Oregon Pair Take Race 1 Win At Red Bull Ring

Oregon Team took its second one-two of the season, as Glenn Van Berlo and Kevin Gilardoni beat team mates Benja Hites and Leonardo Pulcini in a Race 1 at a damp Red Bull Ring.

Despite a difficult practice and qualifying, the multicoloured Lamborghinis of the Italian squad again found winning pace in the race.

With this second win, the Dutchman and the Swiss now have a 10-points advantage in the standings over Moss-Osborne (Optimum McLaren) who took a fighting fourth.

Reema Juffali-Adam Christodoulou in the Theeba Motorsport Mercedes again took an overall podium (3rd) and the win in Pro-Am (their fourth of the season) , where they beat Cuhadaroglou-Fumanelli (Kessel Ferrari) and Müller-Mettler (SPS Mercedes).

Austrians shone in Am as Ernst Kirchmayr-Philipp Baron (Baron Ferrari) and class leaders Alex Hrachowina-Martin Konrad (Mann Filter Team Landgraf) took the first two positions.

The track was slippery at the start, but Fumanelli kept the advantage of the pole (his third this year) ahead of Rugolo, who ran wide at the first corner and then in T3), while Van Berlo, Jedlinski and Kranz fought hard for second and Baron from row 2 had a poor start, dropping to P10.

By lap 4, Fumanelli had a 3-second advantage on Van Berlo and Kranz, with Jedlinski already 17 seconds behind, leading a group that included Hites, Rueda, Scholze (first in Am), Osieka and Baron. Rugolo was in the pits from lap 2.

On lap 7, Kranz stole 2nd from Van Berlo. Rueda was fourth ahead of Scholze leading a close fight: Osieka, Baron, Jans, Konrad, Juffali and Moss.

Man on the move was Baron, in 6th by lap 12 while teammates Osieka and Jans had some competitive contact, Konrad climbed to 10th and Moss briefly passed Juffali.

Fumanelli, in the lead, had a 5-second advantage but lost some pace in traffic.

Lap 18 and the driver change window opened, while Steiner spun into the gravel, the safety car scrambled s a resul.

Gilbert too spun, this time on lap 27 after contact with Korzeniowski (the Pole would later get a 5-second penalty), in the middle of a furious battle with Antonelli, Nana, Hrachowina, Mettler, Rumpfkeil an Schraml, with the order changing constantly.

Fumanelli and Van Berlo were the last to stop on lap 29.

After all changes, Gilardoni passed Cuhadaroglu on lap 30 and took the lead, ahead of Pulcini, Baud, Christodoulou, Osborne, Shoffner and Mettler.

Lap 33, and Pulcini took second and started to close the gap on teammate Gilardoni.

Cuhardaglou was third ahead of Baud, Christodoulou and Osborne, while Antonelli led in Am.

The final lap saw Baud with a scary moment with Christodoulou and then hit by Osborne, dropping back as a result.

Gilardoni took the win ahead of Pulcini, with Christodoulou taking third and the win in Pro-Am.

Antonelli crossed the line first in Am, but post-race penalties for pit stop infringements put the Mercedes in third in the class, behind the Baron Ferrari and the Landgraf Mercedes.

22-13 Red Bull Ring GTO Race 1 Result final

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