Spa 24: Overall ranking with 6 hours to go
PRO entries who gave up
Iron Lynx #63 Lamborghini was the first to abandon 25’ after midnight followed by #159 Garage 59 Mclaren 720S GT3 EVO, 1h19’ later.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. Iron Lynx #63 Lamborghini & #159 Garage 59 Mclaren 720S GT3 EVO
A dramatic moment 3’ after the 11-hour mark when both BMW M4 GT3 #32 and #998 came together on the Kemmel straight. A misunderstanding between Charles Weerts, driving the #32 and Neil Verhagen the #998 ended with both cars are out of the race with heavy damage.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #32 & 998 BMW M4 GT3
Charles Weerts (#32 BMW M4 GT3, BMW M Team WRT, DNF): “The most important thing is that Neil and I are unharmed after that severe accident. The situation was very confusing, and I can't exactly say what happened. I received the information in the car that a Full Course Yellow was imminent. As a result, I reduced my speed. Neil was right behind me, and he obviously didn't have that information. It was very strange and needs to be investigated thoroughly because something like this is very dangerous and should not happen. I'm extremely disappointed because this is my home race, and I have been hoping to win here for several years. This time, we would have had a good chance.”
Neil Verhagen (#998 BMW M4 GT3, ROWE Racing, DNF): “Something went wrong in the communication of the Full Course Yellow before the accident. I didn't have any information that I had to slow down, obviously in contrast to Charles, but I can't say why that was. Everything happened incredibly quickly, and I'm just glad that we drivers are okay. It's extremely unfortunate for BMW M Motorsport to have lost two cars with a chance of winning due to this incident.” Source: BMW Group
Just after 7am this Sunday, it was to the turn of #87 Mercedes-AMG GT3 to abandon followed by sister #999 55’ later.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #87 and #999Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Top 5 overall ranking.
If one look at the official standing after 18 hours, the #98 Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3 is on the lead which does not reflect the actual standing as the leaders before the 18 hours mark had pitted and #98 pitted 5’ after the 18th hour. So the ranking with 5hours 55’ to go is as follow
Luca Engstler, Kelvin van der Linde, Nicki Thiim with #17 Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. Nicki Thiim this morning with #17 Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO a couple of laps before he took the lead from sister #40.
2. Ricardo Feller, Mattia Drudi, Dennis Marschall with #40 Tresor Orange 1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #40 Tresor Orange 1 Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II.
3. Julien Andlauer, Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre with #92 Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #92 Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).
4. Thomas Preining, Laurin Heinrich, Dennis Olsen with #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992).
5. Raffaele Marciello, Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon with #88 Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #88 Akkodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3.
6. Sam de Haan, Tom Gamble, Charlie Fagg, Dean Macdonald with #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.
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