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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">FIA GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">11/12/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Lister Cars, JB & JCW</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">FIA GT Champions</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/%20JCWionsFIA.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> Five and a half years after heading to Le Mans for the first time, Laurence Pearce was awarded the prize that he’s been chasing – prizes in fact, as his squad collected the FIA GT Teams and Drivers Trophies at the official prize giving in Monaco on December 8. Ferrari, Schumacher - Peugeot, Gronholm and Rautainen - Lister Cars, Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter. <BR> <BR> The big man seems to have been celebrating for much of the weekend, and was late in on Monday morning.......but he deserves at least a morning off.<BR> <BR> Once the F3000 awards were completed, the stage was cleared for the display of the Lister Storm, the Ferrari and the Peugeot – plus the Larbre Porsche, of course. “Until I got there, I didn’t realise the scale of the event,” commented an overawed Jamie Campbell-Walter. “We were on the GT table with Stephane Ratel and Andrea Garbagnati, and it was a wonderful evening.”<BR> <BR> “The video of the Lister came on, the flash lights were going off, I couldn’t see for the lights. The trophies are very heavy,” explained JC-W. “It was great mixing with the Schumachers, Bernie Ecclestone - everyone was there.”<BR> <BR> The party then moved on to Jimmy’s night club, which was awash with “six feet two Russian models. Laurence really splashed out for once; we stayed for the whole weekend at the Hotel de Paris, and my wife came with us, Fiona was there. It was just a magic weekend.”<BR> <BR> JC-W added that, “Laurence was in his element. He’s come a long way, and he’s done it against tough competition.”<BR> <BR> The photo is from Monza, where the tension of a pit stop is self evident. Photos from the prize giving in due course. Lister driver news for 2001 may arrive first.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>