MOTOR RACING-SIEBERT – TELAM Agency
The Argentine Marcos Siebert, in the company of the Mexican Diego Menchaca, finished today in fifth position the first race of the weekend of the Gran Turismo Open (GT Open) of motorsport, which competes at the Hungaroring racetrack, in Hungary.
The 27-year-old driver from Mar del Plata drove the 2020 Mercedes GT3 during a section of the competition in which the Motopark team unit was the protagonist.
However, a subsequent delay while driving Menchaca earned the Latin American duo fifth place, with a total record of 1h. 11 m. 59s. 814/1000 to cover the 39 laps of the race held in the city of Budapest.
The winning pairing was made up of the German Fabian Schiller and the Oman-born Al Faisal Al Zubair, who also led the positions with a Mercedes GT3 with an accumulated time of 1h. 11 m. 33s. 706/1000, according to a report from the Tourism car category site.
The second place corresponded to the duo of the Austrian Simon Reicher and the German Christopher Haase (Audi), at 5s. 810/1000.
After partially contesting the fourth double date of the annual GT Open calendar, the Siebert-Menchaca duo continues in second place in the championship, with 45 points; 5 of the leaders, the British Charlie Fagg-Samuel De Haan.
Source: Ambito
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