Blancpain Sprint Series: Mirko Bortolotti e Christian Engelhart dominam em Brands Hatch

A Dupla Mirko Bortolotti/Christian Engelhart (Lamborghini Huracan Grasser Racing Team) dominou a segunda etapa do Blancpain Sprint Series (e terceira do GT Series), disputada em Brands Hatch, na Grã-Bretanha.

Bortolotti/ Engelhart alinharam na pole para prova classificatória. E venceram de ponta ponta. Engelhart recebeu a bandeirada final com 3s7 de vantagem sobre Markus Palttala (BMW M6 Rowe, em parceria com Jesse Krohn).

A dupla Ezequiel Perez-Companc/Norbert Siedler (Lamborghini Huracan Grasser Racing Team) completou o pódio.

Novamente pole, Bortolotti/Engelhart repetiram o desempenho na prova principal. Vencendo de ponta a ponta com 8s9 de vantagem sobre a dupla Stewart Leonard/Robin Frijns (Audi R8 WRT). Markus Winkelhock/Will Stevens, também da WRT, fecharam o pódio.

A próxima etapa, segunda da Endurance Series, acontece em Silverstone, na Grã-Bretanha, no dia 14 de maio.

Final, prova classificatória:

1 – Engelhart/Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan) – GRT – 40 voltas
2 – Krohn/Palttala (BMW M6) – Rowe – 3”752
3 – PerezCompanc/Siedler (Lamborghini Huracan) – GRT – 4”744
4 – Serralles/Juncadella (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 5”113
5 – Da Costa/Eng (BMW M6) – Rowe – 5”859
6 – Barnicoat/Parente (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 6”865
7 – Leonard/Frijns(Audi R8) – WRT – 9”221
8 – Meadows/Marciello (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 9”465
9 – Venturini/Mapelli (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 10”669
10 – Stippler/Ceccon (Audi R8) – ISR – 11”189
11 – Winkelhock/Stevens (Audi R8) – WRT – 11”566
12 – Schmid/Salaquarda (Audi R8) – ISR – 12”518
13 – Schothorst/Dennis(Audi R8) – WRT – 13”323
14 – Fumanelli/Williamson (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 13”794
15 – Watson/Bell (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 15”057
16 – Schiller/Szymkowiak (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 15”321
17 – Eriksson/Baumann (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 20”306
18 – Fassler/Vanthoor (Audi R8) – WRT – 20”834
19 – Mattschull/Keilwitz (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 21”394
20 – Abril/Kane (Bentley Intercontinetal) – M Sport – 22”453
21 – Yacaman/Crestani (Lamborghi Huracan) – Lazarus – 24”452
22 – Beaubelique/Gounon (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 37”047
23 – Perera/Buhk (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 38”748
24 – Soulet/Soucek (Bentley Continental) – M Sport – 54”191
25 – Quaife/Case (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 1’07”332
26 – Bhirombhakdi/VanDam (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 1
27 – Broniszewski/Piccini (Kessel) – Kessel – 7

Volta mais rapida: Mirko Bortolotti 1’23”727

Abandonos:
Bourret-Belloc – (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 12
Monti/Haase – (Audi R8) – WRT – 27
Mies/Ide – (Audi R8) – WRT – 20
Pohler/Van Splunteren -  (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 1

Final, prova principal:

1 – Engelhart/Bortolotti (Lamborghini Huracan) – GRT – 41 voltas
2 – Leonard/Frijns(Audi R8) – WRT – 8”947
3 – Winkelhock/Stevens (Audi R8) – WRT – 24”955
4 – Schiller/Szymkowiak (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 25”306
5 – Krohn/Palttala (BMW M6) – Rowe – 25”909
6 – Fassler/Vanthoor (Audi R8) – WRT – 26”343
7 – Perera/Buhk (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 26”754
8 – Meadows/Marciello (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 27”742
9 – Monti/Haase (Audi R8) – WRT – 30”931
10 – Schothorst/Dennis(Audi R8) – WRT – 31”616
11 – Barnicoat/Parente (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 32”019
12 – Fumanelli/Williamson (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 32”484
13 – Abril/Kane (Bentley Intercontinetal) – M Sport – 40”404
14 – Venturini/Mapelli (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto – 41”082
15 – Ide/Mies (Audi R8) – WRT – 41”733
16 – Yacaman/Crestani (Lamborghi Huracan) – Lazarus – 54”664
17 – Mattschull/Keilwitz (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 54”929
18 – Soulet/Soucek (Bentley Continental) – M Sport – 56”502
19 – Quaife/Case (Ferrari 488) – AF Corse – 1’02”896
20 – Bhirombhakdi/VanDam (Ferrari 488) – Kessel – 1’04”212
21 – Watson/Bell (McLaren 650S) – Strakka – 1’05”492
22 – Eriksson/Baumann (Mercedes AMG) – HTP – 1’06”248
23 – Beaubelique/Gounon (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 1’06”730
24 – Bourret/Belloc (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 1
25 – Broniszewski/Piccini (Kessel) – Kessel – 1

Volta mais rapida: Mirko Bortolotti 1’24”392

Abandonos:

Van Splunteren/Polher -  (Lamborghini Huracan) – Attempto 30
Serralles/Juncadella (Mercedes AMG) – AKKA – 29
Ceccon/Stippler (Audi R8) – ISR – 23
Da Costa/Eng BMW M6) – Rowe – 17
Perez Companc/Siedler – (Lamborghini Huracan) – GRT – 15
Schmid/Salaquarda – (Audi R8) – ISR – 1

Campeonato:

1. Buhk, Perera 39; 2. Bortolotti, Engelhart 36; 3. Palttala, Krohn 22; 4. Kane, Abril 21; 5. Schiller, Symkowiak, Leonard, Frijns 18.