Espace Bienvenue wins Race 1 at Magny-Cours

• Engaged in Silver, Benjamin Lessennes and Ricardo Van der Ende allowed L'Espace Bienvenue to win its first victory in the championship FFSAGT with the BMW M4 GT4.
• After Ricardo Van der Ende made a good comeback through the peloton during the first stint of the race, Benjamin Lessennes brought the efforts of the crew of the No. 4 BMW M4 GT17 to fruition during the second. Already at the head of his category, the Belgian even allowed himself to overtake a group of drivers from the Pro-Am class to lead alone in front of the pack at Magny-Cours.
• Despite the threat of a penalty for not respecting track limits, Benjamin Lessennes held on to cross the finish line alone. About ten seconds behind him, Christophe Hamon was the first in the Pro-Am category to take the checkerboard. It's another victory for him and his teammate Grégory Guilvert in the No. 8 Saintéloc Racing Audi R4 LMS GT42. This is their third consecutive success after the first two in Nogaro last April.
• Finally in AM, victory went to the No. 8 Full Motorsport Audi R4 LMS GT99 driven by Mateo Salomone only in Race 1.
• There was only one intervention from the Safety Car. This occurred a few moments after the start due to an incident involving the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS N°29 from CMR (Petelet-Mogica) and theAston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 No. 5 from Mirage Racing (Del Sarte-Kullmann).

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