Hertz Team JOTA wins dramatic WEC race at Spa

Hypercar

Hertz Team Jota’s Callum IIlott and Will Stevens take surprise win at TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps.

The gold Porsche 963 takes advantage of well-timed pit stop before a red flag to go out of synch with most rivals. The result is first ever overall WEC win for Jota squad after previously winning races and a title in LMP2

IIlott and Stevens become the first duo line-up to win a top class WEC race since 2014 and first all-British winners since 2017. Runners-up today was the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar driven by Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor

The No.50 Ferrari AF Corse 499P Hypercar of Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco and Nicklas Nielsen takes ahead of sister No.51 Ferrari AF Corse driven by James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Earl Bamber crashed spectacularly on the Kemmel Straight after tagging the No.99 Proton Competition Porsche of Neel Jani while battling for third position. The accident also collected Sean Gelael in the No.31 Team WRT BMW M4 LMGT3. Both drivers emerged unhurt in the red flag triggering incident.

Following the lengthy red flag period, necessary to repair armco barriers and catch fencing on the Kemmel Straight after the Earl Bamber/Sean Gelael accident, the race session was resumed at 19:10 local time for a period of 1h 44 minutes that was needed to make the necessary repairs and ensure the track is safe to race.

LMGT3

Taking the LMGT3 victory, and doing so on the last lap, is the No.91 Manthey EMA Porsche 911 R LMGT3 of Richard Lietz, Yasser Shahin and Morris Schuring, which went from P3 to winners in the last 4-miles of the race

The No.92 Manthey PureRaxing Porsche 911 R LMGT3 took second place as Alaiksandr Malykhin, Klaus Bachler and Joel Sturm convert epic revival after qualifying accident which saw team completely rebuilding their car

That result sees the No.92 crew  extend their championship points lead as they head to the 24 Hours of Le Mans next month

The No.60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini of Matteo Cressoni, Franck Perera and Claudio Schiavoni who take advantage of two-part aspect of race led until the last lap but are forced to splash for fuel

Perera had taken the No.59 United Autosports McLaren driven by Gregoire Saucy in final 20-minutes but the Lambo has to settle for third behind the Porsches

The United Autosports McLaren finished in fifth place just behind early leaders Iron Dames who seal fourth position