The 2026 24 Hours of Spa are on the ultimate stretch. Two further FCY-to-SC throughout the morning have resulted in 10 Professional automobiles nonetheless remaining on the lead lap. Nevertheless, the circle of victory candidates has narrowed considerably.
There are three distinguished retirements to report: The #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin, winner in 2024, is out of the race following a heavy affect after a wild spin by Nicki Thiim within the Raidillon.
This time, Thiim had considerably much less luck than in 2022, when he carried out an identical stunt after contact with Jules Gounon.
Talking of Gounon: The #3 Mercedes-AMG Crew Verstappen Racing can also be now not within the race. Its race ended within the seventeenth hour with technical issues.
Mercedes traced the issue again to contact within the pit lane on the midway mark, when the pit entry was briefly blocked and the AMG rear-ended the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.
The #64 HRT Ford Racing Mustang triggered the very security automotive it had wanted to compensate for its stop-and-go penalty from Saturday morning. Technical points ended the race for the Mustang after 16 hours.
On the entrance, there was one other tyre drama for the #51 AF Corse Ferrari, which had heroically fought its means again onto the lead lap throughout the night time.
Within the nineteenth hour, Tommaso Mosca tried a go on Luca Stolz within the main #48 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG whereas preventing for the lead.
Contact occurred, and the Ferrari suffered a right-rear tyre puncture. This time, it didn’t drop off the lead lap, however wants one other Security Automobile if it needs to win the race.
Porsche gaining power
The #46 Crew WRT BMW couldn’t preserve the lead from the morning; the M4 GT3 EVO lacks that closing little bit of tempo.
The #32 Crew WRT BMW is at the moment “off sequence” on another technique. The #98 Rowe Racing BMW is preventing to remain on the lead lap.
In consequence, the “Mamba” – the #48 Mercedes-AMG – is at the moment battling three Porsches for the lead which have discovered important power because the race progressed.
At 12pm, the #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche leads the race, adopted by the #48 AMG that was intently trailed by the #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche and the #2 Boutsen VDS Porsche.
The latter had contact within the morning with its sister automotive, the #10 Boutsen VDS Porsche from the Gold Cup, which resulted in a six-lap restore cease for the Gold Cup entry. Consequently, the #998 Rowe Racing BMW is now on its lone strategy to a category victory.
Additionally remaining on the lead lap are the #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin and the #50 AF Corse Ferrari. Nevertheless, each automobiles at the moment lack the firepower, even in case of one other security automotive had been to happen.
The #96 Rutronik Racing Lamborghini has in the meantime misplaced the lead lap as the brand new Temerario struggled to seek out tempo all weekend lengthy.
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