leaving the BMS Ferrari in the lead.

Similarly, Filiberti's hand-over to Lavaggi saw the GLV Brums car lose ground. Maassen, in the Konrad, stayed out as long as possible in his first stint, before handing over to von Gartzen, who drove faultlessly for third.

Fourth place went to the Nielsen/Elgard Panoz LMP, after a steady race.

The GLV Brums Ferrari of Lavaggi/Filiberti was fifth, with the Kremer Racing Lola a slightly disappointed sixth.

The next round of the SRWC is at the French track of Magny Cours in two weeks' time.

Acknowledgement : Race Data by Autosport Magazine.

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