Real World Racing – FIA GT1 @ Nogaro, France – Race 1 & 2 Watch Again [08/09-04-12]

Located in south-west France near the town of Nogaro, the Circuit Paul Armagnac has hosted multiple top-tier motorsport events and featured some of the biggest personalities to have graced the sport.

The FIA GT Championship visited the circuit in 2008 for the Nogaro 2 Hours event but the series returns to Nogaro this year in its revised format as the FIA GT1 World Championship.

WRT made it two out of two in the 2012 season , when Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor claimed victory in the first Championship race of the season, at Nogaro, in France. 

Frank Stippler and Oliver Jarvis taking second.
The final podium place went to Tomas Enge and Albert von Thurn und Taxis in the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo No.24.

Results – Qualifying Race

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Laurens Vanthoor  Stéphane Ortelli	Audi	35
2	33	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Frank Stippler  Oliver Jarvis	Audi	35	+6.030
3	24	Reiter Engineering	Albert von Thurn und Taxis  Tomáš Enge	Lamborghini	35	+6.914
4	2	Hexis Racing	Álvaro Parente  Grégoire Demoustier	McLaren	35	+7.164
5	3	AF Corse	Filip Salaquarda  Toni Vilander	Ferrari	35	+31.293
6	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng  Markus Winkelhock	Mercedes-Benz	35	+33.785
7	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli  Thomas Jäger	Mercedes-Benz	35	+34.414
8	25	Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox  Darryl O’Young	Lamborghini	35	+47.177
9	9	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Parisy  Matt Halliday	Porsche	35	+48.622
10	4	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci  Enzo Ide	Ferrari	35	+49.997
11	17	Vita4One Racing Team	Mathias Lauda  Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	BMW	35	+1:02.466
12	18	Vita4One Racing Team	Michael Bartels  Yelmer Buurman	BMW	35	+1:27.7911
13	6	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Sergey Afanasyev  Andreas Zuber	Aston Martin	34	+1 Lap
14	8	Exim Bank Team China	Ren Wei  Benjamin Lariche	Porsche	34	+1 Lap
15	10	Sunred	Miloš Pavlović  Matteo Cressoni	Ford	33	+2 Laps
16	7	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Alexey Vasilyev  Maxime Martin	Aston Martin	33	+2 Laps
DNS	1	Hexis Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki  Stef Dusseldorp	McLaren	–	Did not start

Results  – Championship Race

Pos	No.	Team	Drivers	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Laurens Vanthoor  Stéphane Ortelli	Audi	40
2	33	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Frank Stippler  Oliver Jarvis	Audi	40	+3.731
3	38	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Marc Basseng  Markus Winkelhock	Mercedes-Benz	40	+4.421
4	37	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Nicky Pastorelli  Thomas Jäger	Mercedes-Benz	40	+6.366
5	4	AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci  Enzo Ide	Ferrari	40	+18.925
6	3	AF Corse	Toni Vilander  Filip Salaquarda	Ferrari	40	+21.231
7	25	Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox  Darryl O’Young	Lamborghini	40	+21.682
8	24	Reiter Engineering	Tomáš Enge  Albert von Thurn und Taxis	Lamborghini	40	+35.234
9	9	Exim Bank Team China	Mike Parisy  Matt Halliday	Porsche	40	+49.619
10	18	Vita4One Racing Team	Michael Bartels  Yelmer Buurman	BMW	40	+1:00.307
11	17	Vita4One Racing Team	Mathias Lauda  Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof	BMW	40	+1:05.808
12	7	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Maxime Martin  Alexey Vasilyev	Aston Martin	40	+1:27.167
13	6	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Sergey Afanasyev  Andreas Zuber	Aston Martin	39	+1 Lap
14	10	Sunred	Miloš Pavlović  Matteo Cressoni	Ford	38	+2 Laps
15	8	Exim Bank Team China	Ren Wei  Benjamin Lariche	Porsche	37	+3 Laps
16 DNF	2	Hexis Racing	Grégoire Demoustier  Álvaro Parente	McLaren	18	Retired
17 DNF	1	Hexis Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki  Stef Dusseldorp	McLaren	3	Throttle