Brands Hatch – Race 2: The No. 80 Porsche of Buus-Feller dominates and wins

Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller secured victory in the second race of the weekend at Brands Hatch, after a masterful performance. The Dane built an early lead, reaching as high as five seconds before handing the wheel to the Swiss driver, who finished the job and gave the Lionspeed GP team their first Sprint Cup win of the season. Starting from pole position in both races, the Porsche No. 80 had experienced a power steering problem during the first race of the day, relegating her to 16 laps behind the winners.

No problems in the second race, and the Porsche wins by three seconds over the Mercedes Benz-AMG of the Verstappen Racing, driven by Dani Juncadella and Chris Lulham. The German car had crossed the finish line first this morning, but a penalty dropped it to thirteenth place. The Spaniard put in a good stint to slightly reduce the gap to Feller, but victory was not possible on Sunday. A second Mercedes, driven by Lucas Auer and Maro Engel, finished third, despite a five-second penalty for an infraction during its mandatory pit stop. After the penalty, Auer maintained a 3,2-second lead over Valentino Rossi, who finished fourth with the BMW No. 46 which he shared with Max Hesse.

The Bavarian cars put on a show at the start of the race, particularly the No. 32 driven by Kelvin van der Linde. The South African climbed from tenth to fifth place on the first lap before handing the wheel to Charles Weerts, who finished sixth, behind the McLaren Garage 59 n°59 by Dean MacDonald and Marvin Kirchhöfer.

The cars that finished at the front in Race 1 faced a tougher challenge in the second race. The winners of the first race, Arthur Leclerc and Thomas Neubauer, finished fifteenth after starting further back on the grid. For the No. 2 Porsche of Dorian Boccolacci and Morris Schuring, the race was marked by several penalties: a 15-second penalty for the Frenchman for contact that led to the retirement of Alex Aka's Audi, while Schuring also received a penalty, this time a five-second one, for forcing another car off the track.

In the Silver Cup, victory went to the BMW No. 30 of Matisse Lismont and Ignacio Montenegro, who finished in eighth position overall, while in the Gold Cup, the Frenchmen Romain Andriolo and Simon Gachet imposed their McLaren bearing the No. 555.

GT World Challenge Europe – Brands Hatch
The classification of Race 2

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