American Gold for Lopez and Fässler
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Gérard Lopez and Marcel Fässler won the HSR Classic Endurance Championship presented by Mission Foods with their nearly perfect HSR Classic winning record, taking six wins in just seven race starts. The pair sealed the Vintage Prototype/Sports Racer championship in 2025’s season finale Classic 24 Daytona with the duo’s third-straight win in the Iconic Racing 1969 Lola T70 Mk III. The Iconic drivers tied in the final division championship standings with HSR stalwart Travis Engen in his GMT Racing Lotus 23B.
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“I have been lucky to own an F1 team and to experience the highest level of motorsport from the inside,” said Lopez, who purchased the Formula 1 Renault Team in 2009. “I have raced in modern GT championships with Mercedes, Mosler and Porsche, but the truth is that historic racing is the most fun. Just the myriad of cars that we see, drive or compete against is amazing. HSR is for me the ideal environment to experience these cars, and Marcel and I have become friends beyond driving together.”
Lopez scored wins previously in the HSR Classic Daytona 24 in 2017 and 2022, but he has achieved his greatest success with Fässler, the semi-retired three-time Le Mans overall winner with Audi (2011, 2012, and 2014) and the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2012. “First of all, I have to say that I have always loved racing in America,” Fässler said. “With HSR, you always feel very welcome, there is a great atmosphere on and off the track.”
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