- Charlie Thornton
- Jul 31, 2025
- 19 min read
Intercontinental GT Challenge - Round 3 - Grasser Racing Team deliver Lamborghini's first Spa 24 Hour victory
In a drama packed 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, the race featured relentless incidents, strategy shifts, and late-race tension which saw Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler, Jordan Pepper and GRT lead Lamborghini's historic maiden victory, while tight championship battles emerged across the GT World Challenge Europe, as well as the Intercontinental GT Challenge manufacturers fight.
QUALIFYING
Qualifying for the 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa was a turbulent affair, as changeable weather and repeated incidents disrupted the flow throughout all four sessions, when in qualifying one, light rain set the tone as cars ventured out, with several off-track excursions, the session quickly became a game of survival more than outright pace. The #11 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Frédéric Jousset slid off track at turn one, but it was one of the sister Aston Martin’s, this time the #21 of Nicolas Baert who brought out the first red flag with a heavy crash into the barriers at Stavelot. The session was repeatedly interrupted, with the next incident involving the #52 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 296 GT3 of Louis Machiels who found himself in the gravel at Les Combes, and then a major shunt for the #611 Nordique Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Tim Sandtler at Raidillon, which brought qualifying one to a grinding halt again. With more rain falling during the red flag, the conditions pushed the clock onwards and we eventually lost around seventeen minutes of time, with many teams struggling to set representative lap times before the chequered flag, however, despite the conditions, the #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Alexey Nesov topped the timing sheets with a 2:24.833, with the Pro classified cars not allowed to run during the opening session.
Qualifying two brought out some more consistency, and finally, an opportunity for some pace to shine through, as the #70 and #71 AF Corse Ferrari’s from the Pro-Am class showed some early form before a flurry of changes at the top which saw McLaren, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-AMG all jockeying for positions. The #59 Garage59 McLaren 720s GT3 Evo was quick out of the gate in the hands of Joseph Loake, but Augusto Farfus in the #98 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo and Ayhancan Güven in the #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche 992 GT3 R set competitive times to push their respective squads forward. Luca Stolz in the #17 Team GetSpeed Mercedes also made a statement with a strong lap that moved the car to the top, but it was ultimately Dries Vanthoor in the #31 Team WRT BMW who closed the session fastest, setting up the Belgian squad for a shot at the front.
The third segment of qualifying saw the #2 Johor Motorsports Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Jordan Love go quickest early on, briefly elevating the car to second on combined times, before Marvin Kirchhöfer delivered a flyer in the #59 McLaren with a 2:16.2 to reclaim the top spot. The session was halted prematurely when the #11 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin was again causing issues, this time off at Piff-Paff, bringing out another red flag, resulting in other teams unable to set any final improvements.
In qualifying four, the battles resumed with Alexander Sims in the #2 Corvette top initially, but the ever-quick #59 McLaren returned to the front with Benjamin Goethe, posting a 2:16.315 to reaffirm the car’s position at the head of the pack. Marco Wittmann in the #31 BMW also made a strong impression, vaulting into second position on aggregate, but the session ended as another car was stranded near Blanchimont, but more importantly, this set the field to go ahead into Superpole.
Through the mess of red flags, rain, and recovery delays, a competitive and varied field emerged for Friday afternoon’s Superpole showdown, with the #59 Garage59 McLaren leading the way as one of the most consistently quick cars across the three sessions it participated in. Joining them would be five BMW M4 GT3’s from Team WRT and ROWE Racing, four Porsche’s from Schumacher CLRT, Dinamic GT, Rutronik Racing and Herberth Motorsport, three Mercedes’ from Team GetSpeed, Team Mann-Filter and Boutsen VDS, three Aston Martin’s from Comtoyou Racing, Walkenhorst Motorsport and Verstappen.com Racing, two Lamborghini’s from Grasser Racing Team, and two Ferrari’s from AF Corse.
SUPERPOLE
Superpole for the 2025 24 Hours of Spa delivered a dramatic and fiercely competitive shootout, with Valentino Rossi in his #46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo setting the tone, but missed an apex at turn one, which cost him time on his first push lap, but was able to improve with a 2:17.116. Despite the improvement, he slipped down the order as faster runners took to the track, with Laurin Heinrich in the #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche 992 GT3 R and home-hero Maxime Martin in the #9 Boutsen VDS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo trading early fast times, with Martin setting a rapid 2:15.792 that briefly held the top spot.
