VDS Panis Racing overall, Algarve Pro LMP2 Pro/Am

ELMS

Aug 24

The #48 VDS Panis Racing crew of Oliver Gray, Esteban Masson and Charles Milesi wins 4 Hours of Spa, their second victory in a row in European Le Mans Series. The #20 Algarve Pro Racing take LMP2 Pro/Am victory with Kriton Lentoudis, Olli Caldwell and Alex Quinn finishing in round 4/6 of European Le Mans Series at Spa-Francorchamps.

With second win VDS Panis Racing takes strong championship lead

With a second win in ELMS, #48 VDS Panis Racing takes a strong championship lead, 20 points ahead #43 Inter Europol Competition who ended second the Four hours of Spa.

Oliver Gray took the lead at round 12. Together with Esteban Masson and Charles Milesi they lead 63 of the remaining 77 laps.

At mid race the #10 Vector Sport took the lead with Vlad Lomko, thanks to an opportunistic right timed pit stop during caution, being caught by Esteban Masson in the #48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca and Nick Yelloly in the #43 Inter Europol Competition. After three laps, Masson regained the lead, passing Lomko on the Kemmel Straight, with Yelloly getting up into second.

After several cautions, with 20 minutes left. Charles Milesi was leading in the #48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca, 11 seconds ahead of the #18 IDEC Sport of Mathys Jaubert and Tom Dillmann in the #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca in third. Milesi crossed checkered flag first offering VDS Panis Racing its second win in a row and taking championships lead.

#43 Inter Europol Competition from third to second

They took the chequered flag in tat order BUT the Barcelona and Le Castellet winners (#18 IDEC Sport) were issued a three-minute Stop and Go penalty after the chequered flag (for pitting after the penultimate FCY), which dropped down the order. The #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca moved up to second.

#24 Nielsen Racing first podium

With the #18 penalty, Filipe Albuquerque, crossing the line in fourth aboard #24 Nielsen Racing, took the final podium position with Ferdinand Habsbourg (pole yesterday) and Cem Bolukbasi who led the field during 11 laps.

Algarve Pro Racing wins and take Pro/Am championship lead

The Pro/Am class saw 7 different leaders of the 8 contenders (with #3 DKR Engineering in the back of the field during the whole race). Kriton Lentoudis, Olli Caldwell and Alexander Quinn aboard the #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca won LMP2 Pro/Am after leading 26 laps and finish in 5th overall.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps. #20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca

The #21 United Autosports of Marino Sato, Oliver Jarvis and D. Schneider (second) lead LMP2 Pro/Am during 22 laps finishing second in class and #99 AO by TF (third) of PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron and Louis Delétraz lead 17 laps, finishing third. The top 3 LMP2 Pro/Am led 74% of the distance (65 laps of the 88 covered).