Crucially for the championship, the pit-stop schedule for the Williams Mercedes meant team were leading at the halfway point, picking up 35 points for doing so.ĭawn broke soon after, and it was all about the UOL drivers as they stretched their lead out to well over a minute in fact at one point they were up by a lap on the second-placed Williams car, due to the long pit lane at Spa’s 24-hour layout.Īfter a faultless two trips around the clock, it was Pfeffer who saw the chequered flag first to claim victory by over 80 seconds from McCormack, with Niklas Houben bringing the third Mercedes across the line in third, a lap down. The HRT meanwhile was the fastest car on track. They were joined by the other Williams team, driving the Audi R8, and same car under the Wipperman Racing outfit, as well as the works Ferrari entry.Įarly rain showers didn’t shake the order up at the front, but as night fell it became clear that Mercedes had both the pace and the strategy advantage as the UOL team hit the front and began to pull away from the Williams car behind. The two Mercedes led the way ahead of the Team HRT machine in third. However the lone Pro category McLaren of defending champion and points leader Veloce was not among them, languishing down in the bottom half of the order and facing a long 24 hours. Pole position went to the sibling Mercedes of the Williams team of Dominik Blajer, Daire McCormack, and Dennis Schoniger, with the UOL car driven by Tobias Gronewald, Tobias Pfeffer, Bastian Richter, and Michael Tausche lining up second in a tight field that saw five different marques in the top ten.
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