The 100th race in the history of the FIA GT Championship, at the challenging and spectacular circuit of Dijon-Prenois, saw the Vitaphone Maserati of Thomas Biagi and Jamie Davies claim victory in GT1 ahead of the Race Alliance and Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 cars, while AF Corse's Matteo Bobbi and Jaime Melo were victorious in GT2, leading an all-Ferrari trio of Scuderia Ecosse's Mullen and Niarchos and the second AF Corse car of Salo and Aguas. This thrilling race, in front of 16,000 delighted spectators, was the crowning glory in a weekend packed full of action, from the 100-race exhibition, starring the BMW Motorsport McLaren F1 GTR, through the VIP race experience laps for the public, the pit-stop challenge, a busy pit-stop and excellent on-track action in two frantic rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championship, excellent single-seater competition from the Formula Palmer Audi cars and a look into the past with the FIA Historic Racing Championships. A fantastic weekend, much appreciated by everyone, and a fitting way to celebrate one hundred FIA GT races.

The crew of the nr 2 Vitaphone Maserati MC 12 have had a difficult season so far, collecting more than their share of bad luck. However, all went to plan for Davies and Biagi today, and the duo claimed a place in the history of the Championship with victory in the 100th race. Chasing the Zakspeed Saleen at the start, the car made an early pit stop. An incident involving the nr 9 Saleen saw the car penalized with a drive-through penalty, but it still emerged ahead, and from that moment only lost the lead during the pit-stops. "It is a great result for us, but also for Maserati, Pirelli and our team. We are trying hard since the beginning of the season to have such a result. Now we managed to do it, and I hope we can carry on like that, and also that now we will have luck until the end of the year,"Jamie Davies said.

The nr 1 Vitaphone Maserati finished fifth, and will lose a further 30 kg for the next round in Mugello, while still scoring four points. The two Aston Martin Racing BMS DBR9 cars put in a formation finish in sixth and seventh positions, while the Lamborghini Murcielago claimed a first point for new team All-Inkl.com Racing. There were problems for both the nr 4 GLPK Carsport Corvette C6, which stopped by the side of the track early on, while the nr 11 Balfe Saleen lost all drive.

Past the half-way mark, the points remain close in the Driver classifications. Bertolini and Bartels lead Piccini and Deletraz by five points, with Sascha Bert a further seven points behind. In the GT1 Teams, Vitaphone are 35 points ahead, with Phoenix Motorsport moving ahead of Aston Martin Racing BMS by half a point. Zakspeed is a close fourth.

Text courtesy of FIA Press Center