Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa: Official Tests Days additional infos

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May 25

We covered both official test day of the Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa giving you the top 10 fastest lap for day 1 and the combined sessions also pointing Gold, Silver and Bronze class winners.

Let us now review the PRO-AM class ranking as well as the results by manufacturer not mentioned in previous articles.

Mercedes tops PRO-AM class

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 1 of **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #64 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3

#64 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 did set the fastest lap of both official test days in PRO-AM class during session 3 with 2:17.040, ahead of sister #4 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley in 2:17.159 and current leader of Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli #75 Sun Energy 1 Racing in 2:17.438 session 4 .

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 1 of Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #4 Crowdstrike Racing by Riley - #75 Sun Energy 1 Racing

BMW M4 GT3

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 1 of Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #46 and #32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3

Both Team WRT PRO BMW M4 GT3 emerged during the last session with #46 setting the 7th performance of session 4 in 2:17.202. Sister #32 was close during the same session in 2:17.402.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 1 of **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #998 BMW Junior Team

Rowe Racing was present with one car (#98 did not run); #998 BMW Junior Team did set the 18th best lap overall in 2:17.481 during session 3.

Ferrari 296 GT3

After the brilliant win at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the four Ferrari 296 GT3 have been rather discreet during both official tests days. The fastest laps of the four cars were performed by both AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors: #51 was 9th in session 2 with 2:17.373 and sister #71 was 19th in session 4 with 2:17.616.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 2 of Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa.

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2

Lots of Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 on track during the two days official tests but no significant lap time with #6 K-Pax Racing best performer of the 10 Huracans with 2:17.514 session 4 (14th overall)., #70 Leipert Motorsport dominated PRO-AM in session 2 with 2:17.527 (12th overall) and #85 Silver class second GRT Grasser Racing Team was 13th overall with 2:17.537.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 2 of Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa.#6 K-Pax Racing - #70 Leipert Motorsport - #85 GRT Grasser Racing Team

Iron Lynx seems to face a real challenge to get their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo up to speed as #63 Iron Lynx did set the fourth fastest lap of the Italian manufacturer in 2:17.558 during session 3 (19th overall).

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 2 of **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #63 Iron Lynx

#83 Iron Dames work in progress seems also laborious as the ladies fastest lap was 2:19.274 during session 4 which was the 52nd fastest lap overall of that session. Rahel Frey’s frustration was very perceptive when debriefing engineers at the end of both days sessions.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 2 of **Crowdstrike** **24 hours of Spa.** #83 Iron Dames

Mc Laren 720 S GT3 EVO

The best performers of the 5 Mc Laren 720 S GT3 EVO present at Spa-Francorchamps were #5 Optimum Motorsport who was fifteenth overall during session 3 with 2:17.444 and #159 Garage 59 who was 18th during session 2 with 2:17.751.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Test Day 2 of Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa. #5 Optimum Motorsport - #159 Garage 59 Mc Laren 720 S GT3 EVO

The Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa will last June 29 - July 2. Thursday 29 June will see practice and qualifying sessions, followed on Friday by the decisive Super Pole contest. The CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa sets off on its 75th running on Saturday 1 July at 16:30 CEST.

It is the mid-season round (third out of five) of the Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli where teams can score the maximum points in a race therefore making it a key decision maker for the Championship.

The Crowdstrike 24 hours of Spa will also be the fourth round (out of ten) of the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS and the third race (out of five) of the Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Endurance Cup.