The session was briefly red-flagged after a big crash for the #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Henrique Chaves whilst exiting Piff-Paff, cutting off a lap attempt for the #998 ROWE Racing BMW of Philipp Eng just before the timing line. Following a brief clear-up, more time was added to the timer, and the shootout resumed with vengeance.
The reigning champion Mattia Drudi in the #007 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin looked strong, setting a 2:16.060 to momentarily grab second position, but Ferrari responded with Antonio Fuoco in the #50 and Alessio Rovera in the #51 both delivering mid-2:16s, with Rovera later finding more time to clock a 2:15.792. Mercedes also managed to keep up the pressure as Lucas Auer in the #48 Team Mann-Filter and Jules Gounon in the #17 Team GetSpeed posted laps in the low 2:15s, with Gounon briefly taking provisional pole position with a 2:15.527.
Then came the charge from Team WRT, firstly with Dries Vanthoor in the #31 setting a 2:15.713, before Kirchhöfer, one of the final runners due to his qualifying result, stunned the field with a near-perfect lap of a 2:15.113 in the #59 Garage59 McLaren to snatch pole position for the 24 Hours by over four-tenths, which no one could match in the final minutes, and Kirchhöfer’s time stood firm to seal the deal.
With just over a second separating the top ten, the grid was tightly packed, and featured a diverse mix of marques. Behind the pole-sitting McLaren stood Mercedes, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche and BMW, setting the stage for a classic showdown on Saturday.
RACE
The 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa opened with drama even before the lights went out, as the #2 JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R was wheeled into the pits prior to the formation lap, and at the green flag, a chaotic first lap saw the #58 Garage59 McLaren 720s GT3 Evo of Dean MacDonald go deep into the Bus Stop chicane, foreshadowing the spell of incidents that would unfold in the opening hours.
The first major collision came within the first ten minutes of the race, as the #60 VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, driven by Michele Beretta, suffered heavy front-right damage after being spun in a clash with the #52 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Louis Machiels, while the #97 Rutronik Racing Porsche 992 GT3 R of Antares Au simultaneously picked up serious damage after tangling with the Lamborghini, prompting the first full course yellow of the race. The stewards handed Machiels a drive through for causing the incident, while the #97 was pushed into the garage for lengthy repairs, with their race hanging by a thread from the start.
Once the field returned to green, the battles resumed, this time Sandy Mitchell in the #163 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini made a forceful move past the #48 Team Mann-Filter Mercedes of Maro Engel at Bruxelles to grab fifth position, showing early intent from the raging bulls. Meanwhile, penalties began to flow, this time the #112 CSA Racing McLaren of Maxime Robin and the #27 QMMF by Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II were hit with drive-throughs for full course yellow infringements, while the #54 Dinamic GT Porsche of Jop Rappange was penalised thirty seconds for persistent track limit violations. In the Gold Cup, drama struck the #88 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi of Riccardo Cazzaniga with a rear-left puncture whilst coming out of Pouhon, followed by a time-penalty for a short pit stop, compromising their early rhythm.
The first full pit cycle shuffled the order at the front, when the #59 Garage59 McLaren of Marvin Kirchhöfer retained the lead, but the #163 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini in the hands of Mitchell, and the #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin of Nicki Thiim vaulted up to second and third respectively. The #17 Mercedes, which had been in the podium mix early on, dropped to fourth after losing time in a congested pit lane, while the #51 Ferrari endured a disastrous stop, plummeting down the order, and was eventually pushed back into the garage as Alessio Rovera took over from Vincent Abril.
As the race progressed, the #112 CSA Racing McLaren of Josh Mason began to slow while entering Pouhon, and was later involved in a heavy crash at Blanchimont, collecting multiple cars and forcing the retirement of the #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche of Laurin Heinrich while they were running in good contention. Though the drivers were unharmed, the McLaren had seen better days, and was destroyed, while the #8 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 of Daniele Di Amato also picked up damage from debris in the incident.
