The Spa 24-Hour race gets underway this weekend with two Kiwi drivers taking part in the racing activities at the Spa-Francochamps circuit in Belgium. While Earl Bamber will drive a factory backed Porsche 911 GT3 R in the feature race, Marcus Armstrong will compete in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship as part of the supporting race program.
At the halfway stage of the F3 season, Armstrong currently leads the European Formula 3 Championship from his team mate and fellow Toyota Racing Series driver Guanyu Zhou by just one point. After 12 races, Armstrong has been a consistent performer standing on the podium six times including his first race win. It is a very closely fought series which boasts six former TRS drivers amongst the field of 24.
At the legendary 7.004 kilometre Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, the longest racetrack on the calendar, the series will determine its half-time champion. Rookie and championship leader Armstrong (PREMA Theodore Racing) is in the most promising position but his more experienced rival and team-mate Guanyu Zhou follows just one point behind.
Ralf Aron, another experienced team-mate of Armstrong and Zhou, holds third position, 4.5 points behind the current leader and Daniel Ticktum in fourth position (Motopark / 13 points behind) also has got good chances of beating the 17-year old Kiwi in the battle for the half-time title.
The first two races of the weekend will be contested as early as on Friday (27th July) and the third on Saturday (28th July).
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