Yelmer Buurman put the ERC Mercedes he shares with Lee Mowle at the top of the timing sheets in the second of Satruday’s two British GT free-practice sessions at Spa.
The Dutchman’s 2:20.420 was six-tenths up on Johnny Adam’s 2:21.024 in the #75 Optimum Aston Martin, but the overall pace is still some way off 2017’s pole position time of 2:18.615.
The Nicki Thiim/Mark Farmer TF Sport Aston Martin that set the pace in FP1 was third-quickest this time around, while Callum MacLeod got the #7 Team Parker Bentley around fourth-fastest overall.
In GT4, a Tolman McLaren was once again the car to beat; this time Joe Osborne was fastest in the #56 entry he shares with David Pattison. Second-quickest was Dean McDonald in the #43 Century BMW, ahead of Daniel McKay in the #10 Equipe Verschuur McLaren.
A brief red flag for a car in the gravel was the only incident of note, but the #22 Invictus Games Jaguar is now a confirmed retirement for the weekend following its heavy shunt at Radillion in FP1. Driver Basil Rawlinson was extracted from the car and taken to hospital in Liege for x-rays.
