Shane van Gisbergen has finished 31st at the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the latest round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Belgium. Along with team mates Rob Bell and Come Ledogar, the Garage 59 McLaren GT3 650 S dropped down the order having to spend time in the pits through the night.
“Very tough race this one that’s for sure,” commented van Gisbergen. “Unfortunately our car got involved in a few tangles in the night so we had to fix the damages.
For the second year running, it was a BMW that won the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The #99 Rowe Racing BMW of Maxime Martin, Alexander Sims and Philipp Eng had a faultless race and even a sudden downpour at 30 minutes from the end could not keep them from taking the most prestigious win of the year.
That shower did influence the other podium positions though: the #8 Bentley Team M-Sport Continental, heading for second, dropped to fourth in the end after an unfortunate timing of their last pitstop. A tyre change under Full Course Yellow gave the #88 AMG-Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG the necessary boost to claim that runner-up spot, finishing five seconds ahead of the #28 Audi Sport Team WRT R8. It also gave Mercedes-AMG the win in the Intercontinental GT Challenge.
Pro-Am Cup honours were taken by the #76 IMSA Performance Porsche, after a faultless race, while the #888 Kessel Racing Ferrari won the battle of the Prancing Horses in the Am Cup. In the National Group there was no stopping the #911 RMS Porsche.
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