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Four hours in and the Team Bleekemolen SEAT Leon TCR (#100, Sebastiaan Bleekemolen / Melvin de Groot / Rene Steenmetz / Michael Bleekemolen) leads the 2017 24H Barcelona on its return to the series.

The Dutch team makes its first series start since winning the season-opening 24H SILVERSTONE, and currently heads the SP3-GT4 class leader NM Racing Team Ginetta G55 GT4 (#215, Nikolay Dmitriev / Maxime Guillemat / Marc de Fulgencio / Ivan Pareras / Nil Montserrat), which secured pole position during Friday’s qualifying session.

Current TCR standings leader MONLAU COMPETICIÓN SEAT Leon TCR (#107 Alvaro Bajo / Alba Cano Ramirez / Jurgen Smet / Jose Manuel Perez Aicart) holds the final outright podium spot as it circulates the 4.655km Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya.

Fourth overall is NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing SEAT Leon TCR (#125, Gijs Bessem / Harry Hilders / Rob Rappange / Ramzi Moutran), which – briefly – became the seventh different race leader of the afternoon shortly before the four-hour mark. The SEAT heads the sister Bas Koeten Racing powered by Kawasaki SEAT Leon TCR (#155, Kristian Jepsen / Jan Sorensen / Martin van den Berge / Anders Fjordbach), which rounds out the top five.

With NM Racing Team out front, SP3-GT4 standings leader CWS (#178 Ginetta G55 GT4, Colin White Patrik Mathiesen / Joachim Bölting / Tom Wrigley) holds second in-class, despite a prolonged pit stop after an incident on the opening lap. The same collision also hampered TCR class pole sitter Red Camel-Jordans.nl (#303 SEAT Leon TCR, Ivo Breukers / Rik Breukers / Bert de Heus / JM Littman), which had started on the front row but lost more than 15 minutes to accident damage repairs on pit road.

EST 1 Racing (#981 Porsche Cayman GT4, Thomas Padovani / Raimo Kulli / Sten Pentus / Keijo Kaasik / Jukka Honkavuori) completes the top three in SP3-GT4, the Porsche making a stellar start from the third row to lead during the opening stint. Electrical issues meanwhile scuppered the progress of the Stratton Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT4 (#237, Stuart Hall / Tom Black / David Tinn / Robin Marriott) on the British team’s 24H TCE SERIES debut. The Aston Martin had built a 35-second lead before problems hit.

The A2 class pole sitting RECY RACING TEAM BMW 120D (#194, Jan de Vocht / Johan van Loo / Wim Meulders / Thomas Piessens) leads category after the first four hours, just ahead of the Spirit Racing Renault Clio Cup III (#168, Rob Nieman / Eric vd Munckhof / Frank Bedorf / Stan van Oord / Joey van Splunteren). The Cor Euser Racing BMW 120D (#71, Cor Euser / Jim Briody / Carel Krieger / Stan van Oord) rounds out the top three in A2.

The Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R (#176, Alyn James / Daniel Wheeler / Martin Byford) currently leads the A3 class ahead of the MALTI COMPETITION SEAT Leon Supercopa MK2 (#128, Philippe Burel / Victor Fernandes / Jean-Marc Rivet / Bob Arezina) and the Team Autosport de Jong BMW E46 330D (#177, Peter Terlouw / Patrick Tieman / Marco de Jong / Karel Neleman / Mark Verhaegh). The final A3 entrant – the RKC/TGM Honda FD2-Civic Type-R (#99, Ricky Coomber / Thomas Gannon / David Drinkwater / Andrew Mollison / Mark Symonds) – completed just one formation lap before returning to the pit lane with critical electrical issues.  

CUP1 meanwhile is headed by the DUWO Racing BMW M235i Racing Cup (#235, Jean-Marie Dumont / Alexander W. Wetzlich / Nicolas Schmit / Andrey Mukovoz / Stanislav Sidoruk). The QSR Racingschool BMW M235i Racing Cup (#154, Jimmy de Breucker / Mario Timmers / Rodrigue Gillion / Emilie Liljeström / Tommy Graberg) lies less than one lap further behind, and aims to maintain its lead in the CUP1 standings.

The 2017 24H Barcelona will continue throughout the night until the chequered flag flies on Sunday at 12 hrs.

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Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiri Pisarik/Josef Král/Matteo Malucelli) has won the inaugural Hankook 24H PORTIMAO. After 722 laps on the 4.653 kilometre Autódromo Internacional do Algarve circuit, equalling a distance of 3,359.47 kilometres, Matteo Malucelli took the chequered flag to win the season finale of the 2017 24H SERIES.

