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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - RACE 1, FRIDAY 5 MAY 2017
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - RACE 2, SATURDAY 6 MAY 2017
1 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 9 laps in 23:13.917
2 RobHuff VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 0.720
3 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMSTCR Comtoyou Racing 2.325
4 EdouardMondron VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Delahaye Racing 3.888
5 Benjamin Lessennes Honda CivicType-RTCR BoutsenGinion Racing 4.907
6 FrédéricVervisch Audi RS3 LMSTCR Comtoyou Racing 5.909
7 Davit Kajaia Alfa Romeo GiuliettaTCR GE-Force 11.790
8 James Nash SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 12.398
9 AttilaTassi Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 13.116
10 GiacomoAltoè VolkswagenGolf GTITCR WestCoast Racing 13.817
Fastest lap: Stefano Comini,2:32.593,average 165.24 kph,lap 3
1 Stefano Comini Audi RS3 LMSTCR Comtoyou Racing 9 laps in 23:07.903
2 Benjamin Lessennes Honda CivicType-RTCR BoutsenGinion Racing 3.547
3 AttilaTassi Honda CivicType-RTCR M1RA 8.343
4 Jean-KarlVernay VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 8.764
5 FrédéricVervisch Audi RS3 LMSTCR Comtoyou Racing 9.063
6 RobHuff VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Leopard RacingWRT 9.325
7 EdouardMondron VolkswagenGolf GTITCR Delahaye Racing 9.619
8 TomCoronel Honda CivicType-RTCR BoutsenGinion Racing 10.550
9 Pepe Oriola SEATLeónTCR Lukoil Craft-Bamboo 11.790
10 Pierre-Yves Corthals OpelAstraTCR DG Sport Compétition 12.075
Fastest lap: Stefano Comini,2:32.101,average 165.77 kph,lap 3
Race 2 began with a series of
incidents before the cars had even
reached the first corner. Tom
Coronel collided with the rear of
Pepe Oriola’s SEAT, which then hit
the Volkswagen Golf GTI of pole-
sitter Maxime Potty; the damage
eventually forcing the Spaniard to
pull out of the race. The remainder
of the race then turned into a
thriller, with Rob Huff taking the
lead on lap 2 and then perfectly
judging the moment to back off and
allow his teammate Jean-Karl
Vernay to slingshot from third place
into the lead. Comini, starting from
tenth on the grid, managed to
avoid the first corner dramas and
moved into third place on lap 7.
That was how it finished, with
Vernay and Huff giving the Leopard
Racing Volkswagen cars a 1-2 and a
delighted Comini adding third place
to his win in Race 1.
It had been a weekend to forget for
Lukoil Craft-Bamboo (8th for James
Nash in Race 2 was their best
result) and DG Sport Compétition,
which scored a solitary point when
Pierre-Yves Corthals finished 10th
in Race 1. Similarly, WestCoast
Racing left Spa licking their wounds
after Giacomo Altoè was their only
points-scorer (10th in Race 2).