O trio formado pelo austrÁaco Richard Lietz, o dinamarquês Michael Christensen, e o francês Kevin Estre, no Porsche 911 GT3 R #20 da GPX Racing, venceu a 71ª edição das 24 Horas de Spa-Francorchamps, na Bélgica, penúltima etapa do Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.
Com dois perÁodos de Safety-Car na meia hora final da prova, Estre manteve o controle na relargada final, recebendo a bandeira quadriculada com 3s247 de vantagem sobre Nick Tandy, no Porsche 911 GT3 R #998 da Rowe Racing (em trio com Frederic Makowiecki,/Patrick Pilet).
O trio Maro Engel/Yelmer Buurman/Luca Stolz (Mercedes-AMG Team BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3) completou o pódio no geral, e na classe Pro.
O trio Markus Winkelhock/Frederic Vervisch/Christopher Haase (Audi Sport Team Sainteloc Audi R8 LMS GT3) terminou em quarto, seguio pelo trio Sven Müller/Romain Dumas/Mathieu Jaminet (Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R).
Cinco brasileiros disputaram a prova:
Felipe Fraga (AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3), em trio com Nico Bastian/Timur Boguslavskiy, terminou na 17ª posicão no geral, e segundo na Silver Cup.
Pipo Derani, em trio com Lucas Ordonez/Andy Soucek (M-Sport Team Bentley Bentley Continental) terminou na 29ª posição geral, e 23ª na classe Pro.
Augusto Farfus, em trio com Martin Tomczyk/John Edwards (BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3) abandonou.
Daniel Serra, em trio com Nick Cassidy/Nick Foster (HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3) abandonou.
Rodrigo Baptista, em trio com Callum MacLeod/Sebastian Morris (M-Sport Team Bentley Bentley Continental GT3) abandonou.
A última etapa da temporada, as 3 Horas de Barcelona, na Espanha, acontece no dia 29 de setembro.
Final:
1 20 Richard Lietz, Michael Christensen, Kevin Estre GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 363 voltas
2 998 Frederic Makowiecki, Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R a 3.347
3 4 Maro Engel, Yelmer Buurman, Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 17.945
4 25 Markus Winkelhock, Frederic Vervisch, Christopher Haase Audi Sport Team Sainteloc Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 a 22.425
5 98 Sven Müller, Romain Dumas, Mathieu Jaminet Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 362 voltas
6 30 Mario Farnbacher, Renger van der Zande, Bertrand Baguette Honda Team Motul Honda Acura NSX GT3 2019 362
7 99 Dennis Olsen, Matt Campbell, Dirk Werner Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 362
8 563 Dennis Lind, Andrea Caldarelli, Marco Mapelli Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 362
9 117 Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard, Laurens Vanthoor KÁœS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 362
10 999 Maxi Buhk, Lucas Auer, Maxi GÁ¶tz Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 362
11 34 Mikkel Jensen, Christian Krognes, Nicky Catsburg Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 362
12 10 Charles Weerts, Norman Nato, Rik Breukers Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 362
13 88 Vincent Abril, Fabian Schiller, Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Team Akka ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 361
14 129 Christopher Mies, Ricardo Feller, Jamie Green Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 361
15 78 Silver Cup James Pull, Jordan Witt, Sandy Mitchell Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 361
16 63 Mirko Bortolotti, Christian Engelhart, Rolf Ineichen GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 361
17 90 Silver Cup Nico Bastian, Timur Boguslavskiy, Felipe Fraga AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 361
18 18 Alexandre Imperatori, Oliver Jarvis, Edoardo Liberati KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 360
19 76 Marvin KirchhÁ¶fer, Alex Lynn, Jake Dennis R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 360
20 44 Tristan Vautier, Lewis Williamson, Gary Paffett Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 360
21 519 Phil Keen, Franck Perera, Giovanni Venturini Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 360
22 97 Pro-AM Cup Salih Yoluc, Ahmad Al Harthy, Charlie Eastwood, Nicki Thiim Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 359
23 1 Robin Frijns, Nico Müller, Rene Rast Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 358
24 6 Silver Cup Hubert Haupt, Patrick Assenheimer, Gabriele Piana, Abdulaziz Al Faisal BLACK FALCON Mercedes-AMG GT3 358
25 2 Dries Vanthoor, Alex Riberas, Frank Stippler Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 358
26 74 Pro-AM Cup Remon Vos, Darren Burke, Christiaan Frankenhout, Tom Onslow-Cole Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 358
27 54 Klaus Bachler, Andrea Rizzoli, Zaid Ashkanani Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 357
28 33 AM Cup Christian Hook, Alexander Mattschull, Manuel Lauck, Hendrik Still Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 357
29 110 Pippo Derani, Lucas Ordonez, Andy Soucek M-Sport Team Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 357
30 66 Milan Dontje, Clemens Schmid, Kelvin van der Linde Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 357
31 22 Silver Cup Ricardo Sanchez, Matt McMurry, Philipp Frommenwiler, Struan Moore Jenson Team Rocket RJN Honda Acura NSX GT3 2019 357
