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It's a small surprise, BMW won and even achieved the double at the 70th edition of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Sunday. The Blomqvist / Krognes / Eng crew (GB-Nor-Aut) allows BMW to win the 24 Hours for the third time in four years
The race has been indefinite from start to finish, but it's finally BMW which is needed by placing two M6 GT3 in the first two places. It was the amazing Walkenhorst Motorsport team that won after 511 laps and a perfect performance by his trio Blomqvist / Krognes / Eng (GB-Nor-Aut).
In charge of finishing the race, the Austrian Phillip Eng did not shiver in the final part. Winner in 2016, Rowe Racing must be satisfied this time with second place, but very little. He missed only ten small seconds to the Sims / Klingmann / Catsburg crew (G-B-All-P-B). More than the double, it is a twenty-fourth victory for BMW at Spa-Francorchamps, the Munich firm improving its own record.
Victorious last year, this time Audi has to settle for the third and fourth positions. And it is the 100% private initiative of the Land Motorsport which finishes on the smallest step of the podium with van der Linde / van der Linde / Schmidt (AfS-AfS-Sui), in front of the Audi Sainteloc of Winkelhock / Haase / Vervisch (All-All-Bel), who missed the podium in the last hour, Fred Vervisch missing out of fuel. He finishes nevertheless better Belgian.
The top 10 is completed by Mercedes of Buurman / Stolz / Engel (PB-All-All) and Marciello / Juncadella / Vautier (Ita-Esp-Fra), the amazing Nissan of Parry / Ordonez / Buncombe (GB-Esp-GB), the Audi of the Belgian team WRT of Rast / Müller / Frijns (All-Sui-PB), the Aston Martin of Vaxivière / Dennis / Thiim (Fra-GB- Dan) and the Aleshin / Molina / Rigon Ferrari (Rus-Esp-Ita).
Among other Belgians who finished the race, twenty-sixth and fifth in Pro-Am for Louis Machiels (Ferrari), thirtieth position and second in Am Cup for Bernard Delhez (Lamborghini), thirty-second place for Bertrand Baguette (Honda) and thirty-fifth place for Maxime Martin (Aston Martin). It should be noted that Sarah Bovy (Lamborghini) was at the head of the National Group before giving up at the end of the event.
In the other categories, the Ling / Frbadinetti / Monti / Rizzoli Lamborghini (Chi-Ita-Fra-Ita ) wins in Silver Cup for just two seconds against the similar car Beretta / Kodric / Breukers / Mitchell (Ita-Cro-PBGB). Victory of the Ferrari Keilwitz / Mattschull / Salikhov / Perel (All-All-Rus-Afs). In the Am Cup, Lamborghini from Amstutz / Machitski / Abra / Kujala (Sui-Rus-G-B-Fin) won. To finish, the victory in the National Group went to the Porsche of the Belgian team Speedlover of Pbadover / Paisse / Wilwert / Petit (Bel-Bel-Lux-Fra).
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