O trio Maxime Martin/Alexander Sims/ Philipp Eng (#99 Rowe Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3) venceu a 69ª edição da 24 Horas de Spa-Francorchamps, na Bélgica, quarta etapa do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
Com uma forte chuva atingindo o circuito nos 30 minutos finais, o trio da Rowe Racing completou 531 voltas, vencendo com 1m55s408 de vantagem sobre o trio Felix Rosenqvist/Renger Van der Zende/Tristan Vautier (#88 AMG-Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3).
O trio Laurens Vanthoor/Rene Rast/Dirk Mueller (#28 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS) completou o pódio no geral.
O trio Maxime Soulet/Andy Soucek/Wolfgang Reip (#8 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3) terminou em quarto.
Os trios Thomas JÁ¤ger/Gary Paffett/Maximilian GÁ¶tz (#86 AMG – Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3) e Dominik Baumann/Jazeman Jaafar/Maximilian Buhk (#84 AMG – Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3) completaram os seis primeiros.
Pela classe Pro Am Cup, vitória do quarteto Patrick Pilet/Maxime Jousse/Raymond Narac/Thierry Cornac (#76 MSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R).
Pela classe AM Cup, vitória do quarteto Marco Zanuttini/Vadim Gitlin/Liam Talbot/Nicola Cadei (#888 Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3).
Entre os brasileiros Rodrigo Baptista e Sergio Jimenez (#3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS) em trio com o português Filipe Albuquerque, terminaram na 12ª posição geral.
Bruno Senna e Pipo Derani (#60 Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3), em trio com o britânico , Duncan Tappy, terminaram na 40ª posição.
O britânico Rob Bell lidera o campeonato com 124 pontos, seguido por Buhk e Baumann com 90.
A última etapa acontece no dia 18 de setembro, a Três Horas de Nurburgring, na Alemanha.
Final:
1 – Martin/Eng/Sims (BMW M6) – Rowe – 531 voltas 24:02’18″980
2 – Rosenqvist/Van der Zende/Vautier (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – AKKA – 1’55â€408
3 – L.Vanthoor/Rast/Mueller (Audi R8) – WRT – 2’00â€586
4 – Soucek/Reip/Soulet (Bentley Continental) – M-Sport – 1 volta
5 – Jaeger/Paffett/Goetz (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – HTP – 1
6 – Baumann/Jaafar/Buhk (Mercedes-AMG GT3)- HTP – 2
7 – Guilvert/Haase/Parisy (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 4
8 – DeLeener/Baguette/Kaffer (Audi R8) – WRT – 4
9 – Salaquarda/Stockinger/Mortara (Audi R8) – ISR – 4
10 – Narac/Cornac/Jousse/Pilet (Porsche 911 GT3 R) – IMSA – 4
11 – Ineichen/Bleekemolen/Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 4
12 – Baptista/Jimenez/Albuquerque (Audi R8) – WRT – 5
13 – Lapierre/Hassid/Giauque/Perera (Audi R8) – ISR – 5
14 – Babini/Niederhauser/Zampieri (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 5
15 – Beretta/Piccini/Stolz (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 6
16 – Lathouras/Rugolo/PierGuidi (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 7
17 – Minshaw/Keen/Gavin/Osborne (Lamborghini Huracan) – Barwell – 7
18 – Smith/Abril/Kane (Bentley Continental) – M Sport – 7
19 – Perfetti/Cazenave/Lyons/Traffort (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – AKKA – 8
20 – Engel/Buurman/Schneider (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 8
