24 Hours of Spa: Strong Swiss line-up 🎥
LONG NIGHT With last year's winner Raffaele Marciello and the DTM drivers Ricardo Feller and Patric Niederhauser, three Swiss drivers have legitimate hopes of overall victory at the Spa 24 Hours.
The Spa-Francorchamps race this coming weekend is particularly popular. With 71 GT3 cars, the record field of entrants from 2019 has been leveled. Eight brands are represented. The overall winning Pro category alone features 20 different cars.
Hope for the coveted title again
Three of these pro cars also feature Swiss drivers. First and foremost with last year's winner Raffaele Marciello. The Ticino native will pilot a Mercedes AMG GT3 from Team Akkodis together with Timur Boguslawski and Jules Gounon. Marciello is naturally hoping for a successful title defense, something that has rarely happened at the 24-hour classic in the Ardennes in recent years. The last drivers to repeat their victory the following year were Belgian Eric van de Poele and German Michael Bartels in 2005/2006.
Rahel Frey battles it out in the Lamborghini Huracán
Audi factory driver Patric Niederhauser (with Christopher Mies and Simon Gachet) will start for the Sainteloc Junior Team in #25. Brand colleague Ricardo Feller shares an Audi R8 LMS GT3 in Team Audi Sport Tresor Orange with Mattia Drudi and Dennis Marschall (#40).
In addition to the three pro riders, there are other Swiss and one Swiss woman at the start:
- Nicolas Leutwiler, Porsche 911 GT3 R (Pro-Am) #24
- Rolf Ineichen, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 (Gold) #19
- Miklas Born, Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Gold) #157
- Philip Ellis, Mercedes-AMG GT3 (Gold) #57
- Lucas Légeret, Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II (Silver) #12
- Antonin Borga, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 (Bronze) #8
- Alain Valente and Yannick Mettler, Mercedes-AMG GT3 (bronze) #81
- Rahel Frey, Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 (Bronze) #83
- Jeffrey Schmidt, McLaren 720S GT3 Evo (Bronze) #93
... so you are always live on the Internet
The race will start at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 1. The organizer SRO will broadcast the entire race on its official website as well as on a stream. On the YouTube Channel GTWorld viewers have the opportunity to watch the race with German commentary. SkySport will also broadcast the entire 24 hours from Spa.
Source: Auto Sport Switzerland
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