With a three lap margin, the Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Ferrari 488 GT3 (#488, Georg Weiss/Oliver Kainz/Jochen Krumbach/Nico Menzel) celebrated the runner-up spot in the team's first ever campaign in a CREVENTIC series. With third place overall and the victory in the A6-Am class, the Hofor-Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#1, Michael Kroll/Chantal Kroll/Roland Eggimann/Kenneth Heyer/Christiaan Frankenhout) took home various championship titles, such as best drivers overall, best drivers and best team in GT cars plus best drivers and best team in the A6 class.

In addition, Michael Kroll, Chantal Kroll, and Roland Eggimann are the best Am-drivers in A6. Chantal Kroll also won the ladies championship.

The A6-Am podium was completed by the GP Extreme Renault RS01 FGT3 (#27, Frederic Fatien/Stuart Hall/Nicky Pastorelli/Tiziano Carugati/Bassam Kronfli) and the Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS (#34, Rahel Frey/Gustav Edelhoff/Elmar Grimm/Ingo Vogler/Max Edelhoff). Car Collection Motorsport's Max Edelhoff sealed his overall victory in the rookie championship.

The third-best A6-Pro car, the Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (#21, Paul Scheuschner/Franz Konrad/Marco Mapelli/Hendrik Still/Christopher Brück), came home in seventh position overall. The GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (#963, Christoph Lenz/Roberto Pampanini/Milos Pavlovic/Rik Breukers/Mauro Calamia), that had led the race earlier on, lost its advantage with a driveshaft issue and finally achieved eighth place overall.

The PROsport Performance Porsche 991 Cup (#85, Charles Putman/Charles Espenlaub/Joe Foster/Andy Pilgrim) could extend its SP2 class lead over the IDEC SPORT RACING Porsche 991 Cup (#75, David Abramczyk/Stephane Adler/Romain Vozniak/Michael Blanchemain/Christophe Cresp) and finally won with a 14 lap margin.

In the battle for the remaining SP2 podium spot, the VDS Racing Adventures MARC Focus V8 (#58, Raphaël van der Straten/Pierre Dupont/Grégory Paisse/Keith Kassulke/José Close) beat the B2F compétition Porsche 991 Cup (#35, Benoit Fretin/Bruno Fretin/Michel Mitieus/Jean-Charles Levy), that had fought for the lead at early stages. With their third place, the VDS Racing Adventures team celebrated the teams championship title in the SP2 class. One of their pilots, Raphaël van der Straten, is the best driver in SP2 class.

The production-based Parkalgar Racing Team Honda Civic Type R (#188, Sir Chris Hoy/Roger Green/Joaquim Penteado/Peter Brookes/Matt Brookes) turned the tables in the SP3-GT4 class and took the win away from the Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 (#231, Dan O'Brien/Aleksander Schjerpen/Oliver Wilkinson) with a seven lap margin. The Optimum Motorsport Ginetta lost its upper hand after an engine change.

The British squad still scored the teams championship victory in the SP3-GT4 class. Two of their drivers, Aleksander Schjerpen and Oliver Wilkinson, won the drivers’ championship.

From last place on the grid, the Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 308 Racing Cup (#308, Thierry Blaise/Kim Holmgaard/Michael Carlsen/Mathieu Sentis) topped the TCR class rankings. The pole setters and early class leaders, the second Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 308 Racing Cup (#908, Stéphane Ventaja/Gonzalo Martin de Andres/Thierry Boyer/Thierry Chkondali), suffered suspension damage in a slight collision on Saturday evening and lost the advantage. However, they still sealed a one-two victory for the Team Altran.

The Zest Racecar Engineering SEAT Leon TCR V2 DSG (#105, Jean-Michel Gerome/Jean-Alexandre Gerome/Philippe Ulivieri/Robert Taylor/Jesús Diez Villaroel) settled for third. The Cadspeed Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ (#108, Ricky Coomber/David Drinkwater/James Kaye/Jim Briody/Erik Holstein), that had been a podium contender after the start, retired shortly after midnight. With the number 308 car, the Team Altran won the teams title for touring cars as well as the teams title in the TCR class. Mathieu Sentis is TCR driver's champion.

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The NM Racing Team Ginetta G55 GT4 (#215, Nikolay Dmitriev / Maxime Guillemat / Marc de Fulgencio / Ivan Pareras / Nil Montserrat) will start the 24H Barcelona from pole position.

Ivan Pareras lapped the 4.655km Circuit de Catalunya circuit in Barcelona in 1m 57.241s, outpacing the second-placed Red Camel-Jordans.nl SEAT Leon TCR (#303, Ivo Breukers / Rik Breukers / Bert de Heus / JM Littman) by just 0.254 seconds. Incredibly, Pareras’ time equalled that of teammate – and Spanish countryman – Nil Montserrat, who produced exactly the same time earlier in the session.

Current SP3-GT4 standings leader CWS (#178 Ginetta G55 GT4, Colin White

Patrik Mathiesen / Joachim Bölting / Tom Wrigley) will start from third on the grid. The third fastest SP3-GT4 entrant meanwhile, the EST 1 Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 (#981, Thomas Padovani / Raimo Kulli / Sten Pentus / Keijo Kaasik / Jukka Honkavuori) will start fifth overall.

