24h of Spa – Montaplast by Land in the lead after a quarter of the race

A quarter of the race has already passed at the 24 2018 Hours of Spa and Montaplast by Land Motorsport is currently dominating the general classification as night has fallen over the Belgian Ardennes.

Après les trois premières heures de course, la Bentley Continental GT3 n°8 – Team M-Sport, notamment emmenée par Vincent Abril, menait les débats et a poursuivi sa domination face notamment à la Lexus RC F GT3 n°114 – Emil Frey Racing et la Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 n°23 – RJN Motorsport.

But the hierarchy evolved in this part of the event, where two neutralizations under Full Course Yellow regime, each time followed by a safety car period, took place.

One for a lost left rear wheel on the No. 8 Audi R3 LMS GT17 – Team WRT of Stuart Leonard, then for repairs on the track between turns No. 12 and No. 13. 

Since the last restart, the No. 8 Audi R3 LMS GT29 – Montaplast by Land Motorsport of Kelvin van der Linde leads the peloton with a 25″ lead over the No. 6 BMW M3 GT98 – ROWE Racing of Ricky Collard, who must However, observe a 5″ penalty at your next stop for non-compliance with track limits.

The No. 3 Bentley Continental GT8 – Team M-Sport of Andy Soucek is in third place ahead of the No. 6 BMW M3 GT34 – Walkenhorst Motorsport of Christian Krognes and the Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°4 – Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon of Yelmer Buurman, who took the advantage over the Audi R8 LMS GT3 n°2 – Audi Sport Team WRT of Robin Frijns.

It is also at this moment that the first intermediate points counting towards the Blancpain GT Series championship are distributed. Endurance Cup, with 12 points for the crew of the No. 6 BMW M3 GT98, entered for the season.

In Pro-Am, the No. 3 Mercedes-AMG GT42 – Strakka Racing dominates the category, while the Silver Cup sees the No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT78 – Barwell Motorsport in the lead. Barwell Motorsport also dominates in the Am Cup with the No. 3 Huracan GT77.

Numerous penalties hit the competitors, notably for the No. 3 Mercedes-AMG GT84 – Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter with a drive-through for excessive speed in the pit lane.

Exceeding track limits resulted in sanctions for the No. 3 Mercedes-AMG GT88 – Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP and the No. 3 Lexus RC F GT14 – Emil Frey Racing.

On the other hand, the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 n°63 – GRT of Bortolotti – Engelhart – Caldarelli retired after contact with the McLaren 650S GT3 n°58 – Garage 59, and a big waste of time in the pits.

Ranking after six hours