O trio formado pelo britânico Tom Blomqvist, o norueguês Christian Krognes, e o austrÁaco Philipp Eng, no BMW M6 GT3 #34 da Walkenhorst Motorsport, venceu neste domingo (29/07) a 70 edição das 24 Horas de Spa-Francorchamps, na Bélgica, quarta etapa do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
Em uma prova marcada por diversos acidentes (incluindo uma bandeira vermelha) o trio do carro #34, com a estratégia de um pit stop a menos do que os rivais, recebeu a bandeira quadriculada com 10s408 de vantagem sobre o trio Alexander Sims/Jens Klingmann/Nicky Catsburg (Rowe Racing/BMW M6 GT3 #99).
O trio Kelvin van der Linde/Sheldon van der Linde/Jeffrey Schmidt (Montaplast by Land-Motorsport/Audi R8 LMS #29).
O trio Markus Winkelhock/Frederic Vervisch/Christopher Haase (Audi Sport Team Sainteloc/Audi R8 LMS #25) terminou em quarto, seguido pelo trio Yelmer Buurman/Luca Stolz/Maro Engel (Mercedes-AMG Team BLACK FALCON /Mercedes-AMG GT3 #4).
Pela classe Pro-Am Cup, vitória do quarteto Daniel Keilwitz/Alexander Mattschull/Rinat Salikhov/David Perel (Rinaldi Racing/Ferrari 488 GT3 #333).
Pela Silver Cup vitória do quarteto Kang Ling/Alex Frassineti/Romain Monti/Andrea Rizzoli (Ombra Racing/Lamborghini Huracan GT3 #12).
Pela AM Cup vitória do quarteto Adrian Amstutz/Leo Machitski/Richard Abra/Patrick Kujala (Barwell Motorsport/Lamborghini Huracan GT3 #77).
Os três brasileiros inscritos na prova abandonaram. Rubens Barrichello/Felipe Fraga, em trio com Christian Vietoris (Strakka Racing/Mercedes-AMG GT3 #44) na 117ª volta. E Daniel Serra, em trio com Stuart Leonard/Marcel FÁ¤ssler (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT/Audi R8 LMS #17) na 93ª volta.
A prova ficou em bandeira vermelha, depois do fortÁssimo acidente entre Andy Meyrick (Team Parker Racing/Bentley Continental GT3 #31) e Jürgen Krebs (Attempto Racing/Lamborghini Huracan GT3 #666). Os pilotos foram levados para um hospital, com diversas fraturas.
Afastado das pistas desde 2006, o veterano piloto italiano Riccardo Patrese, de 64 anos, e com 256 GPs de F-1 disputados, em quarteto com Loic Depaille/ Esteban Guerrieri/Bertrand Baguette (Castrol Honda Racing/Honda NSX GT3 #30) terminou na 32ª posição geral, e sétimo na Pro-Am.
A última etapa do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup acontece no dia 30 de setembro, a Três Horas de Barcelona, na Espanha.
Final:
1 34 Tom Blomqvist, Christian Krognes, Philipp Eng Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 511 voltas
2 99 Alexander Sims, Jens Klingmann, Nicky Catsburg Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 a 10.408
3 29 Kelvin van der Linde, Sheldon van der Linde, Jeffrey Schmidt Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS a 37.941
4 25 Markus Winkelhock, Frederic Vervisch, Christopher Haase Audi Sport Team Sainteloc Audi R8 LMS a 53.645
5 4 Yelmer Buurman, Luca Stolz, Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 1:17.916
6 88 Raffaele Marciello, Daniel Juncadella, Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG Team Akka ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 510
7 23 Matt Parry, Alex Buncombe, Lucas Ordonez GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 510
8 2 Rene Rast, Nico Müller, Robin Frijns Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 509
9 76 Matthieu Vaxiviere, Jake Dennis, Nicki Thiim R-Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 508
10 72 Mikhail Aleshin, Miguel Molina, Davide Rigon SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 508
11 43 Maxi Buhk, Alvaro Parente, Maxi GÁ¶tz Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 508
12 84 Renger van der Zande, Edoardo Mortara, Gary Paffett Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER Mercedes-AMG GT3 507
13 14 Marco Seefried, Christian Klien, Albert Costa Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 507
14 19 Ezequiel Perez Companc, Raffaelle Gianmaria, Marco Mapelli GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 506
15 333 Pro-AM Cup Daniel Keilwitz, Alexander Mattschull, Rinat Salikhov, David Perel Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 506
16 35 Michael Meadows, Denis Bulatov, Vitaly Petrov SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 505
17 42 Pro-AM Cup Chris Buncombe, Nick Leventis, Lewis Williamson, David Fumanelli Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 504
18 12 Silver Cup Kang Ling, Alex Frassineti, Romain Monti, Andrea Rizzoli Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 504
19 78 Silver Cup Michele Beretta, Rik Breukers, Sandy Mitchell, Martin Kodric Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 504
20 175 Pro-AM Cup Kenny Habul, Bernd Schneider, Thomas JÁ¤ger, Martin Konrad Sun Energy 1 Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 503
21 51 Pro-AM Cup Duncan Cameron, Lorenzo Bontempelli, Aaron Scott, Matt Griffin AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 503
22 58 Come Ledogar, Olivier Pla, Ben Barnicoat Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3 503
23 6 Silver Cup Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Hubert Haupt, Manuel Metzger, Gabriele Piana BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 501
