WEC 2012. Round 4, Silverstone. Sealing The Deal

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Even after six hours of racing, there was little to split the lead ADR-Delta and Starworks Motorsport cars. John Martin, Jan Charouz and Tor Graves in the #25 Oreca 03 would eventually win out over Stephane Sarrazin, Enzo Potolicchio, and Ryan Dalziel in the #44 HPD-Honda by just six seconds. Pierre Ragues, Nelson Panciatici and Roman Rusinov could only watch, their Signatech-Nissan a further 20s down the road and third in class.

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It was all smiles for Ferrari though, with two AF Corse scarlet machines taking the top spots in both the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am categories. Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni took Pro honours aboard the 458 Italia after an immense scrap early on with James Walker and Jonny Cocker in the JMW Fezza slowly fizzled out, while Piergiuseppe Perrazzini, Marco Cioci and Matt Griffin overhauled Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti in the team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 RSR to snatch victory.

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The main fight for manufacturer honours is over for one year, and with just six points separating the Maranello machines from GT championship honours, it seems only a matter of time before nearest rival Porsche is out of luck too.

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They say anything can happen in motorsport. Sometimes anything can, and sometimes what may fall is inevitable. For Audi, anything other than victory this year would have been a disaster. With 2012 complete for the team now though, all that remains are those last four winners trophies. And it would be a brave man who bet against those going in the Audi trophy case too.

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