A dupla formada pelo espanhol Alex Riberas e o alemão Christopher Mies (Belgian Audi Club Team WRT/Audi R8 LMS) venceu as duas provas disputadas no Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, válidas pela terceira etapa do Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
Ribera/Mies venceram a primeira prova, no sábado (23/06), com apenas 0s642 de vantagem sobre a dupla Michael Meadows/Raffaele Marciello (AKKA ASP Team/ Mercedes-AMG GT). A dupla Christian Engelhart/Mirko Bortolotti (GRT Grasser Racing Team/Lamborghini Huracan GT3) completou o pódio, no geral e na classe Pro.
A dupla Ezequiel Perez Companc/Andrea Caldarelli (GRT Grasser Racing Team/Lamborghini Huracan GT3) terminou em quarto, seguida pela dupla Norbert Siedler/Stephane Ortelli Emil Frey Lexus Racing/Lexus RC F GT3).
A dupla Nico Bastian/Jack Manchester (AKKA ASP Team/Mercedes-AMG GT3), sexta colocada, venceu na classe Silver Cup.
Pela classe Pro-Am vitória da dupla Nyls Stievenart/Markus Winkelhock (Sainteloc Racing/ Audi R8 LMS).
O brasileiro Lukas Moraes (3Y Technology/BMW M6 GT3), em dupla com o britânico Andrew Watson, terminou na 14ª posição geral, e sexta na Silver Cup.
A dupla Nicolas Jamin/Denis Bulatov (AKKA ASP Team/ Mercedes-AMG GT3), que alinhou na pole-position, abandonou com problemas mecânicos.
Neste domingo (24/06) Ribera/Mies repetiram o domÁnio, vencendo com 10 segundos de vantagem sobre os parceiros de equipe Will Stevens/Dries Vanthoor. A dupla Simon Gachet, Christopher Haase (Sainteloc Racing/Audi R8 LMS) fechou o pódio.
A dupla Steijn Schothorst/Kelvin van der Linde (Attempto Racing/ Audi R8 LMS) terminou em quarto, seguida por Jamin/Bulatov, vencedores na Silver Cup.
Pela Pro-Am nova vitória de Stievenart/Winkelhock.
Moraes/Watson terminaram na 16ª posição geral, e sexta na Silver Cup.
Riberas/Mies lideram o campeonato com 66,5 pontos, seguidos por Stuart Leonard e Marciello/Meados com 43,5.
A próxima etapa acontece em Hungaroring, na Hungria, entre os dias 01 e 02 de setembro.
Final, prova 1:
1 1 Alex Riberas, Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 37 voltas
2 88 Michael Meadows, Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 0.642
3 63 Christian Engelhart, Mirko Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 16.760
4 19 Ezequiel Perez Companc, Andrea Caldarelli GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 20.650
5 114 Norbert Siedler, Stephane Ortelli Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 a 26.903
6 90 Silver Cup Nico Bastian, Jack Manchester AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 43.392
7 54 Silver Cup Alex Fontana, Mikael Grenier Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey G3 Jaguar a 43.701
8 17 Silver Cup Stuart Leonard, Sheldon van der Linde Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 48.461
9 14 Albert Costa, Christian Klien Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 a 50.741
10 3 Silver Cup Adrien De Leener, Ricardo Feller Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 57.551
11 26 Pro-Am Cup Nyls Stievenart, Markus Winkelhock Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS a 57.845
12 35 Silver Cup Vladimir Atoev, Alexey Korneev SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 1:00.979
13 39 Pro-Am Cup Piti Bhirombhakdi, Carlo Van Dam TP 12 – Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 a 1:16.281
14 37 Silver Cup Andrew Watson, Lukas Moraes 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 a 1:34.389
15 31 Silver Cup Joshua Caygill, Aron Taylor Smith Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 a 1 volta
16 21 Pro-Am Cup Christian Malcharek, Jirko Malcharek Audi Sport Slovakia Audi R8 LMS a 1
17 82 Loris Hezemans, Franck Perera GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 8
NC 66 Steijn Schothorst, Kelvin van der Linde Attempto Racing a 15
NC 2 Will Stevens, Dries Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 19
NC 55 Pieter Schothorst, Pierre Kaffer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS a 28
NC 87 Silver Cup Nicolas Jamin, Denis Bulatov AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 32
NC 25 Simon Gachet, Christopher Haase Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS a 37
Final, prova 2:
1 1 Alex Riberas, Christopher Mies Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 38 voltas
2 2 Will Stevens, Dries Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 10.059
3 25 Simon Gachet, Christopher Haase Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS a 13.295
4 66 Steijn Schothorst, Kelvin van der Linde Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS a 15.044
5 87 Silver Cup Nicolas Jamin, Denis Bulatov AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 15.998
6 17 Silver Cup Stuart Leonard, Sheldon van der Linde Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 29.328
7 82 Loris Hezemans, Franck Perera GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 29.854
8 114 Norbert Siedler, Stephane Ortelli Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 a 39.876
9 26 Pro-Am Cup Nyls Stievenart, Markus Winkelhock Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS a 43.755
10 88 Michael Meadows, Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 44.769
11 54 Silver Cup Alex Fontana, Mikael Grenier Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey G3 Jaguar a 45.420
12 55 Pieter Schothorst, Pierre Kaffer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS a 45.924
13 3 Silver Cup Adrien De Leener, Ricardo Feller Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS a 46.971
14 39 Pro-Am Cup Piti Bhirombhakdi, Carlo Van Dam TP 12 – Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 a 53.580
15 90 Silver Cup Nico Bastian, Jack Manchester AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 58.400
16 37 Silver Cup Andrew Watson, Lukas Moraes 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 a 1:04.809
17 35 Silver Cup Vladimir Atoev, Alexey Korneev SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 a 1:17.793
18 63 Christian Engelhart, Mirko Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 1 volta
19 21 Pro-Am Cup Christian Malcharek, Jirko Malcharek Audi Sport Slovakia Audi R8 LMS a 1
20 19 Ezequiel Perez Companc, Andrea Caldarelli GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 a 2
NC 14 Albert Costa, Christian Klien Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 a 25
NC 31 Silver Cup Joshua Caygill, Aron Taylor Smith Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 a 36