In the rest of that hour, the #991 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo of Toby Sowery, who was leading in the Bronze class, was hit by the #99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi of Philippe Denes at the Bus Stop chicane, and while Sowery managed to continue, he had fallen out of contention for the class lead. Further chaos unfolded when Antares Au’s #97 Rutronik Racing Porsche went off into the gravel at Piff-Paff in a move triggered by contact with the #4 CrowdStrike by SPS Mercedes-AMG of George Kurtz, while subsequently, the #70 AF Corse Ferrari of Custodio Toledo sustained front-end damage after tagging the #270 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin of Alexandre Leroy at Les Combes, resulting in another full course yellow. Before the full course yellow was triggered, Mitchell in the #163 Lamborghini managed to slipstream his way past Kirchhöfer on the Kemmel Straight, to briefly take the lead, only to be undercut by Benji Goethe during the full course yellow pitstops, followed by the #17 Mercedes of Luca Stolz.
As the light in the sky deteriorated, and with less than four hours of the race complete, the #6 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in the hands of Aaron Walker came to a halt off-track at the Bus Stop chicane, bringing out another full course yellow. At the restart, Benjamin Goethe’s #59 Garage59 McLaren 720s GT3 Evo continued to lead the pack, followed closely by Luca Stolz in the #17 Team GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG and Marco Mapelli’s #163 VSR Lamborghini. Fuoco, Cairoli, Drudi and Engstler were locked in pursuit, with the #32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo of Charles Weerts and the #33 Verstappen.com Racing Aston Martin Vantage of Harry King also keeping within striking distance of the top ten.
More minor incidents unfolded, when the #60 VSR Lamborghini of Andrea Frassinetti slowed dramatically exiting La Source before pulling off at Eau Rouge, then the #30 Team WRT BMW of Gustav Bergström spun at Bruxelles after being hit by the #333 Paul Motorsport Lamborghini of John Paul Southern Jr, and the #911 Pure Rxcing Porsche of Richard Lietz went off into the gravel at Campus, later shedding a wheel at the Bus Stop.
A significant incident at Radillion saw the #11 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin of Frédéric Jousset crash into the barriers after being hit by Tim Sandtler in the #611 Nordique Racing Mercedes, triggering another full course yellow. The #611 was handed a thirty-second stop-and-go penalty for causing the collision, and as strategies played out, the lead changed hands multiple times, and by the time racing settled again, Fabian Schiller had taken control in the #17 Mercedes, leading Franck Perera’s #163 Lamborghini and Arthur Leclerc’s #50 Ferrari 296 GT3. The McLaren of Joseph Loake, Auer’s Mercedes, Sørensen’s Aston Martin, and Bortolotti’s Lamborghini filled out the chasing pack.
Approaching the six-hour mark, reliability issues continued to thin out the field, with Tom Kalender in the #3 GetSpeed Mercedes limping into the pitlane whilst trailing smoke, and the #611 Nordique Racing Mercedes still serving penalties for incorrectly served penalties. Despite the chaos, the leading contenders remained closely packed, setting the stage for a tense and unpredictable night phase in the Ardennes.
SIX-HOUR PODIUMS IN EACH CLASS
PRO: #17 - Team GetSpeed, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo - Jules Gounon, Fabian Schiller & Luca Stolz - 128 Laps
GOLD: #33 - Verstappen.com Racing, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Harry King, Chris Lulham & Thierry Vermeulen - 128 Laps
SILVER: #99 - Tresor Attempto Racing, Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II - Alex Aka, Philippe Denes, Alberto Di Folco & Ezequiel Pérez Companc - 128 Laps
BRONZE: #74 - Kessel Racing, Ferrari 296 GT3 - Dustin Blattner, Conrad Laursen, Dennis Marschall & Zacharie Robichon - 128 Laps
PRO-AM: #100 - Beechdean Motorsport, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Ross Gunn, Valentin Hasse-Clot, Andrew Howard & Anthon McIntosh - 128 Laps
The second quarter of the race brought a series of cautions, lead changes, and mechanical issues as the race continued. A full course yellow just moments after the six-hour mark quickly returned to green before another incident at Pouhon sent Davide Rigon’s #12 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 into the gravel. Most of the leading teams used the opportunity to pit, but with the car stranded, the safety car was deployed. During the neutralisation, the Boutsen VDS #9 Mercedes was retired due to a radiator failure, continuously thinning the contenders.
