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Second until two laps before the end, Bobbi and Gardel took the win in
the nr 1 550M. Bobbi said: “We were lucky when Babini had a problem
with his tyre and we could win the race. I'm very happy for the team –
they did an unbelievable job today, with three cars in the top three positions.”
After taking second place on three occasions this year, the duo finally
took their first win of the season which is also Swiss driver Gabriele
Gardel’s first win in the Championship. “For me, this is a
dream come true!” said Gardel. The race was a tribute to Ferrari reliability as only one of the nine cars entered failed to reach the finish; the "Austrian" 575 GTC of Wendlinger/Wolff/Lechner going out after 93 laps after two punctures. The the two Giesse cars of .phpetti/Hezemans and Peter/Babini were fifth and sixth. The N-GT Ferrari 360 GTC was 10th. Longin/Khan/Bleiner came home 12th in the JMB Racing 575 GTC, followed by team-mates Gosse/Kutemann/Daoudi. Gollin and Cappellari have retained the lead of the Championship, three points ahead of Bobbi and Gardel, with the JMB drivers from the nr 17 car still third. In the Teams' Classification, BMS has a 44 point lead over GPC Giesse Squadra Corse, with JMB Racing third. The N-GT win went to Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr in their Porsche 996
GT3-RS. However, this result looked far from certain for much of the race,
as the undoubted star was the Giesse 360. With Fabrizio De Simone overtaking
Lucas Luhr early on after a fascinating fight the car remained firmly
in the lead until the second pit-stop when the Ferrari 360 had a problem
starting. The resulting time loss put De Simone and Pescatori down in
third, behind the eventual winner. Luhr said. “I honestly feel sorry
for the GPC drivers. If they hadn't had the problem, we wouldn't have
won the race.”
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The
fourth round of the 2004 FIA GT Championship proved to be a breath-taking
action-packed race, taking place in bright sunshine around the Hockenheimring.
The lead changed hands many times, with first the Konrad and then the
Vitaphone Saleen S7 cars dominating the race. When both cars suffered
mechanical problems, Ferraris took over the lead. 
