Herberth Sets Distance Record for Fourth 24H Barcelona Win – Sportscar365

Photograph: 24H Sequence

Herberth Motorsport took a fourth victory within the Hankook 24H Barcelona, successful by a margin of two laps over Sainteloc Junior Workforce.

The No. 91 Porsche 911 GT3 R piloted by Scott Noble, Ralf Bohn, Jason Hart and Dustin Blattner accomplished 738 laps to set a brand new distance file for the occasion, which was run for the twenty fifth time.

The Porsche squad emerged victorious after buying and selling the lead with the No. 18 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of Michael Doppelmayr, Pierre Kaffer, Elia Erhart, Stephane Tribaudini and Christer Joens through the night time.

The No. 14 Poulsen Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 accomplished the general podium, pushed by Kristian Poulsen, Roland Poulsen, Alfred Nilsson and Jens Klingmann.

The Danish staff got here out on high in a late-race battle with the No. 9 Crimson Camel by Juta Racing Audi, which completed fourth. The No. 11 Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 accomplished the highest 5, having recovered from an early suspension failure.

The Swiss operation was the final to be labeled forward of 992 class winners Crimson Ant Racing in sixth, whereas Optimum Motorsport ended up seventh regardless of failing to complete when the No. 4 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo encountered gas strain issues.

The British squad began from pole, with Frederik Schandorff opening up a niche of over 50 seconds within the opening stint earlier than throttle pedal points delayed the Dane, Todd Coleman, Aaron Telitz and Robert Megennis.

Within the GT4 class, Enterprise Engineering narrowly beat Samantha Tan Racing after a late-race gas strain challenge price the BMW staff a 90-second lead.

The No. 421 Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Neville Jones, Christopher Jones, Matthew George and Owen Hizzey completed simply 1.011 seconds forward of the No. 428 BMW M4 GT4 piloted by Samantha Tan, Neil Verhagen, Jon Miller, Pippa Mann and Fabian Duffieux.

The BMW led on Sunday morning having bounced again from a five-lap deficit after a punctured intercooler, earlier than gas strain issues eroded a 90-second lead for the Canadian effort.

This allowed the Enterprise Mercedes-AMG to seize its maiden sequence victory. The No. 428 BMW was later given a five-second penalty for a Code 60 violation and was labeled 6.011 seconds behind.

The category podium was accomplished by the No. 424 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport within the arms of Jose Garcia, Dennis Bohn, Patrick Kolb and Daniel Miller.



Davey Euwema is Sportscar365’s European Editor. Primarily based in The Netherlands, Euwema covers the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Sequence and Fanatec GT World Problem Europe powered by AWS, amongst different sequence.

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