The penultimate round of the 2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season at Barcelona saw returning Pro champion Brendon Leitch team up with North America regular Anthony McIntosh and claimed a pair of wins in the Pro-Am category, while Mičánek Motorsport’s Bronislav Formánek and Štefan Rosina won Sunday’s third race.
On his comeback, Brendon Leitch (Leipert Motorsport) briefly led off the start of Race 1 before contact with another car forced him to drop back, giving Oregon Team’s Kevin Gillardoni the lead. Pegasus Racing’s Dimitri Enjalbert ran third ahead of Target Racing’s Guido Luchetti.
The latter was one of several to spin out of the race, along with the Mičánek Motorsport entry of Bronislav Formánek who was tagged by Cedric Leimer (Autovitesse) at the final corner. The safety car came in just before the start of the pit window, with many of the leading runners coming in.
Leitch stayed out and passed Gillardoni for the lead, with the pair swapping with their co-driver’s, Anthony McIntosh and Pietro Perolini respectively. Perolini then made it back into the lead in the second stint before an unscheduled stop gave McIntosh and Leitch the victory ahead of Enjalbert and Anthony Nahra, with Boutsen VDS’ Roee Meyuhas and Renaud Kuppens completing the podium.
In the weekend’s second race, Leitch and McIntosh made two wins out of two in Pro-Am thanks to a superb stint from the latter in the opening stages of the race. On the opening lap, multiple cars encountered trouble, including the #76 Schumacher CLRT of Laurent Hurgon and Lola Lovinfosse which spun at turn four. Iron Lynx’s Leneutre, from his best starting position of the year in third overall, led the way and was one of the last drivers to make his mandatory pit-stop to swap over with Claude-Yves Gosselin.
Unfortunately, the #4 slipped down the order in the second half of the race, which allowed Leitch to work his way forward, passing Enjalbert and Nahra to come home victorious. Formánek and Rosina had finished third on the road after a strong qualifying from Rosina, but were demoted to fourth following a penalty, elevating Meyuhas and Kuppens to third.
Mičánek Motorsport’s Štefan Rosina and Bronsilav Formánek won the Pro-Am Race 3. Leitch now prepares for the next round of the 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS Calendar this weekend 18-20 October 2024 at the Sydney Motorsport Park.
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