{"id":121218,"date":"2015-04-14T02:43:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=121218"},"modified":"2015-04-14T02:43:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:43:37","slug":"blancpain-gt-lamborghini-huracan-gt3-wins-race-debut-at-monza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/04\/14\/blancpain-gt-lamborghini-huracan-gt3-wins-race-debut-at-monza\/","title":{"rendered":"Blancpain GT: Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Wins Race Debut at Monza"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The new Lamborghini Huracan GT3 made its race debut with a bang at the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series opener in Monza, crossing the finish line first after three hours of extreme GT racing. The victory however was short lived as the #19 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 fielded by GRT Grasser Racing Team got excluded from the meeting, a decision made by race stewards who found the car to have breached refueling restrictor regulations. Nevertheless, GRT Grasser Racing Team has appealed and the final decision awaits. <\/p>\n The #333 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari of Norbert Siedler and Rinat Salikhov crossed the finish line in second place but first in Pro-Am category. Laurens Vanthoor drove the #1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Ultra to finish in third overall but second in PRO category. Completing the podium in PRO category was the #7 M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 driven by Guy Smith, Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane, they finish in fifth place overall behind the #51 AF Corse Ferrari of Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin. <\/p>\r\n The Pro-Am podium was thrived by only Ferrari teams that comprised of Rinaldi Racing with the #333 Ferrari 458, AF Corse Ferrari with the #51 car and Kessel Racing with the #11 car piloted by Michael Broniszewski, Michael Lyons and Alessandro Bonacini. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The AM Cup was a replica of Pro-Am with Ferrari sweeping the entire podium, Kessel Racing took first place with the #111 Ferrari 458 of Stephen Earle, Marco Zanuttini and Liam Talbot. Second place went to the Akka ASP #16 Ferrari 458 Italia of Fabien Barthez and Anthony Pons. Glorax Racing completed the podium in third place with the #25 car piloted by Fabio Mancini, Andrey Birzhin and Rino Mastronardi. <\/p>\r\n