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The Chamberlain Motorsport Team had their best result so far in the 1999 FIA GT Championship when their drivers Ni Amorim (Portugal) and Toni Seiler (Switzerland) came second to Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger at Zolder in Belgium yesterday.
So far this year the works-backed ORECA Team has been invincible with first and second places being attained at all previous races of the FIA GT Championship This time it was different.
The Chamberlain Motorsport pair were always in the hunt. Their Chrysler Viper GTS-R was faster than Oreca cars in practice and qualifying, only one tenth of a second slower in the morning warm-up and always with them in the race.
The race itself was a battle, not only with the other Vipers, but the lead Porsche Teams of Roock and Konrad together with the Lister Storm cars - all had their turn at leading.
Ni Amorim, straight from a pair of wins in Portugal in another of Chamberlain Motorsport’s Vipers, started the race and after a very good first hour handed the car to Toni in third place. Toni held his position for most of his stint until a lurid spin avoiding a slower car dropped him to fifth. For the last hour Ni relentlessly chased the lead cars ahead until the pressure told and with 15 minutes to go he took second place from the Lister of Julian Bailey and Andy Wallace.
Hugh Chamberlain, Team Principal, stated after the race "Make no mistake, this was a hard won place for Amorim and Seiler. To be beaten only by two ex- Formula One superstar drivers in a factory-funded car is a very good result indeed. Car 19 was proceeding well after a difficult time setting up the car to the drivers' satisfaction. However, Vann and Glasel's time will come for a podium finish."
Chamberlain Motorsport are second in the FIA GT Championship after five events and race again at the FIA GT event at Oschersleben in Germany on August 8.
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