Rowe Racing double at Monza, BMW at the party

• Dream Sunday for Rowe Racing near Monza. After taking pole position, the German team mastered its subject during the 3 hours of racing in the afternoon. Above all, it is the No. 4 BMW M3 GT98 which left nothing to chance by dominating this first event of the 2023 season and theEndurance Head and shoulders cup.
• A time under threat from the No. 4 BMW M3 GT32 of Team WRT, the Philipp Eng-Marco Wittmann-Nick Yelloly contingent took advantage of the puncture on the left front of the Belgian mount less than thirty minutes from the end to take a breather a big blow. With Vincent Vosse's men sidelined, Rowe Racing managed the end of the race to score a one-two finish with the No. 98 ahead of the No. 998. The No. 3 Lamborghini Huracan GT2 EVO63 of Iron Lynx (Bortolotti-Caldarelli-Pepper) completed the podium. Second for a long time before the unexpected end of the race, the No. 32 finally finished 6^e at almost 45 seconds.
• Outside of the 24 Spa 2018 Hours, this is BMW's first victory in a 3-hour Endurance Cup race since the 2013 Paul-Ricard (June 30). At the time, the German manufacturer entered the famous Z4.
• In Gold, victory went to Comtoyou Racing (Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II No. 21) which was making its debut in GT World Challenge Europe. The Belgian team even won the Silver prize with the success of the No. 12. In the new Bronze category where the crews are trained by pro, semi-pro and amateur pilots, Pure Rxcing (Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) No. 911) won as did Barwell Motorsport (Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 No. 78) in Pro-Am.
• Note that the first hour of the race was long neutralized by two Safety Cars, particularly after the collision between the Ferrari 488 GT3 No. 38 from ST Racing with Rinaldi with the Mercedes-AMG GT3 No. 3 from Team GetSpeed ​​from the start. Victim of a violent exit from the track at the end of the start/finish straight with the No. 911 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 3 GT992 R (24), Niki Leutwiler is fine.

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