Matti Sipilä/Antti Ahola – HardMode – +29.832.Leandro Anderrüti/Jimmy Antunes – BMW Team Fondue – +14.105.Ben Fuller/Daniel Sivi-Szabo – Apex Racing Team – +23.013.Dominik Hofmann/Daniel Alver Lourenco – Urano Esports – +18.536.Pedro Sanchez Albert/Valtteri Alander – BS+ Competition – +17.603.Edoardo Leo/Fraser Williamson – SRC Mivano Corse GTP Rosa – +04.454.Vlad Khimichev/Jonas Wallmeier – URANO Esports Datagroup – LEADER.Pinto put Redline back on top in the GT3 category the drama not complete before Jones ran out of fuel seeing R8G drop to fifth from a class pole position. Jonas Wallmeier saw the chequered flag in comfort picking up the #4 URANO’s second win of the season ahead of Fraser Williamson’s Mivano and Valtteri Alander’s BS+. This dropped HardMode’s #995 to fifth, presenting Jimmy Antunes with a free podium for Team Fondue. The Finn held back the Brit for as long as he could before it transpired that a second trip to the pits was required after short-fueling. This would prove crucial given Ellis Jr.’s struggles to pass Antti Ahola. It was no surprise then when R8G colours were the first to head towards pitlane in the GT3 lead battle. Lebigre’s pace was beginning to wane, evidenced by a smooth move by Lulham through Sunset Bend. It was horrid for the BS+ which was whacked by the Williams Esports Razer GT3 machine losing both even more time. It worked beautifully for the URANO who rejoined the circuit leading. This call forced the hand of both Khimichev and Albert with both cars first and second in the following rotation. All three drivers would gain a position in the short term thanks to a very early stop fo Leo, a stop which Fuller chose to match. Mercifully, a calm followed the storm with the only real story of note being Caryl’s inability to sustain podium-bound pace.įorty minutes in, he has lost third to the URANO of Vlad Khimichev and was now hounded by Fuller in the sister Apex Racing machine. All of this was set against the backdrop of the GTP class’ first lapping of the GT3 field. Then came Burns who was last seen parked up on the side of the road before he confirmed that a second Redline car was out of proceedings. The Redline trio had not figured much in the narrative to this point although featured for not the best reasons soon enough.įirst was Vecchio who lost his brakes dramatically into the Hairpin forcing a very early retirement. Lebigre managed the situation well enough although Sipilä would take over leading duties before the first ten minutes had elapsed. Leo wrestled second away from the Apex driver with the move completed by Turn 5.Īs the BS+ sprinted away, attention turned to the GT3 class which appeared significantly closer across the opening few laps. The Spaniard’s getaway was sublime, helped all the further by a rather lackadaisical reaction to the lights by Caryl. If Albert’s qualifying performance was well-earned, his start to the race was practically gift-wrapped. HardMode’s Matti Sipilä got to within two hundredths of the R8G pilot’s time whilst three Team Redline drivers found themselves less than nine hundredths away.Ĭhris Lulham, Gianni Vecchio and Tom Burns – starting third, fourth and sixth respectively – hoped to find great solace in potential team plays throughout the contest. Florian Lebigre sat pretty on GT3 pole position though the margins were much tighter across this category.
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