Having secured most bonus factors for the GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup by advantage of main after each six hours and 12 hours, the #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 pushed by Alessandro Pier Guidi, Come Ledogar and Nicklas Nielsen continued to go the sector with six hours to run.
Each the Iron Lynx automobile and the #32 WRT Audi shared by Dries Vanthoor, Charles Weerts and Kelvin van der Linde have been in a position to full the necessary four-minute ‘technical pitstop’ throughout a full-course yellow interval within the sixteenth hour, following an off for the #16 Grasser Lamborghini Huracan GT3.
The race then stayed inexperienced, with Nielsen after which Pier Guidi extending their result in round 22 seconds earlier than one other FCY was known as in the course of the 18th hour following a heavy crash for the #23 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R of Niki Leutwiler on the prime of Radillion.
Pier Guidi and Vanthoor each got here in for his or her scheduled stops in the course of the warning interval, gaining a bonus over the third-placed Storage 59 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 that made its earlier cease below inexperienced.
Pier Guidi was in a position to make an extra journey to the pits to prime up for gas with out dropping the lead, because the WRT crew made an extended cease as Vanthoor handed over to Weerts. Because the race was about to return to inexperienced on the 18-hour mark, Pier Guidi held a lead of 4.4 seconds.
Marco Sorensen stays on the lead lap within the Aston he shares with Ross Gunn and Nicki Thiim, some 2m30s off the lead.
A lap down in fourth place is the FFF Racing Lamborghini that has Marco Mapelli on the wheel, which benefitted from finishing its most up-to-date cease partly below FCY circumstances.
That allowed the Lambo to clear the KCMG Porsche that it had been battling on-track, as Maxime Martin and Nick Tandy – now without teammate Laurens Vanthoor following a paddock accident for the Belgian – misplaced time by bringing in the perfect of the 911 GT3 Rs below inexperienced.
The #66 Attempto Audi, at the moment with Christopher Mies on the wheel, likewise was in a position to leap the KCMG Porsche by pitting below the FCY.
Audi nonetheless had 4 vehicles within the prime 10, with the #37 WRT automobile seventh and the #25 Sainteloc machine in ninth, cut up by the JOTA McLaren 720S GT3 in eighth place. The second KCMG Porsche, the #18 automobile, accomplished the highest 10.
The most effective of the Mercedes-AMG GT3s was the #89 ASP automobile in eleventh place, following the retirement of the sister polesitting #88 automobile that had been operating third till a damper drawback ended its run.
Madpanda Motorsport remained within the lead of the Silver Cup class in twelfth general with its Mercedes, whereas the #53 AF Corse Ferrari held the benefit within the Professional-Am classification.