GetSpeed Performance delivered a second win on Sunday after Anthony Barton and Fabian Schiller’s Saturday victory, their second Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo, this time carrying the colours of Al Manar Racing took the win with Al Faisal Al Zubair, who won at Portimao last year, and Mikaël Grenier, in his first win in the series since 2019.
The duo beat the other AMGs of Mikaeel Pitamber-Dominik Baumann (SPS) and Diego Menchaca-Marcos Sibert (Motopark), in a race that finished behind the safety car because of on-track incidents.
After those and several penalties, the Pro-Am class saw a Ferrari one-two with Alessandro Cozzi-Giorgio Sernagiotto (AF Corse) and Marco Pulcini-Eddie Cheever (Spirit of Race), with the Villorba Mercedes of Mikaël Blanchemain-Jim Pla in third. In Am, success for Giuseppe Cipriani with the Barone Rampante Lambo ahead of Stanislaw Jedlinski-Krystian Korzeniowski (Olimp Mercedes) and of the GetSpeed Mercedes of Kiki San Nana-Adam Osieka.
Dominik Baumann had put his GetSpeed Mercedes on pole, only 0.065 seconds ahead of the Car Collection Porsche of Christian Menzel, with the first 12 on the grid covered by one second and with 5 different brands in the top 10.
At the start, it was all smooth for Baumann, with Grenier, Haase and Siebert all passing Menzel. Things ran smoothly on lap one and during the initial phases with positions then unchanged in the top five, with Lewis Proctor an excellent sixth ahead of Pulcini, Abril, Grunewald and Ludwig.
Gaps remained close and the first four were covered by a half-second, starting to battle.
On lap 10, with a brave move at the top of the hill, Grenier took the lead from Baumann, while Haase also started to threaten the Austrian. Further back in the group, there was contact between Deledda and Bartone.
The pit window opened on lap 15 and after all stops were completed, on lap 20, Al Zubair led by 5 seconds on Pitamber and 7 on Reicher and Menchaca. Bergström was 12 seconds behind ahead Stewart Proctor, first in Pro-Am, and Ineichen.
On lap 23, though, the safety car was scrambled as Marinangeli was beached in a gravel trap after contact with one of the Lamborghinis. The restart was short-lived as there would be further drama in turn 10 with Stanley, Rumpfkeil and Walker blocking the track. The safety car was out again and stayed out until the checkered flag.
