Formanek, Rosina extend Pro-Am advantage with comeback win, late Am triumph for Lisa and Mraz

Bronek Formanek and Stefan Rosina scored their fifth Pro-Am win from a possible six in Sunday morning's GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli contest at Spa-Francorchamps, while Petr Lisa and Viktor Mraz earned a dramatic Am class victory.

The #11 Mičánek Motorsport powered by Buggyra Lamborghini started from pole for the fourth race in succession and Rosina made a clean getaway, leading the #7 DINAMIC Motorsport Maserati of Mauro Calamia. The Slovakian began to edge away, but before he had time to build a gap the #11 crew was hit with a five-second penalty for not following the race director’s instructions during the formation lap.

For the second time in as many races, the Mičánek squad would have to overcome adversity to take the win. Rosina did just enough over the opening stint, pulling five seconds clear of the chasing Maserati and the third-placed #89 RTR Projects KTM.

But, in addition to its penalty, the Lamborghini would also have to serve an extra 10 seconds in the pits due to its victory in yesterday's opening race. As such, the outcome of the pit stops was that Davit Kajaia's KTM emerged in the lead, followed by Roberto Pampanini in the Maserati and then the Lamborghini with Formanek at the wheel.

The Czech racer took a few laps to make his way past Pampanini and was more than five seconds adrift of leader Kajaia with a little over 10 minutes remaining. But having passed the Maserati the Czech driver took full advantage of clean air. With five minutes remaining Formanek was all over Kajaia and he made the decisive move into Les Combes.

Just a few minutes later he was met by the chequered flag, scoring a fifth win from six races and further extending the points advantage that he and Rosina enjoy over their rivals. The #89 KTM of Kajaia and Mato Homola scored its best result of the season in P2, followed by the #7 Maserati.

The Am class was also running to form during the first half of the race as Philippe Prette led comfortably in his #1 LP Racing Maserati. But the defending champion was forced to make a lengthy pit stop due to rear bodywork damage, costing him any chance of victory.

This set the scene for a brilliant battle between the #53 Akkodis ASP Mercedes-AMG driven by Pascal Gibon alongside Christophe Bourret, and Petr Lisa in the #789 RTR Projects KTM. The two swapped positions back and forth, but it seemed that Gibon had done enough to hold on to top spot.

Then, with a minute left on the clock, the Frenchman made a small mistake at the final chicane, opening the door for Lisa to seal his and Viktor Mraz's maiden series victory. Oliver Freymuth completed the podium in his AKF Motorsport Lamborghini, while Prette recovered to fourth.

The GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli will be back in action in three weeks’ time, contesting its fourth double-header event of the season at Misano on 18–20 July.

Results are HERE