The Audi
R8 LMS GT3 was the best car at
Hungaroring in the Blancpain GT Sprint
Qualifying Race this Saturday (27) afternoon with downforce and
cornering ability on its side, but WRT,
Christopher Mies
and Enzo Ide
managed to transform this advantage in a win, overcoming great
pressure for most of the race.
Once the green flag
was out, Felix Rosenqvist
was quick to keep the lead with the No. 88 AKKA-ASP Mercedes,
which is extremely important in a track as tight as the Hungaroring,
and it was thanks to this characteristic and a crowded first corner
that the No. 25 Saintéloc Audi R8 was bumped in the back and spun,
taking the No. 101 Attempto Racing Lamborghini with it, ending the
race for both entries and bringing the first full course yellow flag.
The green flag came
with 8 minutes of racing, with Rosenqvist with an unbelievable gap
for Christopher Mies in the No. 33 WRT Audi, and for a good period of
the race we had the No. 33 and the No. 1 WRT Audis playing catch with
the No. 88 AKKA-ASP Mercedes, while the HTP Motorsport and ISR
entries came aligned a bit behind acting as spectators.
While most of the
frontrunners went earlier to the pit stops, Rosenqvist and Mies kept
their game on, but the AKKA-ASP Swede changed plans as Mies was
closing the gap to him, and delivered the No. 88 to Tristan
Vautier with 28 minutes to go. A lap
later, the leading No. 33 WRT Audi came in and Mies left the seat for
Enzo Ide to join, and again the quick WRT pit work gave good results
as the No. 33 came back to track still in the lead.
Once the fight came
back to the track, the No. 88 AKKA-ASP was caught unable to attack
the No. 33, instead seeing the No. 1 Audi getting bigger in its
mirrors and good to go until the 50 minute mark, when what could have
been the WRT show turned into Tristan Vautier’s attack into Ide, as
the Frenchman kept taking risks and specially braking late in order
to create opportunities, but his effectiveness ended with 5 minutes
to go, so Enzo Ide just had to keep pushing to finish first with the
No. 33 WRT Audi, with the No. 88 AKKA-ASP Mercedes coming second and
the No. 1 WRT Audi with Frederic
Vervisch resisting pressure from the
No. 84 HTP Mercedes to complete the podium.
The No. 5 Phoenix
Racing Audi got Silver Cup honors, while the No. 11 from Kessel
Racing and the No. 55 from AF Corse brought Pro-Am and Am Cup wins
for the Ferrari
side.
PHOTO: Blancpain GT Series
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