Lamborghini has long run after, it is now done: Sant’Agata Bolognese has finally won the 24 Hours of Spa after having revolved for a long time since the launch of the program in 2015.
With the Huracan GT3 EVO2 n ° 63 taken with master’s hand by Mirko Bortolotti, Jordan Pepper and Luca Engstler, Grasse Racing Team, long armed arm of Lamborghini both for the development of the Huracan and on the programs in Europe or in the United States, pinning the double clock tower Spadois and adds a sacred line to its success in GTD Daytona or Sebring in IMSA.
However, the latest judgment will have been a source of stress at GRT, Mirko Bortolotti taking a little time to relaunch its Huracan n ° 63 in the lane of the stands. Despite a slower 7 “slower, the Italian comes out just in front of Patric Niederhauser and the Porsche 911 GT3 R n ° 96 – Rutronik Racing. Bortolotti was able to widen the gap and victoriously concludes under the checkerboard.
It is also the first victory for the Bortolotti – Pepper – Engstler trio, the latter being mounted on the podium in 2023 with the Audi R8 LMS GT3 – Scherer Sport Phx.
Rutronik Racing has been the strongest competition against GRT and has long been at the forefront having attempted to shift his strategy, especially in the morning, to try to respond to the speed of its competitors, but the Porsche 911 GT3 R n ° 96 by Patric Niederhauser – Alessio Picariello – Sven Müller, whose engine has not always given its full power this week
Ferrari had all the cards in hand to win in 2024 before the scenario we know, but the Italian brand could not repeat its performance twelve months ago. The n ° 51 of Vincent Abril – Alessio Rovera – Alessandro Pier Guidi, delayed at the start of the race by a technical concern, was able to go up with, as usual, an increased pace on Sunday morning, without however fulfilling the gap. N ° 51 fails on the last step of the podium after the penalty of 30 “inflicted on the BMW M4 GT3 EVO n ° 98 – Rowe Racing for repeated exceeding of the limits of the track. The two cars clashed twenty minutes from the checkerboard with a muscular surpassing by Raffaele Marciello on Alessandro Pier Guidi for honor. Eliseo Donno – Arthur Leclerc made a solid service to finish 4th in front of the BMW n ° 98.
As always, it was necessary to count with BMW for the victory in the Ardennes, but neither Rowe Racing nor Team WRT could really counter Lamborghini. Winner at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring a week ago, Rowe was still the best representative of the Bavarian clan with the M4 GT3 Evo n ° 98 of Raffaele Marciello – Augusto Farfus – Jesse Krohn before the penalty of 30 “. The n ° 998 of Max Hesse – Dan Harper – Philipp Eng was aim.
6th place for the McLaren 720S GT3 EVO N ° 59 – Garage 59 by Joseph Loake – Marvin Kirchhöfer – Benjamin Goethe, part from the pole and who has lost time in a puncture, but which offers its best result to the British brand on the test.
At Team WRT, the Best M4 GT3 EVO N ° 32 from Kelvin Van Der Linde – Ugo de Wilde – Charles Weerts takes 7th place, the BMW n ° 31 – Team WRT of Dries Vanthoor, Sheldon van der Linde and Marco Wittmann is 8th. 12th place for N ° 46 of Valentino Rossi, René Rast and Kevin Magnussen.
Aston Martin had no success in pro with the package before the Vantage GT3 N ° 34 – Walkenhorst Motorsport and the premature abandonment of n ° 7 – Comtoyou Racing Winner in 2024, but the British brand catches up well in the classes.
Verstappen.com Racing with the trio Harry King – Thierry Vermeulen – Chris Lulham has long fought for the victory with the McLaren n ° 58 – Garage 59 of Louis Prette – Adam Smalley – Dean Macdonald – Frederik Schandorff. The latter had taken the advantage on the Aston Martin after the last stop, but a puncture at the rear right within 8 ‘of the checkerboard ruined the hopes of class victory in n ° 58. Success therefore for Aston Martin n ° 33 before n ° 58. McLaren n ° 111 – CSA Racing by Simon Gachet – Jim Pla – Arthur Rougier – James Kell.
In Silver Cup for Aston Martin with N ° 35 – Walkenhorst Motorsport by Romain Leroux – OIERVER SODERSTRöm – Mateo Villagomer. After a very nice race, Lorens Lecertua, Wyatt Brichacek, Lorenzo Donniacuo and Ivan Klymenko hoist the Audi n ° 26 – Saintéloc Racing in the second row of the class in front of the BMW n ° 42 – Century Motorsport of Mex Jansen, Will Moore and Jarrod Waberski, who took advantage of a stand Ford Mustang GT3 n ° 65 – HRT Ford Performance by Salman Owega, Romain Andriolo, Finn Wiebelhaus and David Schumacher.
The bronze Cup returns to Ferrari n ° 74 – Kessel Racing of Dennis Marschall, Dustin Blattner, Conard Laursen and Zach Robichon, regularly at the forefront, and which took the best in the morning on the Mercedes -AMG GT3 Evo n ° 81 – Winward Racing by Gabriele Piana – Rinat Salikhov – Daan Arrow – Marvin Dienst. Third place for the Audi n ° 25 – Gilles Magnus – Paul Evrard – Benjamin Ricci Saintéloc – Recce Gold.
La Porsche n ° 29-AV Racing by Car Collection has a nice success in Pro-Am for its One-Shot at Spa with Noam Abramczyk, Fabian Duffieux, Mathieu Detry and Bo Yuan. Ross Gunn, Andrew Howard, Valentin Hasse -Clot and Anthony McIntosh (Aston Martin N ° 100 – Beechdean AMR) and Nick Catsburg – George Kurtz – Ian James – Colin Braun (Mercedes n ° 4 – Crowdstrike Racing by SPS) climb on the podium of the class.
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