Red Baron Ferrari fighter pilots take honours by a lap
Austrian Ferrari team Baron Motorsport took victory in the Abu Dhabi 6 Hours in convincing fashion. Danish sportscar gun Mikkel Mac joined locally based Zimbabwean Axcil Jefferies to lead the line-up in the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo, which won by over a lap.
Early-2000s F3 Euro Series regular Philipp Baron was also at the wheel, along with Ernst Kirchmayr and Roman Ziemian. For Jefferies, the success came just a week after playing his part in the WRT Audi Dubai 24 Hours triumph.
There was a battle for second place, with ex-super Touring Honda hero Peter Kox joined by daughter Stephane and Nico Pronk in their Porsche 911 GT3-R to fight with the JR Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Ted van Vliet and Max Weering. This was decided in the final 15 minutes when the BMW passed the Porsche.
Serial Creventic winner Herberth Motorsport had another tough outing following the non-start for its most likely challenger in Dubai. This time, over two minutes’ worth of penalties was enough to keep the Porsche of
Alfred Renauer, Jurgen Haring and Markus Neuhofer down in fourth place.
In the TCE class, CWS Racing’s pair of Ginettas could not beat the Les Deux Arbres Ligier JS2 R of ace duo Christophe Bouchut and Hugo Valente. Bobby Thompson flew early on in the G56 before the throttle cable was dislodged.