Once the racing resumed, it was Maro Engel who seized the lead in the #48 Mercedes, passing the #17 machine of Gounon, while Sandy Mitchell’s #163 Lamborghini slotted into third. The action remained intense, but incidents continued to unfold, this time Indy Dontje in the #57 Winward Racing Mercedes was spun around at La Source by Ben Dörr in the #23 Team RJN McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, leading to a penalty for the latter, while Miguel Molina’s #71 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 returned to the garage with more issues. The #007 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin, which had been inside the top ten for quite a while, also headed to the pits while sounding severely compromised.
Drama struck again when Sean Gelael’s #991 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo suffered a right-front tyre failure, and had a small brake fire at the Bus Stop chicane. Schiller, who had come out in the lead in the #17 Team GetSpeed Mercedes was handed a drive-through for earlier contact with the #991, and shortly after, the car pulled off at Eau Rouge with an apparent issue, dropping out of contention, requiring another full course yellow to clear the scene, reshuffling the order once more.
On this restart, Max Hesse led the field away in the #998 ROWE Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo, who was being chased by Luca Engstler’s #63 Lamborghini and Leclerc’s #50 Ferrari. Cairoli’s #48 Mercedes, Loake’s #59 McLaren, Picariello’s #96 Porsche, and Perera in the recovering #163 Lamborghini completed a tightly bunched leading group, with King, Rovera and Kelvin van der Linde fighting to remain in view. However, not everyone emerged unscathed, when Perera’s #163 Lamborghini was forced into a long pit stop for its mandatory technical stop to change the brakes, combined with further repairs, costing the team two laps. Meanwhile, Hart’s #24 Steller Motorsport Corvette spun at La Source, and came to a stop facing the wrong way.
As the clock passed the twelve-hour mark, the field reached the halfway point of the race in a fragile balance of strategy and survival, along with outright pace. Several early favourites were already sidelined, or recovering from previous setbacks, and the second half of the race promised an equally unpredictable fight for victory.
TWELVE-HOUR PODIUMS IN EACH CLASS
PRO: #998 - ROWE Racing, BMW M4 GT3 Evo - Philipp Eng, Dan Harper & Max Hesse - 266 Laps
GOLD: #33 - Verstappen.com Racing, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Harry King, Chris Lulham & Thierry Vermeulen - 266 Laps
SILVER: #10 - Boutsen VDS, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo - Loris Caribou, Hugo Cook, César Gazeau & Aurélien Panis - 265 Laps
BRONZE: #80 - Lionspeed GP, Porsche 992 GT3 R - Ricardo Feller, Patrick Kolb, Riccardo Pera & Gabriel Rindone - 266 Laps
PRO-AM: #100 - Beechdean Motorsport, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Ross Gunn, Valentin Hasse-Clot, Andrew Howard & Anthon McIntosh - 264 Laps
As the light began to build, the #42 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo of Will Moore ran wide into the gravel at Pouhon, while Marvin Kirchhöfer’s #59 McLaren suffered a puncture that forced an unscheduled stop, dropping the car out of fourth place. The biggest interruption came when Dörr’s #23 McLaren began to billow smoke, and pulled off at Piff-Paff, prompting a full course yellow, when both Farfus and Engel in the #98 ROWE Racing BMW and #48 Winward Racing Mercedes took the opportunity to pit, with the BMW squad completing its mandatory brake change during the caution period. Hugo Cook’s #10 Boutsen VDS Mercedes also headed to the garage with suspected technical issues, and the #992 Paradine Competition BMW required extinguishers for a rear-left wheel fire.
When racing resumed, Jordan Pepper led in the #63 Lamborghini, with Daniel Harper’s #998 BMW and Vincent Abril’s #51 Ferrari close behind. Fuoco, Müller, Farfus, Drouet, Engel, de Wilde, and Smalley completed the top ten. Further down the order, Mapelli ran wide at Eau Rouge in the #163 Lamborghini, while in the Gold Cup class, the lead battle intensified between Smalley’s #58 Garage59 McLaren and Thierry Vermeulen’s #33 Verstappen.com Aston Martin. The Aston Martin had led most of the race in class, but Smalley briefly got ahead before Vermeulen reclaimed the class lead in eleventh position overall.
