Formanek and Rosina overcome penalty to secure Race 1 victory at Spa

Bronek Formanek and Stefan Rosina claimed a fourth Pro-Am win of the season in this afternoon's GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli race at Spa-Francorchamps to further extend their advantage at the top of the standings.

The #11 Mičánek Motorsport powered by Buggyra Lamborghini started from pole with Formanek at the wheel and held the lead as the cars made their initial run through La Source and down into Eau Rouge. He was chased by Philippe Prette, who occupied his familiar position at the head of the Am class field aboard the #1 LP Racing Maserati.

The Lamborghini remained in control throughout the opening stint, which was made tricky by light but persistent rainfall. Mičánek appeared comfortable until the car dipped under its minimum pit stop time, which included a seven-second success penalty carried over from Zandvoort. Rosina returned to the track comfortably ahead of his nearest rival but was soon hit with a 13-second penalty for the infraction.

Once the stops had played out Rosina was 17 seconds clear of Prette and 20 seconds ahead of his closest Pro-Am contender, the #7 DINAMIC Motorsport Maserati of Mauro Calamia. This effectively gave Rosina a seven-second cushion, but with the track becoming ever more slippery the Slovakian had to keep his focus.

Calamia was able to reduce the advantage to a little over three seconds with the penalty taken into account, but it was not enough to prevent Rosina from securing his and Formanek's fourth win from five races. The #7 Maserati was second thanks to the efforts of Calamia and his co-driver Roberto Pampanini.

A last-lap pass moved Mato Homola (#89 RTR Projects KTM) into the final podium position, ahead of Daniele Cazzaniga (#88 LP Racing Audi) who defended hard having taken over from Gianluca Giorgi. This gave Homola's new co-driver Davit Kajaia a piece of silverware on his series debut.

Prette secured his fourth Am class win from five races and a third in succession, coming home comfortably clear of Oliver Freymuth (#24 AKF Motorsport Lamborghini). The #53 Akkodis ASP Mercedes-AMG of Pascal Gibon and Christophe Bourret was third, extending the French drivers' run of successive podium finishes to five.

Results are HERE