Balance: Swiss teams in good shape 🎥
REICHE BEUTE Internationally, Swiss racers were again well represented on the front ranks this weekend. First and foremost in LMP2, which is becoming more and more of a parade discipline for fast Swiss drivers.
Swiss drivers are constantly delivering top results in LMP2. In the WEC, Louis Delétraz (1st) and Fabio Scherer (2nd) are two drivers on course for the championship. The latter celebrated his greatest career success to date with his magnificent victory at Le Mans.
Neel Jani secures overall classification
Swiss success stories continued over the weekend. At the ELMS in Le Castellet, Neel Jani defended his overall lead with a second place. And Delétraz secured his second win of the season in the ProAM classification. This puts the Geneva native in front in this class with the maximum number of points. The success was completed by Alexandre Coigny from Vaud, who is in second place in the mixed teams (pro/amateur) championship.
Nico Müller with best result
The Formula E doubleheader in Rome was chaotic. In the first race, a mass collision that also involved Sébastien Buemi and Edoardo Mortara caused a lot of electric scrap. Both drivers got away with the scare, but were not present at the restart. Nico Müller (right gallery) fared all the better. The ABT driver secured the best result of the season so far for himself and the team with 6th place in this chaotic race.
In the second race, there was a novelty from a Swiss perspective: all three drivers finished in the points. Mortara finished fourth, Buemi fifth and Müller tenth. The wins in Rome went to Mitch Evans and Jake Dennis. The latter holds a commanding lead in the championship ahead of the finale in London (July 29 and 30).
First podium finish for Alain Valente
Alain Valente (left gallery) claimed his first podium finish at the third race weekend of the ADAC GT Masters at the Nürburgring. Under difficult conditions, the Mercedes driver, together with teammate Ralf Aron, managed to improve from 8th on the grid to 2nd. In the second race, the driver from Emmental had to settle for 10th place.
Raffaele Marciello in the points
Another Mercedes driver has once again come out on top at the GT World Challenge in Misano: Raffaele Marciello. The former Formula 1 test driver won the first of two races alongside Timur Boguslavskiy. In the second race, the duo finished 4th, with Marciello thus extending his lead in the overall standings and in the Sprint Cup.
Giacomo Altoé celebrated the 2nd place
Emil Frey Racing secured its first podium result of the season at the second round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Sprint Cup at the Misano Circuit. With second place, the number 14 Ferrari 296 GT3 celebrated a solid result in Race 1, which particularly pleased Giacomo Altoé (center gallery) at his home race. In a persistent heat wave, the team otherwise struggled with a few problems, but thanks to faultless driving by all drivers, secured valuable points for the championship standings with fifth place in Race 2.
Source: Auto Sport Switzerland
Pictures: © Jani archive, ADAC GT Masters, Emil Frey Racing, ABT sportsline
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