24 55 Kim Luis Schramm, Clemens Schmid, Pierre Kaffer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 501
25 7 Jordan Pepper, Steven Kane, Jules Gounon Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 499
26 53 Pro-AM Cup Niek Hommerson, Louis Machiels, Marco Cioci, Andrea Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 499
27 77 AM Cup Adrian Amstutz, Leo Machitski, Richard Abra, Patrick Kujala Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 496
28 54 Silver Cup Alex Fontana, Adrian Zaugg, Mikael Grenier Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey G3 Jaguar 496
29 911 Frederic Makowiecki, Romain Dumas, Dirk Werner Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 493
30 9 AM Cup Alberto di Folco, Stefano Costantini, Bernard Delhez, Sylvain Debs Target Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 491
31 5 Pro-AM Cup Kriton Lendoudis, Saud Al Faisal, Rui Aguas, Tom Onslow-Cole BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 490
32 30 Pro-AM Cup Riccardo Patrese, Loic Depailler, Esteban Guerrieri, Bertrand Baguette Castrol Honda Racing Honda NSX GT3 490
33 49 Pro-AM Cup Darren Burke, Salih Yoluc, Euan Hankey, Felix Rosenqvist Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 489
34 488 AM Cup Murad Sultanov, Rick Yoon, Nicholas Boulle, Pierre Ehret Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 488
35 62 Dominik Baumann, Marvin KirchhÁ¶fer, Maxime Martin R-Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 485
36 75 AM Cup Gregory Teo, David Tjiptobiantoro, Christian Colombo, Matteo Cressoni T2 Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 482
37 22 Silver Cup Sean Walkinshaw, Jordan Witt, Ricardo Sanchez, Struan Moore GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 482
38 36 AM Cup Anders Buchardt, Henry Walkenhorst, Ralf Oeverhaus, Immanuel Vinke Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 478
39 991 AM Cup Jürgen HÁ¤ring, Edward Lewis Brauner, Wolfgang Triller, Alfred Renauer Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 475
40 1 Dries Vanthoor, Alex Riberas, Christopher Mies Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 456
41 540 Pro-AM Cup Tim Pappas, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Marc Lieb, Marc Miller Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 447
42 188 AM Cup Alexander West, Chris Harris, Chris Goodwin, Andrew Watson Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3 391
43 70 Group Nat Pierre Yves Paque, Gregory Paisse, Bob Wilwert, Gilles Petit Speed Lover Porsche 991 Cup 390
44 66 Pieter Schothorst, Steijn Schothorst, Jamie Green Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 384
45 100 Pro-AM Cup Nicolas Van Dierendonck, Koen Wauters, Tim Verbergt, Sam Dejonghe Brussels Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage 376
46 18 Pro-AM Cup Juan Perez, Gianluca Giraudi, Loris Spinelli, Giacomo Altoe Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 374
47 67 Group Nat Andrew Haryanto, Andres Josephsohn, Beniamino Caccia, Sarah Bovy GDL Racing Lamborghini Super Trofeo 364
NC 117 Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard, Laurens Vanthoor KÁœS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 353
NC 8 Vincent Abril, Andy Soucek, Maxime Soulet Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 349
NC 111 Silver Cup Nikolaj Rogivue, Loris Hezemans, Philipp Frommenwiler, Tobias Dauenhauer Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 342
NC 82 Rolf Ineichen, Phil Keen, Franck Perera GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 311
NC 90 Silver Cup Jack Manchester, Jules Szymkowiak, Fabian Schiller, Nico Bastian AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 261
NC 666 AM Cup Rory Penttinen, Jürgen Krebs, Tim Müller, John-Louis Jasper Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 227
NC 114 Norbert Siedler, Stephane Ortelli, Markus Palttala Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 196
NC 31 Pro-AM Cup Rob Smith, Derek Pierce, Andy Meyrick, Sebastian Morris Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 195
NC 98 Ricky Collard, Marco Wittmann, Jesse Krohn Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 194
NC 28 Silver Cup Arno Santamato, Stefano Gattuso, Nicolas Pohler, Fabrizio Crestani Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 135
NC 44 Rubens Barrichello, Christian Vietoris, Felipe Fraga Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 117
NC 63 Andrea Caldarelli, Christian Engelhart, Mirko Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 113
NC 17 Daniel Serra, Stuart Leonard, Marcel FÁ¤ssler Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 93
NC 97 Silver Cup Ahmad Al Harthy, Euan Mckay, Charlie Eastwood, Ross Gunn Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 72
NC 89 AM Cup Nicolas Jamin, Philippe Giauque, Eric Debard, Fabien Barthez AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 43
NC 26 AM Cup Christian Kelders, Nyls Stievenart, Marc Rostan, Simon Gachet Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS 39