With a second place in the GT1 class at the final round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series in their Corvette C6.R, Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta secured their second consecutive GT1 Driver's Championship.  They also ensured that Corvette Racing win both the team and manufacturer titles.

The four hour race proved as close a fight in GT1 as qualifying had suggested.  All four cars held the lead of the class at one or more stages of the race and, more often than not, were all battling within a few seconds of each other on the track.  The race had quite a few full course cautions and the teams made use of those to determine their pit stop strategies.

"It's fantastic that we've won the championships again," said Oliver. "This season has had some ups and downs, some great racing and some frustrating racing, and in the end we've come through.  It was really close at the finish and we didn't know whether Olivier was going to be able to catch Stephane, he got close but then hit traffic, and then we just ran out of time."

Olivier chased victory after passing his teammate Johnny O'Connell for second in the Corkscrew with 13 minutes to go.  "The final stint was amazing," he said. "We had two options today - Olly and I knew we just had to finish the race to win the drivers championship, and on the other hand we really wanted to push hard and win the manufacturers championship for Chevrolet. So I tried to forget about the drivers championship and push hard to show that Corvette was still No. 1 even with all of the handicaps we have been given this year. Corvette Racing is a great team and they gave me a great car. This is my fourth ALMS championship, but this one is the sweetest."

The race almost went awry for the No. 4 Corvette at the start when Beretta was hit from behind by a Ferrari, damaging the left-rear fender. Two laps later, a fortuitous caution period allowed the pit crew to reattach the fender without losing contact with the leaders. Then shortly after the first hour, Beretta passed Lamy for the GT1 lead. For the next 20 minutes, the GT1 contenders ran nose-to-tail in a four-car freight train.

Monterey Sports Car Championships GT1 Results
Pos./Drivers/Car/Laps
1. Lamy/Sarrazin, Aston Martin DBR9, 153
2. Gavin/Beretta, Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, 153
3. Fellows/O'Connell, Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, 152
4. Enge/Turner, Aston Martin DBR9, 152

GT1 Championship Standings (unofficial after 10 of 10 events)

Manufacturer/Points
1. Chevrolet 189
2. Aston Martin 186
3. Saleen 14

Driver/Car/Points
1=. Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin, Corvette C6.R, 176
3. Stephane Sarrazin, Aston Martin DBR9, 163
4. Tomas Enge, Aston Martin DBR9, 159
5=. Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell, Corvette C6.R, 152
7. Pedro Lamy, Aston Martin DBR9, 147
8. Darren Turner, Aston Martin DBR9, 146