The glory day for Panis Racing at Monza!

The fourth round of the European Le Mans Series will go down in history as being the scene of the French team's first victory.

Published on 11/07/2021 à 01:35

Quentin DUBOIS

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The glory day for Panis Racing at Monza!

The first intervention of the safety car 40 minutes after the start, caused by Christian Ried's exit into the ferry on the Porsche n°77/Proton Competition, played a key role in the result.

United Autosports, like Panis Racing, made its first stop just before the Safety Car entered the track, under yellow flag. This daring choice was the right one since the two cars competed for the final victory until the final moments.

In the lead since the first hour, the No. 07 Panis Racing Oreca 65 was masterfully led by Julien Canal, James Allen and Will Stevens to victory. It was the latter who came to cross the checkered flag to offer the first victory in ELMS at the stable run by Olivier Panis, associated with Sarah and Simon Abadie.

United Autosports once again misses out on victory. Tom Gamble, Jonathan Aberdein and Phil Hanson finished second, 5 seconds behind the winners. Come to get your hands on the Italian track one week before the FIA ​​round WEC, JOTA completes the podium thanks to Jazeman Jaafar and Sean Gelael.

Starting from pole position, the No. 01 Aurus 26 of G-Drive Racing abandoned all chances of a podium when Roman Rusinov received a 10-second stop & go for non-compliance with the Safety Car procedure. G-Drive Racing nevertheless won in the LMP2 Pro/Am category with the crew of the No. 25 Aurus.

The LMP3 category was won by DKR Engineering for the second time in a row. If the strong man of the team, Laurents Hörr once again climbs onto the top step of the podium, it is a great first for Mathieu de Barbuat, competing in his first race in ELMS this weekend.

Despite a spin in the last, the No. 08 Duqueine D4 won with more than 20 seconds ahead of United Autosports. Great performance from the crew of the No. 320 Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P13, third.

Four races and four victories for Ferrari in LMGTE this season. The Italian GTs left only crumbs to their rivals in the Temple of Speed. The fight was sumptuous throughout the race in this category won by Duncan Cameron, Alessandro Pier Guidi and David Perel on behalf of Spirit of Race. The six Ferrari 488 GTE Evos entered finished in the first six places…


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