Farfus: “Every Point Matters” in LMGT3 Title Fight

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Augusto Farfus believes that “every point matters” in the LMGT3 class for the remainder of the FIA World Endurance Championship, amid a close, three-way fight for the inaugural championship.

Farfus and Team WRT co-drivers Sean Gelael and Darren Leung sit third in the category standing entering this weekend’s 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, only two points back on the pair of Manthey-run Porsche 911 GT3 Rs, which are tied for the lead on 75 points.

It comes after class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Manthey EMA trio of Richard Lietz, Morris Schuring and Yassser Shahin, while Farfus and co. finished runner-up.

“We are on the hunt,” Farfus told Sportscar365. “We’re two points behind. I think now every point counts.

“We have two Porsches in front of us. It shows a clear point on how strong they’ve been.

“But we’ve always been there. If we wouldn’t have had the incident at Spa from Sean, we would probably be leading the championship.

“We just have to execute, try to have clean runs, because what we have done so far, apart from Imola, where with the weather we have been strong, but in other races we have been hanging in there and maximizing the race, minimizing the mistakes.

“I think we should continue on the same path.”

With four races remaining, the BMW factory driver sees the LMGT3 battle becoming a three-car race, with fourth paced Marco Sorensen and Erwan Bastard, of D’station Racing, more than 30 points out of the fight.

“If you see the point gap, yes,” Farfus said. “But you can have the three guys have a bad weekend, and it’s only a victory away.

“This championship, we’ve seen, that it can change very quickly. At the end, as we knew already from before, it’s consistency whose going to be the champion.

“I don’t think there will be any car winning every race but it’s about being always there.”

This weekend marks the Brazilian’s return to home soil for an international race for the first time since 2010 when in he was victorious in one of two World Touring Car Championship races at Curitiba.

“I did race in Stock Car Brasil, a few races in 2017-18, but it was a Brazilian championship, so it’s something different,” Farfus explained.

“I’m very much looking forward. It’s nice to be back in a world championship, in a factory effort. I think it’s already sold out, so it’s going to be a great show.

“It might be one of the biggest crowds, apart from Le Mans, for the season.”

John Dagys

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