Bird and Rigon head AF Corse Ferrari 1-2 at Spa

The LMGTE Pro class saw a 1-2 finish for the AF Corse Ferrari team after a thrilling battle throughout the six hour contest at Spa today.

Early in the race a sensational fight between the #71 Sam Bird and Davide Rigon 488 GTE challenger and the #51 car of Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado entertained the large Spa crowd as the cars touch several times fighting for position.

The two Ferraris were almost tied together for the entire races, but Bird eventually broke free in the final stint of the race to take his and Rigon’s second win in as many years at the Belgian venue.

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing placed third and fourth with Olivier Pla, Stefan Mucke and Billy Johnson in the #66 Ford GT leading the sister #67 car.

Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell and Pipo Derani fought back from fuel related issues to retain their GT FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship points lead.

It was a disappointing day for Porsche GT Team and Aston Martin Racing as they had to make do with lower points scoring positions at Spa.

LMGTE Am saw a conclusive victory for the #98 Aston Martin Racing line-up of Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda. They celebrated a hat-trick of wins at Spa, adding their 2017 success to victories in ’15 and ’16.

The Aston trio overcame an early penalty for a grid procedure infraction to fight back and take the win by 30-seconds and take over the lead in the LMGTE Am class standings.

The Dempsey-Proton Porsche 911 RSR finished in second place after a race long hunt of the Aston by Marvin Dienst, Christian Ried and Matteo Cairoli.

Clearwater Racing’s Matt Griffin, Keita Sawa and Weng Sun Mok place third at Spa to secure second place in the points standings as they head to Le Mans.

At the 2017 edition of the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, 61,000 people enjoyed the action and atmosphere from the WEC plus the three support series over the three days of the event.  The huge crowds on race day (Saturday 6 May) profited from bright sunshine, incredible track battles and great entertainment on and off track.

The next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship will be the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 17/18 June.  See you at the greatest sportscar race of them all!

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