Article originally published by Laurent Mercier for the website endurance-info.com
IDEC Sport Racing is the team that is on form at the start of the spring of 2015. Winner of its category in the Italy-Mugello 12 hours in the framework of the 24 Hours Series, the team managed by Jean-Claude Ruffier got off to an explosive start in Barcelona with the VdeV Endurance Series opener. Patrice and Paul Lafargue returned home from Spain winning the prototype class in the company of Dimitri Enjalbert, but also in GT with the Porsche 911 GT3-R shared by the father and son. A perfect weekend in Spain for IDEC Sport Racing.
After four hours of racing, the Porsche 911 GT3-R displying number 1 overcame her opponents, in spite of their high standards. Under the chequered flag, the Lafargue family finished two laps ahead of the Ferrari 458 Italia GT3/ Jean-Luc Beaubelique, Tristan Vautier and Dominique Bastien’s team AKKA-ASP. This success was the first for Jérôme Policand’s new team. A loyal competitor in the VdeV Endurance Series, Visiom made it back to the podium again with the only Ferrari 458 GTE in the line-up, once again entrusted to Jean-Paul Pagny, Thierry Perrier and Jean-Bernard Bouvet.
The GTV2 class was won by de Eric Van de Vyver, Tiziano Carugati and Michel Wegelin’s Audi R8 LMS/AB Sport Auto ahead of Alméras de Côme Ledogar, Pierre Martinet and Gérard Tremblay’s Porsche 997 Cup S/Martinet. Solution F won with their SF V8 in the S1 class. The second Ferrari 458 Italia GT3/ Maurice Ricci, Gabriel Balthazard and Jérôme Policand’s team AKKA-ASP made it to the top ten. Setting off in pole position, the Mosler MT900/Escuela Espanola de Pilotos could only finish in eighth place.
