Spa-Francorchamps – Race 1: CMR emerges victorious from the battle

Une course parfaite mais une victoire pas aisée pour l’équipe CMR. L’équipage de la Toyota Supra n°30 a dû batailler pour chercher son premier succès en FFSAGT this season. Stéphane Lémeret and Stéphane Tribaudini won in Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps.

The Franco-Belgian duo managed to convert their pole despite a complicated start. With an initial failed braking, Lémeret came out of the Source corner in 3rd position. At the end of a bitter battle with the No. 111 CSA Racing Audi of the Castelli – Cougnoux crew, the Toyota finally took the upper hand during the Tribaudini relay. The Frenchman then took off to cross the finish line in the lead in Silver and overall, more than 5 seconds ahead of the No. 14 Audi from the Saintéloc team. Erwan Bastard had to resist until the last lap for 2nd place against Hugo Chevalier on the Mercedes n°87 Akkodis ASP. 

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Van der Ende and Servol put on a show at Spa-Francorchamps!

The #111 Audi finally fell short of the podium, after leading for half the race. In difficulty throughout his stint, Alexis Cougnaud lost three positions in a few minutes. Today's performance can be attributed to the L'Espace Bienvenue crew with the #17 BMW. Benjamin Lessennes and Ricardo van der Ende, who started 41st and last after a problem in qualifying, managed to move up to 6th place!

Une autre belle bataille a eu lieu un peu plus loin, pour la victoire en Pro-Am. La Porsche n°10 du duo Piguet – Varutti est finalement arrivée en tête de sa catégorie, après une lutte intense avec l’Alpine n°30 of the CMR team. Nicholas Cheers and Rudy Servol made a very good comeback from 18th place to finish in 7th position overall. 

In the Am category, Christian Hamon and Michael Blanchemain were never worried and won with the No. 69 Audi of the Full Motorsport team.

The classification of Race 1:

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