O trio formado pelo britânico Rob Bell, o neozelandês Shane Van Gisbergen e o francês Come Ledogar (McLaren 650S – Garage 59) venceu os 1000 Km de Paul Ricard, na França, terceira etapa do Blancpain Endurance Series. Foi a segunda vitória do trio na temporada.
Bell/Ledogar/Van Gisbergen completaram 165 voltas, vencendo com três segundos de vantagem sobre o trio formado pelos italianos Alessandro Pier Guidi, Michele Rugolo e o tailandês Pasin Lathouras (Ferrari 488- AF Corse), que alinhou na pole-position.
O trio formado pelo brasileiro Rodrigo Baptista, o dinamarquês Jan Magnussen e o português Felipe Albuquerque (Audi R8 – WRT) completou o pódio.
Bell/Ledogar/Van Gisbergen lideram o campeonato com 66 pontos, 22 a mais do que o trio Baumann/Jaafar/Buhk (HTP Motorsport – Mercedes-AMG GT3), que abandonou a prova francesa.
A próxima etapa, a 24 Horas de Spa-Francorchamps, na Bélgica, acontece entre os dias 30 e 31 de julho.
Final:
1 – Bell/Ledogar/Van Gisbergen (McLaren 650S) – Garage 59 – 165 voltas em 6:00:46.072
2 – Lathouras/Rugolo/Pier Guidi (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 3.376
3 – Baptista/Magnussen/Albuquerque (Audi R8) – WRT – 1:38.158
4 – Soucek/Reip/Soulet (Bentley Continental) – M – Sport – 1:49.355
5 – Ordonez/Takaboshi/Buncombe (Nissan GT-R) – RJN – 1 volta
6 – Guilvert/Haase/Parisy (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 1
7 – Garcia/Stevens/Rast (Audi R8) – WRT – 1
8 – Broniszewski/Bonacini/Rizzoli (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 1
9 – Cameron/Rizzo/Griffin (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 1
10 – Babini/Niederhauser/Zampieri (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 2
11 – Salaquarda/Stockinger/Stippler (Audi R8) – ISR – 2
12 – Machitski/Keen/Mapelli (Lamborghini Huracan) – Barwell – 2
13 – Smith/Abril/Kane (Bentley Continental) – M – Sport – 2
14 – Moore/Fontana/Watson (McLaren 650S) – Garage 59 – 2
15 – Hassid/Giauque/Perera (Audi R8) – ISR – 2
16 – Van Splunteren/Van Splunteren/Mul (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 3
17 – Morley/Toril/Engel (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 3
18 – Perfetti/Cazenave/Lyons (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – AKKA ASP – 3
19 – Vanthoor/Vervisch/Vanthoor (Audi R8) – WRT – 3
20 – Ojjeh/Darras/Grotz (BMW M6) – Boutsen Ginion – 4
21 – Pierburg/Arnold/Müller (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – SPS – 4
22 – Zanuttini/Gitlin/Talbot (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 4
23 – Narac/Cornac/Jousse (Porsche 911 GT3) – IMSA – 4
24 – Ricci/Beaubelique/Vannelet (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – AKKA ASP – 5
25 – Motoaki/Bontempelli/Beretta (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 5
26 – Kelders/Rostan/Bonanomi (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 6
27 – Hamon/Nicolle/Brandela (Ferrari 458) – Classic & Modern – 6
28 – Delhez/Earle/Perel (Ferrari 458) – Kessel – 7
29 – Mann/Guedes/Mastronardi (Ferrari 458) – AF Corse – 7
30 – Koebolt/Roda/Colombo (BMW M6) – BMW Italia – 7
31 – Konopka/Lewandowski/Myszkowski (Lamborghini Huracan) – ARC Bratislava – 8
32 – Cooper/Harris/Pierce (Bentley Continental) – Parker – 10
33 – Modell/Al Harthy/Adam (Aston Martin Vantage) – Oman – 12
34 – Haupt/Simonsen/Christodoulou (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 14
35 – Bin Turki Al Faisal/Schneider/Buurman (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – Black Falcon – 15
36 – Melin/Ricci/Filler (Ferrari 458) – Classic & Modern – 15
37 – Simmons/Sarazin/Walkinshaw (Nissan GT-R) – RJN – 18
38 – Parrow/Mattschull/Schwager (Ferrari 458) – Black Pearl – 30
39 – Cerruti/Giannoni/Di Folco (Lamborghini Huracan) – Antonelli – 30
40 – Beretta/Piccini/Stolz (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 34
41 – Berton/Costantini/Beretta (Lamborghini Huracan) – Ombra – 41
42 – Frey/Ortelli/Costa (Jaguar G3) – Emil Frey – 42
43 – Dontje/Bacheta/Schmid (Mercedes-AMG GT3) – HTP – 46