Vector penalty moves up Forestier and IDEC Sport
After post race scrutiny late Sunday, Pietro Fittipaldi's driving time, in the #10 Vector Sport Oreca which finished second, was found by stewards to have not met the 40-minute drive time requirement by 1 minute, 15.791 seconds.
The team was therefore given a time penalty of 1 minute and 50.791 seconds, which has dropped the British squad to a 17th place finish overall (9th in LMP2), moving the #29 Forestier Racing by Panis Oreca to a runner-up finish and promoting the the pole-sitting #18 IDEC Sport Oreca of Jamie Chadwick, Laurents Hoerr and Valerio Rinicella to third place and ultimately completed the podium.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 2026. TOP 3 overall.
Forestier Racing by Panis second
Louis Rousset, Oliver Gray and Esteban Masson are now classified second aboard the #29 Forestier Racing by Panis ORECA.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 2026. #29 Forestier Racing by Panis ORECA
First podium for #18 IDEC Sport trio
After three fourth-place finishes this season, Jamie Chadwick, Laurents Hörr and Valerio Rinicella finally reached their targeted first podium of the season.
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 2026. #18 IDEC Sport ORECA
📷 © Luc Warnotte at Spa-Francorchamps 2026. #18 IDEC Sport ORECA
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