As duplas Thomas Neubahuer/Nico Bastian (Mercedes AMG/AKKA) e Maro Engel/Lucas Stolz (Mercedes AMG GT3/BlackFalcon) foram os vencedores da etapa de abertura do Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe. Até o ano passado a categoria era chamada de Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
Neubahuer/ Bastian venceram a primeira prova (vencendo também pela classe Silver), seguidos por Engel/Stolz (vencedores na classe Pro), e Christian Engehlhart/Mirko Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan/Grasser).
Pela classe ProAm vitória da dupla David Perel/Rinat Salikhov (Ferrari 488/Rinaldi). Na Am, vitória da dupla Florian Scholze/Wofgang Triller (Ferrari 488/HB).
Engel/Stoltz venceram a segunda prova. Marco Mapelli/Andrea Caldarelli (Lambroghini Huracan/FFF) terminaram em segundo, seguidos por Nick Foster/Steijn Schothorst (Audi R8/Attempto).
Bastian/Neubauer terminaram em oitavo, vencendo novamente pela Silver Cup.
Pela ProAm vitória da dupla Phil Keen/Hiroshi Hamaguchi (Lamborghini Huracan/FFF). Scholze/Triller, únicos inscritos na classe, venceram na Am.
A prova foi marcada por um múltiplo acidente, que provocou a bandeira amarela, e a entrada do Safety-Car.
Engel/Stolz lideram o campeonato com 29,5 pontos, seguidos por Neubahuer/Bastian com 18,5 pontos.
Final, prova 1:
1 – Neubahuer/Bastian (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 39 voltas em 1.00’16â€998
2 – Engel/Stolz (Mercedes AMG GT3) – BlackFalcon – 2’003
3 – Engehlhart/Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 10â€200
4 – Marciello/Abril (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 20â€847
5 – Schmid/VanDerLinde (Audi R8) – Attempto – 22â€103
6 – Gamble/Davies (Audi R8) – WRT – 22â€597
7 – Kirchhofer/Collard (Aston Martin Vantage) – R Motorsport – 30â€611
8 – Vervisch/Hutchinson (Audi R8) – Phoenix – 30â€936
9 – Breukers/Tunjo (Audi R8) – WRT – 34â€404
10 – Drudi/Dontje (Audi R8) – Attempto – 34â€896
11 – Vanthoor/PerezCompanc (Audi R8) – WRT – 41â€399
12 – Mies/Weerts (Audi R8) – WRT – 44â€530
13 – Perel/Salikhov (Ferrari 488) – Rinaldi – 1’01â€161
14 – Keen/Hamaguchi (Lamborghini Huracan) – 1’02â€214
15 – Schiller/Boguslavskiy (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 1’03â€360
16 – Haase/Gachet (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 1’12â€814
17 – Pla/Beabelique (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 1’18â€635
18 – Scholze/Triller (Ferrari 488) – HB – 1 volta
Volta mais rápida: Vanthoor 1’23â€950
Abandonos:
Proto/Menchaca (Lamborghinin Huracan) – FFF – 32
DeSadeleer/Vainio (Aston Martin Vantage) – R Motorsport – 18
Bertolini/Machiels (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 10
Mapelli/Caldarelli (Lambroghini Huracan) – FFF – 9
Foster/Schothorst (Audi R8) – Attempto – 0
Stippler/Schramm (Audi R8) – Phoenix – 0
Winkelhock/Palette (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 0
Ortelli/Stievenart (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – NL
Final, prova 2:
1 – Engel/Stolz (Mercedes AMG GT3) – BlackFalcon – 39 voltas em 1:01’05â€000
2 – Mapelli/Caldarelli (Lambroghini Huracan) – FFF – 11â€463
3 – Foster/Schothorst (Audi R8) – Attempto – 14â€190
4 – Schmid/VanDerLinde (Audi R8) – Attempto – 15â€164
5 – Kirchhofer/Collard (Aston Martin Vantage) – R Motorsport – 17â€168
6 – Mies/Weerts (Audi R8) – WRT – 20â€369
7 – Haase/Gachet (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – 24â€825
8 – Neubahuer/Bastian (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 33â€575
9 – Drudi/Dontje (Audi R8) – Attempto – 38â€433
10 – Engehlhart/Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan) – Grasser – 38â€671
11 – DeSadeleer/Vainio (Aston Martin Vantage) – R Motorsport – 43â€807
12 – Vervisch/Hutchinson (Audi R8) – Phoenix – 50â€363
13 – Stippler/Schramm (Audi R8) – Phoenix – 54â€444
14 – Keen/Hamaguchi (Lamborghini Huracan) – FFF – 1’19â€604
15 – Pla/Beabelique (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 1’19â€629
16 – Perel/Salikhov (Ferrari 488) – Rinaldi – 1 volta
17 – Scholze/Triller (Ferrari 488) – HB – 1 volta
18 – Schiller/Boguslavskiy (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 3 voltas
Volta mais rápida: Van del Linde 1’24â€244
Abandonos:
Marciello/Abril (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 27
Bertolini/Machiels (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 5
Breukers/Tunjo (Audi R8) – WRT – 5
Vanthoor/PerezCompanc (Audi R8) – WRT – 5
Gamble/Davies (Audi R8) – WRT – 0
Ortelli/Stievenart (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – NL
Proto/Menchaca (Lamborghinin Huracan) – FFF – NL
Winkelhock/Palette (Audi R8) – Sainteloc – NL