ELMS @ 4 Hours of Monza 2022: LMGTE race
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Sarah Bovy with the #83 Iron Lynx Ferrari was taking the lead already at Variante Rettifilio from LMGTE pole position holder Christian Ried who dropped to third in the #77 Proton Competition Porsche after being passed by #66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari of Giacomo Petrobelli..
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Bovy would increase the gap with her pursuers until all her efforts were jeopardised by three Safety Car periods in the first hour.
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The two Porsche 911 RSR-19 by Proton Competition were following in P2 for Proton Competiton #77 and P3 for #18 Absolute racing.
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To crown the height of bad luck for the Iron Dames, Ferrari #83 had to make an emergency stop for fuel while the pitlane was officially closed during the third FCY. #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Duncan Cameron took the lead for 9 laps at the beginning of the second hour.
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From lap 41 onwards, Gianmaria Bruni, at the wheel of #77 Porsche 911 RSR-19, took the lead of the class until Lap 108 (of a total of 121 laps run by the overall leaders).
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Lorenzo Ferrari couldn’t resist a boosted David Rigon who demonstrated all his talent by remounting Ferrari #60 (which had never been in the game until then) from 8th place to first. The team would, later on, be disqualified as Rigon was assisted back to the pit lane and Parc Ferme by being pushed by the ‘sister’ #83 Iron Lynx Ferrari.
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As a result of this disqualification, the #77 Proton Competition Porsche driven by Lorenzo Ferrari, Gianmaria Bruni and Christian Ried gets all the points of P1 thereby leading the LMGTE team and drivers championships with 3 races remaining.
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#57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Frederik Schandorff, Takeshi Kimura and Mikkel Jensen would end second.
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Alessio Picariello, Martin Rump and Andrew Haryanto ended third with #18 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 RSR-19.
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After the misfortune of having to make an emergency stop for fuel while the pitlane was officially closed thereby losing all the advantage built up by Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting took over the car in eleventh and raced it up to seventh before handing it over to Rahel Frey, ending fourth of the 4 Hours of Monza 2022 LMGTE class.
