FIA GT – Mercedes wins at Zandvoort with Buhk and Day

If Stéphane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor won the FIA ​​GT Series qualifying race at Zandvoort in the No. 8 R11 LMS of Team WRT, the Monegasque quickly ceded control of the race to the Mercedes HTP Gravity-Charouz of Maximilian Buhk who also started on the front row. Despite a red flag, the #1 SLS AMG retained the lead going into the pit stops. Laurens Vanthoor's efforts were not enough, Alon Day was able to widen the gap on the Audi to win the first victory of the season for the German team. The previous day's winners took the second step of the podium after resisting the return of the sister car of Frank Stippler and Edward Sandström.

Karun Chandhok and Jan Seyffarth took fourth place at the wheel of the Seyffarth Motorsport Mercedes. The Lamborghini LP560-4 of the Grasser Racing Team of Hari Proczyk and Dominik Baumann completes the top five ahead of the two BMWs of Team Brasil. THE McLaren from Sébastien Loeb Racing finish at the back of the pack, the #9 McLaren of driver boss associated with Alavaro Parente having retired following a gearbox problem while it had moved up to eighth place.

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Discover the report of the FIA ​​GT Series at Zandvoort in the next issue of AUTOhebdo, available from Tuesday in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.