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Coelho, Duchet, and Libar – Xray sweeps annual GP3F

The annual GP3F took place for the 18th time in Longwy, France last weekend. The race is one of the most competitive Indoor onroad races in europe, and has become a real magnet and a “must go” for many drivers. The event was fully booked (150 entries), and the three racing classes (Touring Modified, Touring Stock, FWD) had been stacked with the best of the best. The two-day event produced high class racing, and the following drives made it onto the podium!

Xray`s Coelho wins modified from pole position ahead of teammate Hagberg, Mugen Seiki`s Völker, and Awesomatix driver Rheinard

In the ultra fast Modified class, spectators saw a great showdown between the best touring car racers on the planet. With 3 former, and one reigning IFMAR world champion on the line (Coelho, Rheinard, Völker, Hagberg) qualifying was a very close affair. The Xray drivers Hagberg and Coelho took all four rounds of qualifying for their team, with the better end (fastest time) for Coelho. Behind them, Mugen Seiki driver Ronald Völker lined up third on the grid, with Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) and Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) in fourth and fifth place.
Völker and Rheinard tried everything to challenge the Xray duo in front of them in the triple A-Mains, but Bruno Coelho and Alexander Hagberg had a slightly better pace and Bruno won the first two finals with a very small margin ahead of his teammate Hagberg. After A2,Coelho was the overall winner and Hagberg took the chance to win the last A-Main ahead of Völker to seal second on the podium in front of the Mugen Seiki driver. Marc Rhainard and Michal Orliowski finished fourth and fifth as they had qualified.

Duchet takes it from second on the grid against a very strong Benson, and Iszay

The Stock Expert (13.5) class was the biggest class of the weekend with 107 drivers on the list of entries. After qualifying, Tim Benson was TQ with his Awesomaitx, right in front of reigning Stock World Champion Alexandre Duchet (Xray), and Adam Izsay (Xray). Max Mächler and Simon Lauter (both Awesomatix) started from fourth and fifth into the triple A-Mains.
After the finals, Alexandre Duchet was the man stepping on the top step of the podium. With him, Benson, and Izsay all winning one of the triple finals, Duchet and Benson had been tied on points (3 each), with the faster final runtime being the decider for Duchet. Benson took 2nd overall, and Adam Izsay took third overall.

Libar wins FWD class

The FWD class saw 20 racers competing for the overall win on the beautiful racetrack in Longwy. After four rounds of qualifying, it was Xray`s Jacques Libar who started from pole posiotion. He was able to convert his starting position into the win ahead of Alexander van Gansen in second, and Gilles Rasquin in third place.

Source: MRC Longwy