32 43 Pro-AM Cup Christina Nielsen, Richard Heistand, David Fumanelli, Jack Hawksworth Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 357
33 19 Silver Cup Arno Santamato, Gerhard Tweraser, Lucas Mauron, Andrea Amici GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 356
34 17 Silver Cup Alex MacDowall, Shae Davies, Paul Petit Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 356
35 77 AM Cup Adrian Amstutz, Leo Machitski, Richard Abra, Patrick Kujala Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 356
36 29 AM Cup Christoph Lenz, Antonio Forne Tomas, Stefano Costantini, Alberto di Folco Raton Racing by Target Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 355
37 12 Silver Cup Denis Dupont, Stefano Gattuso, Corey Lewis, Dean Stoneman Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 353
38 444 AM Cup Florian Scholze, Philipp Wlazik, Jens Liebhauser, Thomas Neubauer HB Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 353
39 35 Katsumasa Chiyo, Tsugio Matsuda, Joshua Burdon KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 352
40 93 Pro-AM Cup Jonathan Hui, Chris Froggatt, Edward Cheever, Giancarlo Fisichella Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 351
41 488 AM Cup Pierre Ehret, Martin Berry, Jose Manuel Balbiani, Rory Penttinen Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 350
42 16 Pro-AM Cup John Shen, Philippe Descombes, Benny Simonsen, Mathias Beche Modena Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 348
43 133 Pro-AM Cup Roberto Pampanini, Ivan Jacoma, Stefano Monaco, Mauro Calamia Scuderia Villorba Corse Mercedes-AMG GT3 347
44 23 AM Cup Eric Cayrolle, Bernard Delhez, Fabien Barthez, Timothe Buret Tech 1 Racing Lexus RCF GT 345
45 21 AM Cup Michael Soeryadjay, Antares Au, Francis Tjia, Remo Ruscitti OpenRoad Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 343
46 9 AM Cup Eric Maris, Marc Rostan, Karim Ojjeh, Gennaro Bonafede Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 339
47 188 AM Cup Alexander West, Chris Harris, Chris Goodwin, Ross Gunn Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 339
48 26 Pro-AM Cup Pierre Yves Paque, Mickael Blanchemain, Steven Palette, Simon Gachet Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 338
49 107 Jordan Pepper, Steven Kane, Jules Gounon Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 321
50 80 AM Cup Sun Jingzu, Jeffrey Lee, Andrew Haryanto, Yasser Shahin Audi Sport R8 LMS CUP Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 303
51 72 Miguel Molina, Mikhail Aleshin, Davide Rigon SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 294
NC 27 AM Cup Fernando Navarrente, Sylvain Debs, Immanuel Vinke, Graham Davidson Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 252
NC 14 Pro-AM Cup Jiri Pisarik, Gabriele Lancieri, Josef Kral, Matteo Malucelli Bohemia Energy racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 240
NC 42 Martin Tomczyk, John Edwards, Augusto Farfus BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 237
NC 5 Silver Cup Ivan Pareras, Kim Luis Schramm, Finlay Hutchison Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 229
NC 555 Silver Cup Michele Beretta, Taylor Proto, Diego Menchaca, Giacomo Altoe Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 2019 224
NC 0 Nobuteru Taniguchi, Tatsuya Kataoka, Adam Christodoulou Goodsmile Racing & Type-Moon Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 217
NC 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi, Sam Bird, James Calado AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 199
NC 52 Pro-AM Cup Niek Hommerson, Louis Machiels, Toni Vilander, Andrea Bertolini AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 186
NC 91 Pro-AM Cup Daniel Allemann, Ralf Bohn, Robert Renauer, Alfred Renauer Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 179
NC 333 Silver Cup Rinat Salikhov, Denis Bulatov, David Perel, Indy Dontje Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 168
NC 55 Silver Cup Steijn Schothorst, Pieter Schothorst, Mattia Drudi Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 2019 147
NC 108 Markus Palttala, Alex Buncombe, Maxime Soulet Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 118
NC 50 Pro-AM Cup Loic Deman, Stephane Lemeret, Marc Duez, Angelique Detavernier 1969 Tribute Porsche Cup MR 94
NC 62 Matthieu Vaxiviere, Matt Parry, Maxime Martin R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 84
NC 31 Pro-AM Cup Derek Pierce, Ryan Ratcliffe, Glynn Geddie, Andy Meyrick Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 51
NC 37 AM Cup Philippe Bourgois, Philippe Haezebrouck, Jean-Paul Buffin, Gilles Vannelet 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 33
NC 762 Silver Cup Ricky Collard, Ferdinand Habsburg, Hugo de Sadeleer, Aaro Vainio R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 30
NC 227 Nick Cassidy, Nick Foster, Daniel Serra HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 25
NC 36 AM Cup Henry Walkenhorst, Anders Buchardt, Donald Yount, David Pittard Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 21
NC 59 Come Ledogar, Andrew Watson, Jonny Adam Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 10
NC 109 Rodrigo Baptista, Callum MacLeod, Sebastian Morris M-Sport Team Bentley Bentley Continental GT3 6