The « Dijon 3 Hours »
The fourth race of the season will be run in the classic 3-hour format before the GT and Tourisme events are run, for the first time, on the EuroSpeedway circuit at Lausitz in Germany for a kick-off event run over 6 hours.
Multiple VHC Championship winners, Moreau and Langin have been after the modern version title for a number of seasons and now seem to be capable of taking the Trophy. With their Porsche 996 RSR N°14, reigning Champion, they are making the running in spite of a poor performance in the last Magny-Cours event. Fortunately for them, the Ferrari F430 N°1 of the reigning champions,, Pagny and Benoist, also had a disappointing race.
Things will be hot in the GTV2 category with the other Ferrari F430 N°77 of the Desbruères husband and wife team who will be pushing on towards their objectives while Bour and Ferreira will be looking to repeat their performance at Magny-Cours with the Porsche 996 RSR N° 193 as will Baudinière and Vicaire in the RS N° 48. Kelders and Greish will be pushing hard behind the wheel of their diabolically fast 997 Cup S N°15, specially tuned for endurance.
Hot on the heels of the leaders, winners of the Val de Vienne event, Rousseau and Lemée, pushing with their Renault Mégane Trophy N°80, while Nozière is solo on the third step of the provisional podium, with the Porsche 997 Cup N°50 of Champion Racing, following the absence of his faithful team-mate Brouard at the Magny-Cours event.
Particularly consistent and efficient this season, Vincenot is at the head of the GTV4 category and sixth on scratch with the Porsche 993 RSR N°64. Behind the Renault Mégane in the Silhouette category, Eric Van de Vyver is on the second provisional podium step while the other Touring Cup teams, Gasperini and Lazardeux in N°10 and Chardonnet and Charriol in N°46, are looking to confirm their excellent performances at Magny-Cours.
Variety will once again be the watchword with the return, for example, of the Ford Falcon N°62 monster of the Allemang family ready to unleash the power of its big 5 litre V8 over the long straight.
The Maserati Trofeo N° 143 of Swiss drivers Erlich and Ruch will enrich the ranks of the trident marque alongside the two cars of ASP Compétition, the GTV3 N° 83 of Demigneux, for the circumstance with the support of the very fast Ajlani, and the GTV4 N°82 of boss Ullmann, teaming up with his usual co-driver, Tremblay, currently second in the category.
The numerous Porsches will have their work cut out in this increasingly varied field with the cars prepared to an exceptional standard of quality.
Start procedure: Sunday 6th July from 09h05 to 09h35
Race: Sunday 6th July from 09h35 to 12h35