Weyrich and Villagomez see out their FFSA GT4 Series season out in style at Paul Ricard
Monday, October 07, 2024
Racing for the final time at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France, the #74 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT4 pairing of Victor Weyrich and Matteo Villagomez enjoyed the spoils of a further class win after the into the night race on Saturday before rounding off a very successful season by winning the overall race later on Sunday.
Having already secured their championship win at the last round at Dijon-Prenois, there was no pressure upon the two individuals to succeed but succeed they did in this spectacular manner.
Indeed, not to be left out of the party atmosphere saw the stablemates within the team’s #39 AMR Vantage GT4 entry of Baudouin Detout and Oskar Kristensen (yes, a relative of that certain Tom Kristensen) also follow the #74 home after race one to also claim a P2 podium finish within the silver class before just missing out upon the double with a P4 finish to end their season’s worth of activity.
For the #7 Mirage Racing crew of Stanislav Safronov and Aleksandr Vaintrub, it was another case of what might have been for the Pro-Am pairing as their P7 and P5 finishes respectively in class were way off what was needed of them to have any championship opportunities within their class where they eventually finished the season sixth in class.
There was also the return of the team’s #5 car as Ruben Del Sarte returned with former AMR Vantage GT4 and GT4 America racer Fred Roberts in an interesting combination for future reference within the ultra-competitive silver class where the duo finished the weekend P10 and P8 respectively across the two races. There was also a good showing from the #1 Street Art Racing AMR Vantage GT4 pairing of Pascal Bachmann and Jahid Fazal Karim where they ended their European race calendar with P5 and P4 finishes within their Am class.
The series returns to action next year from Nogaro in mid-April.
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