You don't need many cars in the GTE-Pro to fight it out...

The changing conditions worked to Ferrari's advantage, even if James Calado saw a very fast Michael Christensen at the end of the race. It wasn’t easy to climb into the car with cold slicks and a wet track during the Full Course Yellow", said Calado after the race. "I tried to adapt my driving to the conditions as quickly as possible without having the right references as I hadn’t had a chance to drive earlier in the race. At the finish, I knew I would have to deal with the Porsche. Especially in the first and second sectors, they were extremely quick, but I didn’t give up and gave it my all, nearly losing control of the car at least twice over the last two laps, but I had to drive to the limit. It’s wonderful to have won again and have two Ferraris on the podium."

Michael Christensen gave everything at the end of the race but missed out the victory for 0.523s The Dane delivered a great race on the #92 : “It was an extremely difficult race with all conceivable conditions. The state of the track changed constantly. For long periods it was all about keeping the car on the track. Ultimately, I worked my way up the field quite well but it wasn’t enough to win. I don’t particularly like the word luck, but today we didn’t have much of it...”

For Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado's teammate in the #51 Ferrari, this success gives a boost before Le Mans : "To be honest, the first part of the race in the wet was challenging. But this is Spa, so the weather is by definition unpredictable. These were the conditions we needed to try and fight for victory because we knew we didn’t have a chance in the dry. However, in the wet, anything can happen. I was in the car for a long time, but in the end we were fast in the rain, and I tried to push as hard as possible. We lost a lot of time with the first red flag because there was no pass-around, and then with the second one, luckily, we gained it. At the restart, I found myself behind the Am’s. Basically, I couldn’t see anything in front of me because of the water thrown up by their cars. So much so that I sometimes had to lift my foot on the straight. It was difficult to keep control of the car, especially coming out of the pits on cold tyres, so it was a constant gamble. We needed a race like this to have any chance of winning, and we did well to take it, also thanks to James’ fantastic work in final stages. The Porsches were a lot quicker than us in the dry, and he did well to defend himself and win."

In the #92 Porsche, Kevin Estre almost lost everything at the start : “Gimmi and I got away well off the line. Unfortunately, I made a mistake while braking on cold tyres. I slid straight ahead and slightly nudged the No. 91 car. At the exit of the corner, three cars were side by side and there was hardly any room. Our two cars touched again. It was definitely not handled well on my part. I want to apologise to my teammates in the sister car. It was my mistake. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to earn maximum points for Porsche today.”

The second Ferrari of Molina/Fuoco could not contest the comeback of the #92 Porsche at the end of the race. The trio of the #52 finished third. As for the Corvette C8.R, it lost time during a neutralisation with a closed exit pit lane and the loss of more than a lap.

Before Le Mans, Porsche leads the championship with 91 points, compared to 73 for Ferrari and 39 for Corvette. On the drivers' side, Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen have 57 points, 14 more than James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi.