Misano BSS: Siedler and Seefried dominate Championship Race

The #333 Ferrari 458 started from pole in the hands of Seefried courtesy of the duo's Qualifying Race win on Saturday evening, but were beaten to the first corner by Patrick Kujala's #63 Lamborghini Huracan.

Ex-GP3 driver Kujala's spell at the head of the pack would be short-lived however, as Seefried retook the lead with a bold outside pass on the Finn before building up a cushion at the head of the field.

By the time Siedler took over at mid-distance, the #333 had a seven-second margin over Vincent Abril in the #84 HTP Bentley Continental, Abril's teammate Maximilian Buhk moving into second ahead of Kujala halfway through the opening stint.

From there, it was plain sailing for Siedler, who held on to take the chequered flag and seal he and Seefried's first victory in a Championship Race this season.

Behind, Abril brought the #84 Bentley home safely in second ahead of erstwhile Formula 2 champion Mirko Bortolotti, taking over from Kujala in the Grasser-run Lamborghini.

An entertaining duel for fourth was resolved in favour of the #77 BMW Z4 of Valdeno Brito and Atila Abreu. Craig Dolby, sharing the #173 Nissan GT-R with Sean Walkinshaw, hassled Brito for the final five minutes, edging ahead of two occasions but running wide both times.

With points leaders Robin Frijns and Laurens Vanthoor not starting after their Audi R8 was destroyed in a heavy crash during the Qualifying Race, Buhk and Abril head to the Zandvoort finale just eight points behind. Siedler and Seefried are 17 points adrift with 34 left to play for.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time/Delay
1	Marco Seefried  Norbert Siedler	Fеrrari	1:01'03.643
2	Vincent Abril  Maximilian Buhk	Bentley	7.036
3	Mirko Bortolotti  Patrick Kujala	Lamborghini	9.794
4	Valdeno Brito  Atila Abreu	BMW	15.315
5	Sean Walkinshaw  Craig Dolby	Nissan	15.698
6	Caca Bueno  Sergio Jimenez	BMW	18.325
7	Stephane Richelmi  Stepane Ortelli	Audi	20.807
8	Enzo Ide  Christopher Mies	Audi	21.205
9	Albert von Thurn and Taxis  Nicky Catsburg	Lamborghini	27.053
10	Marco Bonanomi  Filip Salaquarda	Audi	54.869
11	Marko Asmer  Alexey Vasiliev	Mercedes	55.437
12	Niki Mayr-Melnhof  Markus Winkelhock	Audi	55.490
13	James Nash  Frank Stippler	Audi	1'06.106
14	Anders Fjordbach  Thomas Fjordbach	Audi	1'06.573
15	Christophe Bouchut  Alexey Karachev	Mercedes	1'12.665