The 73rd version of the 24 Hours of Spa couldn’t have been extra vibrant. The intense accident in the first hour, the rain that adopted, the dynamics of the race, the normal equality between GT3s and the last rain have created an version full of shocks, but in addition memorable for the followers. And in this situation, Ferrari has gained once more 17 years later at Spa. With a good efficiency in each part of the race, Côme Ledogar, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessandro Pier Guidi have conquered the victory with the Ferrari # 51. Podium for the Audi # 32 – I began 53rd on the grid – and for the Aston Martin # 95.
The Ferrari # 51 managed so as to add all the factors at stake in the sixth hour of the race and at the equator of the identical. Nevertheless, the victory of the Iron Lynx GT3 has needed to be simmered. That is what Spa requires, particularly when there may be greater than eight hours of racing forward since the Italian automobile established its lead. Côme Ledogar, Nicklas Nielsen and particularly Alessandro Pier Guidi knew it and consequently they’ve acted. Tenth by tenth, every of them in their stint have been gaining a bonus over the Audi # 32 and the Aston Martin # 95.
The Audi # 32 achieved a good second place after beginning the race in 53rd place on the grid.
A job that was interrupted by the interval of ‘Full Course Yellow’ brought on by the sturdy accident of Niki Leutwiler, since the repairs of the limitations required a lengthy neutralization. Amongst different issues as a result of Iron Lynx guess on doing two pit stops to readjust his technique relating to their pursuers. It was time to start out once more, with the Ferrari # 51 only one seconds forward of the Audi # 32 when the race was resumed. And the distance between the two automobiles remained nearly unchanged, with small ups and downs, throughout the subsequent two hours of the race. It was thus entered the last stretch with every part to resolve.
In actual fact, Kelvin Van der Linde was very near seizing the lead with the Audi # 32 in a time of particular visitors for Nicklas Nielsen with the Ferrari # 51. A risk that grew to become nearly a fixed till the rain returned to make an look in Spa. At that second, Alessandro Pier Guidi confirmed that he had a little extra pace with the Ferrari # 51 in the moist, to amass a 23-second lead in the Audi # 32. Nevertheless, the engineers performed their function and Crew WRT was betting on placing rain tires on when the clouds weren’t but releasing strongly.
Elevated rainfall performed in favor of the Audi # 32 and a Dries Vanthoor that took the lead forward of the # 51 Ferrari, since Iron Lynx needed to make an additional cease to suit rain tires. It appeared that the race was misplaced for the Italian construction, however a Security Automobile lower than 45 minutes from the finish for a double incident of the Ferrari # 33 of Benjamin Hites and the McLaren # 70 of Brendan Iribe I put the two predominant automobiles collectively once more of the second half of the race. The duel was served and it was going to be solved in a good method.
With 27 minutes to go in the race, the Security Automobile gave technique to this battle for the last victory. A duel that was resolved in a memorable method with Alessandro Pier Guidi overtaking on the exterior at the ‘Blanchimont’ nook. The # 51 Ferrari was once more forward 9 minutes from the finish, with the monitor soaking moist and after a good maneuver. Had no choice to copy Dries Vanthoor with Audi # 32 and he needed to accept the second place, though that ought to not detract from the deserves to Crew WRT’s efficiency after beginning with # 32 in 53rd place.
Removed from this lovely duel, regardless of being in the prime positions all through the race, the Aston Martin # 95 of Marco Sorensen, Nicki Thiim and Ross Gunn took the third place, a doubly meritorious end result as it’s the solely automobile of the British agency registered in the Professional class. the Audi # 37 achieved the fourth place, whereas the # 47 Porsche was fifth, though each inside two laps of the three main automobiles. In a second race group, the Audi # 25 signed the sixth place forward of the McLaren # 38 and the Lamborghini # 63, the latter weighed down by penalties after being the chief in the first part of the race.
The Ferrari # 51 pits the Belgian night time to guide the 24 Hours of SpaRead information
The Audi # 66 and the Mercedes # 89 have been in cost of closing the ‘prime 10’ of the race, though in very totally different dynamics. For its half, the Mercedes # 90 completed eleventh, thus attaining Ezequiel Pérez Companc and his teammates victory in the Silver Cup class. A triumph with a Spanish taste, since Madpanda Motorsport is predicated in Barcelona and has additionally served as’ aperitivo ‘for the different nationwide success. In actual fact, Miguel Molina has conquered the victory in the Professional-Am Cup after crossing the end line in 16th place with the Ferrari # 53 shared by Duncan Cameron, Rino Mastronardi and Matt Griffin.
Ultimate end result of the 24 Hours of Spa 2021
P. PilotsCar
No.TeamTime * 1st Ledogar / Nielsen / Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 # 51Iron Lynx
556 laps
2nd Vanthoor / Van der Linde / Weerts
Audi R8 LMS GT3 # 32Crew WRT
+3,978
third Thiim / Gunn / Sorensen
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 # 95Storage 59
+1: 24.9574ºMüller / Frijns / Lind
Audi R8 LMS GT3
# 37
Crew WRT
+2 laps
fifth Martin / Tandy / Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R
# 47
KCMG
+2 laps
sixth Winkelhock / Niederhauser / Haase
Audi R8 LMS GT3
# 25
Saintéloc Racing
+2 laps7ºBell / Wilkinson / Barnicoat
McLaren 720S GT3
# 38
JOT
+2 laps8ºBortolotti / Mapelli / Caldarelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3
# 63
Orange1 FFF Racing
+2 laps
ninth Drudi / Marschall / Mies
Audi R8 LMS GT3
# 66
Attempto Racing
+2 laps
10th Auer / Boguslavskiy / Fraga
Mercedes-AMG GT3
# 89AKKA ASP
+four laps
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