WTM by Rinaldi Wins 6H Qualifying Race at Estoril

WTM by Rinaldi Racing took a dominant victory in the 6H qualifying race at Estoril.

The No. 22 Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Georg Weiss, Leonard Weiss, Jochen Krumbach and Torsten Kratz led 162 of 196 laps to win, securing pole position for Saturday’s Hankook 12H Estoril in the process.

The German squad led a Ferrari 1-2 with a gap of over two minutes to the No. 8 Kessel Racing Ferrari driven by Alessandro Cutrera, Marco Talarico, Marco Frezza, David Fumanelli and L.M.D.V.

The Kessel crew initially crossed the line in third place, but was classified second after the No. 21 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II received a post-race penalty for speeding in a Code 60.

This dropped Frederic Vervisch, Mathieu Detry and Gregory Servais to third, ahead of the No. 85 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

E2P Racing finished fifth, ahead of the No. 1 Scherer Sport PHX Audi driven by Michael Doppelmayr, Pierre Kaffer, Elia Erhart and Christer Joens.

A late penalty for Buggyra ZM Racing meant Atlas BX Motorsports were classified winners in GT4.

The No. 416 Buggyra Mercedes-AMG GT4, driven by Aliyyah Koloc, David Vršecký and Adam Lacko, appeared to have taken the class win with a late-race pass on the No. 403 Atlas BX Motorsports car.

However, an incident on the final lap involving the No. 58 MP Racing Mercedes resulted in a 30-second penalty for the Emirati squad, handing the win to Steven Cho, Roelof Bruins, Jongkyum Kim, Taekeun Yang and Donggi Noh.

The class podium was rounded out by the PCR Sport trio of Josep Parera, Vicente Dasi and José Nuñez.

The Hankook 12H Estoril kicks off at 9:00 a.m local time (4 a.m. EDT), running uninterrupted with live coverage on the 24H Series YouTube channel.

RESULTS: Qualifying Race