21 – Dontje/Bacheta/Schmid (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – HTP – 9
22 – Broniszewski/Bonacini/Rizzoli/G.Piccini (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 10
23 – Pisarik/Kral/Malucelli/Fumanelli (Ferrari 488) – Praha – 12
24 – Modell/Al Harthy/Adam/Turner (Aston Martin Vantage) – Oman – 13
25 – Machitski/Tom/Mapelli/Attard (Lamborghini Huracan) – Barwell – 14
26 – Al Faisal/Toril/Morley/Juncadella (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 15
27 – PerezCompanc/Giammaria/ Balzan (Ferrari 458) – AF Corse – 16
28 – Cerruti/Spinelli/Sbirrazuoli/Giraudi (Lamborghini Huracan) – Antonelli – 17
29 – Vervisch/Stevens/D.Vanthoor (Audi R8) – WRT – 17
30 – Zoechling/Gounon/Rettenbacher/Breuters (Lamborghini Huracan) – Konrad – 18
31 – Bell/Ledogar/Van Gisbergen (McLaren 650S) Garage 59 – 18
32 – Zanuttini/Gitlin/Talbot/Cadei (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 18
33 – Haput/Simonesn/Christodoulou (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 19
34 – Mann/Guedes/Cressoni/Mastronardi (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 19
35 – Lago/Oewn/Russell/Webb (Lamborghini Gallardo) – Lago – 22
36 – Ehret/Salikhov/Mattschull/Seefried (Ferrari 488) – Rinaldi – 25
37 – Simmons/Sarazin/Walkinshaw/Sanchez (Nissan GT-R) – RJN – 25
38 – Geri/Romanelli/Mancinelli/SchiÁ² (Ferrari 488) – EasyRace – 26
39 – Konopka/Lewandowski/Myszkowski/Mikulasko (Lamborghini Huracan) – ARC – 29
40 – Senna/Derani/Tappy (McLaren 650S) – Garage 59 – 31
41 – Catsburg/Dusseldorp/Werner (BMW M6) – Rowe – 34
42 – Alessi/Pohler/Fjordbach/Andersen (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 43
43 – Kelders/Rostan/Bonanomi/Bouvy (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 47
44 – Ordonez/Takaboshi/Buncombe (Nissan GT-R)- RJN – 50
45 – Berton/Costantini/Beretta/Gattuso (Lamborghini Huracan) – Ombra – 51
46 – Cameron/Scott/Griffin/Ragazzi (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 60
47 – Notari/Bachelier/Mallegol/Blank (Porsche 991 GT Cup) – RMS – 61
48 – Meulders/Paisse/Pierre/Richard (Porsche 991 GT Cup) – SpeedLover – 63 g
49 – Hirschi/Klien/Palttala (Jaguar G3) – Frey – 85
50 – Mies/Stippler/Winkelhock (Audi R8) – Phoenix – 106
51 – Blanchemain/Lallement/HasseClot/Buffin (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 107
52 – Venturini/VanSplunteren/Mul/Machiels (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 116
53 – Frey/Ortelli/Costa (Jaguar G3) – Frey – 123
54 – Perel/Harris/Pierce/Rosenblad (Bentley Continental) – Parker – 155
Volta mais rápida: Laurens Vanthoor 2’18â€793
Abandonos:
Perazzini/Flohr/Castellacci/Cioci (Ferrari 488) – AT Racing – 333 voltas
Leonard/Meadows/Frijns (Audi R8) – WRT – 302
Ojjeh/Darras/Grotz/Santamato (BMW M6) – Boutsen – 257
Moiseev/Lemeret/Rizzo/Aguas (Ferrari 458) – Kaspersky – 254
Brandela/Buret/Delhez/Petit (Ferrari 458) Classic & Modern – 244
Loger/Nicolle/Mouez/Debs (Ferrari 458) Classic & Modern – 223
Moore/Alex Fontana/Watson (McLaren 650S) – Garage 59 – 208
Loggie/Onslow-Cole/Macleod (Bentley Continental) – Parker – 168
Koebolt/Roda/Colombo/Tomczyk (BMW M6) – Roal – 96
Mateu/HÁ¤ring/Armindo/Estre (Porsche 911 GT3 R) – Attempto – 33
Motoaki/Bontempelli/Beretta/Fisichella (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 33
Campeonato:
1. Bell 124 pontos; 2. Bhuk-Baumann 90.