The FIA
GT World Cup started its pair of races
with the qualifying race this Saturday, and very much like in the
FIFA World Cup, Germany dominated without question, although the
winning German at the streets of Macau, Stefan
Mücke, had an English helping hand to
do the task.
The race started
with Stefan Mücke holding his lead while Edoardo
Mortara saw Maro
Engel steal his second place at the
first corner as the Audis suffered a bit to hold the pressure of the
Mercedes drivers. It wouldn’t take long for Mücke and Engel to
pull away from the competition to have a personal fight, while
Mortara was trying to open the gap to Renger
van der Zande.
On Lap3 however, the
sole track neutralization period came, as yellow flags were waved due
to a crash of Bentley Team Absolute driver Adderly
Fong. He smashed his Bentley
Continental GT3 into the wall and
destroyed the back of the car. Two laps later the Safety Car finally
made into the track, holding the competitors on its pace while the
rescue vehicle accessed the track to take Fong’s car out.
Lap 8 and the race
gets the Green flag again, and second-placed Engel was the only one
trying to keep a close distance of Mücke. It wasn’t a question of
Engel not trying, but Mücke was really the fastest man on the track.
Last lap and the gap
between Mücke and Engel was of almost two seconds. Combining the
continuous fast pace with the fact that Engel practically settled for
second, the CRAFT-Bamboo Racing driver crossed the finish line in
first without problems. Edoardo Mortara completed the top three, the
first Macau GT podium for the new Audi R8 LMS. The home driver, Andre
Couto, ended the race only in the 20th
place.
UPDATE:
After investigation of the stewards, they imposed a 10 second penalty for Stefan Mücke as in the restart of the race he braked before the green flag, causing Maro Engel to take an evasive move in order to remain safe. With this, Engel and the Mercedes AMG Driver Academy wins the race, with Mortara in second and Mücke going down to third.
UPDATE:
After investigation of the stewards, they imposed a 10 second penalty for Stefan Mücke as in the restart of the race he braked before the green flag, causing Maro Engel to take an evasive move in order to remain safe. With this, Engel and the Mercedes AMG Driver Academy wins the race, with Mortara in second and Mücke going down to third.
PHOTO: FIA GT World Cup
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