Another full course yellow was triggered when Prince Jefri Ibrahim’s #2 Johor Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R slowed exiting La Source, and came to a stop at Eau Rouge. Although the racing resumed shortly afterwards, more trouble followed when Thomas Drouet’s #64 HRT Ford Performance Ford Mustang GT3, running eighth position overall, picked up a front-right puncture after heavy contact from Maro Engel’s #48 Mercedes at the Bus Stop. Despite attempting to nurse the car for much of the lap, the Mustang eventually stopped off track at Bruxelles, bringing out yet another caution. Engel was handed a drive-through penalty for the incident as the field prepared for another restart in a race that continued to punish small mistakes and mechanical weaknesses alike.
Once the sun had fully risen, the race saw frequent lead changed as the strategies continued to evolve, and incidents one-by-one eliminated the competition, and following a restart with less than nine hours remaining, Engstler’s #63 Lamborghini led the field ahead of Hesse’s #998 BMW and Pier Guidi’s #51 Ferrari, with Fuoco, Niederhauser, Krohn, Weerts, King, Goethe and Smalley rounding out the top ten.
Not long after, Jamie Day’s #21 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo spun at Les Combes, prompting a full course yellow, and once the race was back to green, Niederhauser took command in the #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche 992 GT3 R, pursued by King’s #33 Aston Martin and Engstler. Hesse soon carved his way through the pack, passing Prette for fourth position and pulling off a bold move around the outside of Engstler at Blanchimont to claim third position overall.
Further back, Rolf Ineichen’s #92 Herberth Motorsport Porsche spun at Bruxelles but continued shortly after, while Pier Guidi began a charge in the #51 Ferrari, first overtaking Goethe in the #59 McLaren for sixth before dispatching Prette’s #58 McLaren to move into the top five. Drama continued when Baptiste Moulin’s #19 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini clipped the kerb at Blanchimont, and slammed into the wall, leaving the car with heavy front-end damage and a missing bonnet cover. Later, Eddie Cheever’s #93 Ziggo Sport Tempesta Ferrari ground to a halt with engine troubles exiting Pouhon, causing another short full course yellow, while Tommaso Mosca’s #52 AF Corse Ferrari slowed at Stavelot, and Frederico Malvestiti’s #15 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing M4 came to a stop at Pouhon, triggering yet another full course yellow period. Despite the constant interruptions, Patric Niederhauser held the lead, closely shadowed by King and the rapidly advancing Hesse as the battle for the top spots roared to life in the final hours.
The closing stages of the 2025 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa saw intense strategic battles, and late-race drama, when with just over an hour remaining, Morris Schuring’s #97 Rutronik Racing Porsche suffered a left-rear puncture exiting Stavelot, followed by a brief full course yellow to clear up the debris around Stavelot and Blanchimont. As the race neared its climax, pit stops played a decisive role, when Niederhauser brought the #96 Porsche in from second, while Xavier Knauf in the #28 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II went off at Stavelot. Moments later, Mirko Bortolotti pitted the #63 Lamborghini from the lead, losing around six-seconds but rejoined ahead of Niederhauser to retain his track position.
The gap between Bortolotti and Philipp Eng’s #998 ROWE Racing BMW tightened to under a second at one point, but the pit strategy forced Eng to pit when running in fourth, but retired to the garage with an underlying issue. Raffaele Marciello briefly inherited the lead in the #98 BMW, but received a thirty-second track limit penalty, and served it soon after, handing their advantage to Pier Guidi’s Ferrari. Fuoco also stopped from second, followed by Pier Guidi himself, allowing Bortolotti to cycle back to the front.
A late full course yellow with just eight minutes remaining was triggered when Dean MacDonald’s #58 Gold Cup-leading McLaren suffered a rear-right puncture before Blanchimont, forcing a pit stop, and handing the lead of the class to the Verstappen.com Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo. From there, Bortolotti continued to maintain control, and crossed the line with a 9.2 second margin over Niederhauser to secure GRT’s, and Lamborghini’s first-ever Spa 24 Hours triumph after a hard-fought, attrition and incident affected race.
