Touring Hankook and GT Championships will be back in Ontario this coming weekend for a doubleheader at the legendary Mosport track, about 100 km east of Toronto.
In Touring Hankook series, Pascal Bastien (Honda Civic Si-R) is still leading the championship (170 points) with a 7-point lead over Bruno Desfossés (Acura RSX Type-S). Four times winner this season, Desfossés has wowed the crowd at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières earlier this month where he started from the last line and climbed back to fourth position.
Mosport Park, stage of numerous international races, ranging from F1 (Canadian Grand Prix from 1967 to 1977) to Sport-Prototypes series (American Le Mans) is a very fast racetrack. Well-experienced drivers, such as two-times champion Jocelyn Hébert (Acura Integra Type-R) could very well move into the limelight in front of Bastien, Desfossés, or Nigel Heron (Acura Integra Type-R) and Gilbert Tomaro (Hyundai Tiburon V6), respectively 3rd and 4th in the overall standings.
After his win in Trois-Rivières two weeks ago, Touring Hankook defending champion Mathieu Audette will also have to be reckoned with in his Honda Civic.
Touring Hankook participants will take to the track six times over the weekend, starting on Saturday morning at 9:00 AM for a 20-minute practice session, with a qualifying round for the first race toward the end of the morning, and the 15-lap race in mid afternoon. Sunday, there will be a 10-minute warm-up at 9:00 AM, followed the qualifying round for the second race toward the end of the morning, and another 15-lap race in the afternoon.
For the GT Championship, Quebec drivers will share the track with those of the Ontario GT Championship. There will be a maximum of 50 cars on the starting-grid for both races. There might even be some drivers who won’t make the cut! In GT2 class, Bernard Franke (Volvo S60 Challenge) is presently leading in the points. 2006 champion, Franke has a 26-point lead over George Moutafis (BMW 330i). Normand Robert (Mazda RX-7) is third. In GT3, Serge Lapointe (Volkswagen Corrado) and Eric Durand (Dodge Neon ACR) are only one point apart (124 and 123). Jean-Louis Arpin (Honda CRX) is third with 107 points.This promises to be an other exciting race.
As with Touring Hankook series, GT participants will have a practice session, followed by a qualifying round and the first race on Saturday, and a warm-up session, a qualifying round and a second race on Sunday.
From Jean-François Ouellet // General-Manager F.S.A.Q.
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