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The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup  opener at Brands Hatch was quite the roller coaster, with penalties changing the outcome on Saturday in favor of the No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3  of Arthur Leclerc and Thomas Neubauer, while the Sunday saw a fierce battle entirely on track, which was won by the No. 80 Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3R  of Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller.   Lionspeed GP had the pole for Race 1, and Ricardo Feller put the No. 80 Porsche in favorable position while the No. 3 Verstappen Mercedes harassed the No. 50 AF Corse Ferrari. In the melee collection happening behind Feller, a miscommunication between Aurelien Panis and Robin Knutsson pit maneuvered and threw the No. 10 Boutsen VDS Porsche with violence into the barriers, triggering the Safety Car entrance  for track clearance and barrier repairs due to the heavy impact.   With the barrier repairs needing more work, the red flag was brought for 15 minutes, and after some Safety Ca...