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Machado and Teixeira clinch Spain's GT4 title at Jerez

Machado and Teixeira clinch Spain's GT4 title at Jerez RUSSPAIN.com © russpain.com
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César Machado and Tomás Teixeira secured the Supercars España GT4 crown after a Saturday win and a third place on Sunday. Gabriel Caçoilo and Máximo Varela took GTC, while Francisca Roby Queiroz won TC.

The Toyota GR Supra of César Machado and Tomás Teixeira finished 1.371 seconds behind the winning Aston Martin in Sunday's GT4 race at Jerez. Their third place sealed the Supercars España overall GT4 title and the GT4 Pro crown, following their Saturday win. The 7-8 November Jerez Iberian Racing Festival was the decisive Spanish Supercars round, with the GT4 and GTC titles on the line as TC was also contested. A total of 29 GT4 cars entered.

Mathieu Martins and Anton Morsing won Sunday's race in an Aston Martin Vantage AMR. José Carlos Pires and Francisco Abreu finished second in another Toyota GR Supra, just 0.193 seconds ahead of the champions. Their result also secured Pires and Abreu the GT4 Pro-Bronze championship.

Several safety-car interventions disrupted Saturday's race after cars went off track. Machado and Teixeira, driving a Speedy Motorsport Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2, eventually finished ahead of Rodrigo Almeida and Francisco Mora, with Filip Vava and Tomás Granzella completing the podium. The late win cut the gap between the leading GT4 Pro contenders to one point, leaving the championship to be decided on Sunday. Almeida and Mora retired from the final race.

Gabriel Caçoilo and Máximo Varela secured the GTC crown with a Saturday win and second place on Sunday in their Ligier JS2 R. They benefited when Daniel Teixeira's Hyundai developed a gearbox problem and forced him into the pits. Teixeira returned on Sunday to win the joint GTC and TC race in the Hyundai Elantra N TCR, with Caçoilo and Varela second.

Francisca Roby Queiroz claimed the Spanish TC title. The two classes raced together, and Ángel Santos took third in Sunday's combined classification behind Teixeira and Caçoilo. The Jerez meeting also counted toward the Iberian Supercars and Portuguese national-speed championships.

A 25-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags changed the GT4 Bronze result. Pablo Bras and Álvaro Fontes were penalised, handing the race win to Vasco Oliveira and Manuel Gião. Oliveira also took the GT4 Bronze championship.

Historic Endurance brought 40 cars to Jerez for two 50-minute races on Sunday, each with a required pit stop. Max Huber won the first in a Chevrolet Corvette 427, ahead of Paulo Lima in a Ford GT40. Lima took the second race, with Huber second.

Equipe Libre also split its wins. Martin Reynolds took Saturday's race in a Ford Escort, then Robin Ellis won Sunday's event in a Porsche 911.

Frank Miller RUSSPAIN.com
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