O trio Dominik Baumann/Jazeman Jaafar/Maximilian Buhk (HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3) venceu no domingo (15/05) no Circuito de Silverstone, na Inglaterra, a segunda etapa do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup. Os trios Dries Vanthoor/Frederic Vervisch/Laurens Vanthoor (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS) e Rolf Ineichen/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Mirko Bortolotti (GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3) completaram o pódio.
No pit stop final Buhk voltou para a pista com apenas 2s4 de vantagem sobre Laurens Vanthoor (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS).
Bhk conseguiu aumentar a vantagem para cinco segundos, quando faltando 40 minutos para o final, o Safety-Car foi acionado. Com mais vinte minutos de prova (de um total de três horas de disputas) a bandeira verde foi agitada. Vanthoor foi para cima de Buhk, com os carros recebendo a bandeirada final, separados por 0s963. Ineichen/Bleekemolen/Bortolotti, que alinharam na pole, fecharam o pódio.
O trio Maxime Martin/Philipp Eng/Alexander (Sims Rowe Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3) terminou em quarto, seguido pelo trio Luciano Bacheta/Indy Dontje/Clemens (Schmid HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3).
Vencedores da prova de abertura da temporada, o trio Come Ledogar/Shane Van Gisbergen/Rob Bell (Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3) chegou na sexta posição.
Os brasileiros Rodrigo Baptista e Sergio Jimenez, em trio com o português Filipe Albuquerque (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS) terminou na 20ª posição geral.
A próxima etapa, os 1000 km de Paul Ricard, na França, acontece no dia 23 de junho.Â
Final:
1 84 Dominik Baumann, Jazeman Jaafar, Maximilian Buhk HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3Â 83 voltas
2 1 Dries Vanthoor, Frederic Vervisch, Laurens Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 0.963
3 16 Rolf Ineichen, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mirko Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 22.163
4 99 Maxime Martin, Philipp Eng, Alexander Sims Rowe Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3 a 23.814
5 85 Luciano Bacheta, Indy Dontje, Clemens Schmid HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 23.938
6 58 Come Ledogar, Shane Van Gisbergen, Rob Bell Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3 a 29.114
7 26 Gregory Guilvert, Mike Parisy, Christopher Haase Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS a 31.111
8 7 Vincent Abril, Guy Smith, Steven Kane Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 a 33.675
9 28 Antonio Garcia, Will Stevens, Nico Müller Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 45.017
10 101 Fabio Babini, Daniel Zampieri, Patric Niederhauser Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 46.640
11 57 Hubert Haupt, Andreas Simonsen, Adam Christodoulou Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 47.593
12 98 Stef Dusseldorp, Jens Klingmann, Nick Catsburg Rowe Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3 a 49.333
13 2 Stuart Leonard, Michael Meadows, Robin Frijns Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 50.265
14 90 Ezequiel Perez Companc, Alessandro Balzan, Raffaele Giammaria AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 a 56.834
15 75 Marlon Stockinger, Filip Salaquarda, Frank Stippler ISR Audi R8 LMS a 58.795
16 50 Pasin Lathouras, Alessandro Pier Guidi, Michele Rugolo AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 a 1:02.901
17 56 Pro-AM Cup Oliver Morley, Miguel Toril, Maro Engel Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 1:07.602
18 44 Pro-AM Cup Ahmad Al Harthy, Devon Modell, Jonathan Adam Oman Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 a 1:09.886
19 74 Pro-AM Cup Henry Hassid, Philippe Giauque, Franck Perera ISR Audi R8 LMS a 1:10.736
20 3 Rodrigo Baptista, Sergio Jimenez, Filipe Albuquerque Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 82 voltas
21 19 Michele Beretta, Luca Stolz, Andrea Piccini GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 82
22 59 Alex Fontana, Struan Moore, Andrew Watson Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT382
23 4 Adrien De Leener, Peter Kox, Pierre Kaffer Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMSÂ 82
24 29 Jules Gounon, Daniel Cammish, Christopher ZÁ¶chling Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 82
25 89 Pro-AM Cup Daniele Perfetti, Laurent Cazenave, Michael Lyons AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3Â 82
26 10 Pro-AM Cup Giovanni Berton, Matteo Beretta, Stefano Costantini Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 82
27 24 Pro-AM Cup Ian Loggie, Tom Onslow-Cole, Callum Macleod Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3Â 82
28 22 Pro-AM Cup Matthew Simmons, Romain Sarazin, Sean Walkinshaw Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3Â 82
29 11 Pro-AM Cup Michal Broniszewski, Alessandro Bonacini, Andrea Rizzoli Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 82
30 15 Pro-AM Cup Max Koebolt, Giorgio Roda, Stefano Colombo BMW Team Italia BMW F13 M6 GT3Â 82
31 34 Pro-AM Cup Jiri Pisarik, Matteo Malucelli Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3Â 82
32 666 Pro-AM Cup Mark Poole, Richard Abra, Joe Osborne Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3Â 81
33 488 AM Cup Stef Vancampenhoudt, Pierre Ehret Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3Â 81
34 53 Pro-AM Cup Ishikawa Motoaki, Lorenzo Bontempelli, Giancarlo Fisichella AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3Â 81
35 12 Pro-AM Cup Olivier Grotz, Karim Ojjeh, Julian Darras Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW F13 M6 GT3Â 81
36 66 Pro-AM Cup Alexander Mattschull, Steve Parrow, Daniel Keilwitz Black Pearl Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 81
37 87 AM Cup Maurice Ricci, Jean-Luc Beaubelique, Gilles Vannelet AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3Â 81
38 69 AM Cup Miro Konopka, Andrzej Lewandowski, Teodor Myszkowski ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan GT3 81
39 25 Pro-AM Cup Gilles Lallement, Marc Rostan, Marco Bonanomi Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMSÂ 81
40 30 AM Cup Derek Pierce, Chris Cooper, Chris Harris Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3Â 80
41 49 AM Cup Garry Kondakov, Alexander Moiseev, Ricardo Ragazzi Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Â 79
42 76 Pro-AM Cup Thierry Cornac, Raymond Narac, Maxime Jousse IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R 79
43 14 Lorenz Frey, Stephane Ortelli, Albert Costa Emil Frey Racing Emil Frey Jaguar G3 79
44 100 Pro-AM Cup Louis Machiels, Max Van Splunteren, Jeroen Mul Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3Â 79
45 888 AM Cup Vadim Glitin, Marco Zanuttini, Liam Talbot Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 76
46 8 Maxime Soulet, Wolfgang Reip, Andy Soucek Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3Â 75
47 42 AM Cup Romano Ricci, Nyls Stievenart, Thomas Nicolle CMR with Sport Garage Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Â 60
NC 111 AM Cup Bernard Delhez, Stephen Earle, David Perel Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Â 53
NC 51 AM Cup Peter Mann, Francisco Guedes, Rino Mastronardi AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3Â 48
NC 333 Marco Seefried, Rinat Salikhov, Norbert Siedler Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Â 33
NC 78 Pro-AM Cup Phil Keen, Leo Machitski, Marco Mapelli Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3Â 31
NC 23 Lucas Ordonez, Mitsunori Takaboshi, Alex Buncombe Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3Â 22