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4 H. of Barcelona - Third win this season for Prema Racing

European Le Mans Series
28 Aug. 2022 • 17:00
Prema Racing extended their championship lead to 21 points after a dominant victory in the 4 Hours of Barcelona. After starting 7th on the grid Ferdinand Habsburg moved up the field to take the lead after 38 minutes of racing, a lead the team held until the chequered flag. Panis Racing finished second at the end of the race, with the Cool Racing taking the final podium position.
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he LMP2 Pro/Am victors were the no88 AF Corse Oreca, finishing 5th overall, the third different winners in the category this season.

 

The LMP3 winners were Inter Europol Competition, the no13 Ligier finishing ahead of the no4 DKR Engineering Duqueine and the no17 Cool Racing Ligier.The Polish team had a nail biting last 10-minutes when they were given a 10-second penalty to be added to their race time, but Guilherme Oliveira crossed the line 15.2 seconds ahead of Sebastien Alvarez, which was reduced to 5.2 seconds with the penalty added.

 

The LMGTE victors were Christian Ried, Lorenzo Ferrari and Gianmaria Bruni in the no77 Proton Competition Porsche, with the team scoring their second win in a row.Bruni took the chequered flag 14.3 seconds ahead of David Perel in the no55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488. The South African put up a spirited defence of the lead handed to him by Duncan Cameron but couldn’t hold off the rapid Italian.The no66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari finished third, with Miguel Molina crossing the line 24 seconds behind the no55 Ferrari at the end of the 4 Hours of Barcelona.

 

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