Spinkiewicz, Pretorius and Rytter Pick Up Maiden Wins at Spa

Jerzy Spinkiewicz picked up his first overall victory in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe during Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps, while Anthony Pretorius and Silas Rytter did the same during Race 2 on Sunday.

Spinkiewicz steered his No. 25 Uniq Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 to victory at the end of a race that began with a multi-car incident that notably took out defending champion Amaury Bonduel.

Bonduel returned for a one-off outing on home soil, but his No. 57 BDR Competition Lamborghini was amongst those to be eliminated as multiple cars tangled at La Source, with Shota Abkhazava, Dimitri Enjalbert and Calle Bergman also all taken out.

The No. 57 car that Bonduel shared with compatriot Kai Rillaerts, meanwhile, was so heavily damaged that it was out of action for the remainder of the weekend and missed Race 2 as a result.

Out front, Oregon Team racer Enzo Geraci battled with Pro-Am championship leader Georgi Dimitrov heading into the pitstop window as the No. 13 CMR Lamborghini sought a third overall victory.

However, Spinkiewicz emerged as a contender for victory after the stops, having leapfrogged Dimitrov’s co-driver Stephan Guerin despite serving three seconds longer in the pits as a solo driver.

The Polish racer subsequently caught and passed Geraci’s co-driver Josef Knopp at La Source before going on to open up advantage of 12.458 seconds over the No. 6 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing machine of Paul Levet and Adam Putera.

Putera had made his way up into second with a similar pass at La Source with just over ten minutes to go, while Knopp eventually faded to fifth place as Patrik Fraboni and Giacomo Pedrini completed the podium for Target Racing.

In Pro-Am, Dimitrov and Guerin were unable to extend their unbroken streak of class wins as Milos Pavlovic and Alessio Ruffini coming out op top, thanks in large part to a late-race charge from Pavlovic.

Stephane Tribaudini and Piergiacomo Randazzo picked up their fourth victory of the year in Am while Karim Ojjeh won in LB Cup.

Race 2 started with the No. 99 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini of Pretorius on pole position, but a storming opening lap from the No. 12 Art-Line Lamborghini brought the South African under pressure from Egor Orudzhev.

The former LMP1 racer captured the lead with a move at Bruxelles on the second lap and extended his opening stint, pitting later than Pretorius to build as much as an advantage before handing over to Am co-driver Abkhazava.

However, when two cars (the No. 88 Leipert machine of Pablo Schumm and Hugo Bac’s No. 2 Boutsen VDS machine) separately spun off at Blanchimont, Abkhazava was thrown into the clutches of the faster cars due to the subsequent safety car.

Rytter, having taken over the No. 99 car from Pretorius, made quick work of the No. 12 machine at Les Combes, with Abkhazava and Fraboni subsequently coming to blows at Malmedy as the latter also attempted to find a way through.

The No. 99 Leipert Lamborghini then held off the No. 13 CMR machine of Dimitrov to win overall, with both Rytter and Pretorius celebrating their maiden wins in the series.

Dimitrov and Guerin captured the Pro-Am victory in second overall, with Levet and Putera completing the overall podium.

Andrezj Lewandowski came out on top in the Am class while Gerhard Watzinger steered the No. 70 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini to the win in LB Cup.

RESULTS: Race 1/Race 2