OVERALL RACE TOP TEN & PODIUMS IN EACH CLASS
OVERALL TOP TEN
#63 - GRT - Grasser Racing Team, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 - Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler & Jordan Pepper - 549 Laps
#96 - Rutronik Racing, Porsche 992 GT3 R - Sven Müller, Patric Niederhauser & Alessio Picariello - +8.703s
#51 - AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors, Ferrari 296 GT3 - Vincent Abril, Alessandro Pier Guidi & Alessio Rovera - +26.639s
#50 - AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors, Ferrari 296 GT3 - Eliseo Donno, Antonio Fuoco & Arthur Leclerc - +47.575s
#98 - ROWE Racing, BMW M4 GT3 Evo - Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn & Raffaele Marciello - +54.753s
#59 - Garage 59, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo - Benjamin Goethe, Marvin Kirchhöfer & Joseph Loake - +1:26.109
#32 - Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 Evo - Kelvin van der Linde, Charles Weerts & Ugo de Wilde - +1 Lap
#31 - Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 Evo - Sheldon van der Linde, Dries Vanthoor & Marco Wittmann - +1 Lap
#33 - Verstappen.com Racing, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Harry King, Chris Lulham & Thierry Vermeulen - +1 Lap
#48 - Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo - Lucas Auer, Matteo Cairoli & Maro Engel - +1 Lap
CLASS PODIUMS
PRO: #63 - GRT - Grasser Racing Team, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 - Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler & Jordan Pepper - 549 Laps
GOLD: #33 - Verstappen.com Racing, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Harry King, Chris Lulham & Thierry Vermeulen - 548 Laps
SILVER: #35 - Walkenhorst Motorsport, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo - Romain Leroux, Oliver Söderström & Matteo Villagómez - 547 Laps
BRONZE: #74 - Kessel Racing, Ferrari 296 GT3 - Dustin Blattner, Conrad Laursen, Dennis Marschall & Zacharie Robichon - 547 Laps
PRO-AM: #29 - AV Racing by Car Collection Motorsport, Porsche 992 GT3 R - Noam Abramczyk, Mathieu Detry, Fabian Deffieux & Yuan Bo - 542 Laps
CHAMPIONSHIP IMPLICATIONS
After three rounds of the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup complete, the #48 Team Mann-Filter Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Lucas Auer, Matteo Cairoli and Maro Engel lead the endurance standings with 54 points, just a single point ahead of the #32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo crew of Ugo de Wilde, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts. Another point behind in third is the #96 Rutronik Racing Porsche 992 GT3 R crew of Sven Müller, Patric Niederhauser and Alessio Picariello with 52 points, leaving it a tight battle for the podium positions with just two endurance rounds to go at the Nürburgring and Barcelona.
In the Gold Cup, the #33 Verstappen.com Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo crew of Harry King, Chris Lulham and Thierry Vermeulen leads the championship with 91 points, twenty-five points ahead of the #111 CSA Racing McLaren 720s GT3 Evo crew of Simon Gachet, James Kell and Arthur Rougier, while a single point behind sees the #777 AlManar Racing by WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo crew of Al Faisal Al Zubair, Jens Klingmann and Ben Tuck on 65 points.
In the Silver Cup, the #42 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo crew of Mex Jansen, William Moore and Jarrod Waberski take the lead of the championship with 65 points after a solid result in Spa-Francorchamps, sixteen points ahead of the #992 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo crew of Charles Clark, Pedro Ebrahim and James Kellett with 49 points. Four points behind sits the #26 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II crew of Ivan Klymenko and Lorens Lecertua.
The #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 crew of Dustin Blattner, Conrad Laursen and Dennis Marschall continue to lead the Bronze Cup with 81 points, nineteen points ahead of the #81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo crew of Marvin Dienst, Gabriele Piana and Rinat Salikhov with 60 points. Zacharie Robichon, who joined the #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari crew for the 24 Hours of Spa sits third in the standings with 46, while the next full-season entry in fourth is the #25 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II crew of Paul Evrard, Gilles Magnus and Benjamin Ricci on 40 points.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE HEADS TO THE NÜRBURGRING
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup will head to the Nürburgring for a three-hour race on the 30th - 31st August 2025.
Meanwhile, the Intercontinental GT Challenge continues for round four at the Suzuka 1000km on the 12th - 14th September 2025, where BMW will aim to increase their advantage in the manufacturers standings with 90 points, fourteen points ahead of Porsche on 76 points. Third position sees Ferrari with 61 points, while Mercedes-AMG lay fourth with 57 points.
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