With the #303 Red Camel-Jordans.nl SEAT Leon TCR having secured TCR pole position, the Team Bleekemolen SEAT Leon TCR (#100, Sebastiaan Bleekemolen / Melvin de Groot / Rene Steenmetz / Michael Bleekemolen) claimed the next fastest category time in only its second 24H TCE SERIES entry of the year.

Current TCR standings leader MONLAU COMPETICIÓN SEAT Leon TCR (#107, Alvaro Bajo / Alba Cano Ramirez / Jurgen Smet / Jose Manuel Perez Aicart) meanwhile will start from the sixth spot on the grid after setting the third fastest TCR laptime.

With 18 TCR cars confirmed for the 24H Barcelona, this marks the highest number of entrants yet for the category in 2017.

A3 pole position went to the Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R (#176, Alyn James / Daniel Wheeler / Martin Byford) in a tight-contest for the top spot, with less than half a second separating the top two. The MALTI COMPETITION Seat Leon Supercopa MK2 (#128, Philippe Burel / Victor Fernandes / Jean-Marc Rivet / Bob Arezina) and the RKC/TGM Honda FD2-Civic Type-R (#99, Ricky Coomber / Thomas Gannon /David Drinkwater / Andrew Mollison / Mark Symonds) rounded out the category’s top three.

The QSR Racingschool BMW M235i Racing Cup (#154, Jimmy de Breucker / Mario Timmers / Rodrigue Gillion / Emilie Liljeström / Tommy Graberg) netted CUP1 pole position against its sole category rival this weekend, the DUWO Racing BMW M235i Racing Cup (#235, Jean-Marie Dumont / Alexander W. Wetzlich / Nicolas Schmit / Andrey Mukovoz / Stanislav Sidoruk) as the former strives to maintain its lead in the CUP1 standings this weekend.

A2 qualifying honours went to the RECY RACING TEAM BMW 120D (#194, Jan de Vocht / Johan van Loo / Wim Meulders / Thomas Piessens) in a tightly fought contest with the Spirit Racing Renault Clio Cup III (#168, Rob Nieman / Eric vd Munckhof / Frank Bedorf / Stan van Oord / Joey van Splunteren) and the Cor Euser Racing BMW 120D (#71, Cor Euser / Jim Briody / Carel Krieger / Stan van Oord)

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Three and a half hours into the inaugural 24H PORTIMAO, the GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (#963, Christoph Lenz/Roberto Pampanini/Milos Pavlovic/Rik Breukers/Mauro Calamia) holds a 30 second lead over the Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Ferrari 488 GT3 (#488, Georg Weiss/Oliver Kainz/Jochen Krumbach/Nico Menzel).

Milos Pavlovic, the GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini’s starting driver, took first place from Matteo Malucelli in the pole-setting Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 (#11, Jiri Pisarik/Josef Král/Matteo Malucelli) right at the start. The Czech squad has fallen back into third place, but is still on the lead lap. Several A6-Am teams follow closely though and wait for their chances to strike.

Fourth overall and leading the A6-Am class is the Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS (#34, Rahel Frey/Gustav Edelhoff/Elmar Grimm/Ingo Vogler/Max Edelhoff). The Herberth Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 R (#911, Daniel Allemann/Ralf Bohn/Robert Renauer/Alfred Renauer), that is entered in the A6-Am class this weekend, has already lost an hour in the pits.

The Hofor-Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (#1, Michael Kroll/Chantal Kroll/Roland Eggimann/Kenneth Heyer/Christiaan Frankenhout) is second in A6-Am and could benefit from their championship rivals’ lengthy pit stop. Third is the GP Extreme Renault RS01 FGT3 (#27, Frederic Fatien/Stuart Hall/Nicky Pastorelli/Tiziano Carugati/Bassam Kronfli), that set the best time in qualifying.

Three Porsche teams claimed the top qualifying spots in the SP2 class. Two of them fight for the class lead now. The B2F compétition Porsche 991 Cup (#35, Benoit Fretin/Bruno Fretin/Michel Mitieus/Jean-Charles Levy) currently has the upper hand against the PROsport Performance Porsche 991 Cup (#85, Charles Putman/Charles Espenlaub/Joe Foster/Andy Pilgrim). The IDEC SPORT RACING Porsche 991 Cup (#75, David Abramczyk/Stephane Adler/Romain Vozniak/Michael Blanchemain/Christophe Cresp) follows in third place, but has already lost two laps.

Having dominated the SP3-GT4 class qualifying already, the Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 (#231, Dan O'Brien/Aleksander Schjerpen/Oliver Wilkinson) holds a 20 lap lead over the Parkalgar Racing Team Honda Civic Type R (#188, Sir Chris Hoy/Roger Green/Joaquim Penteado/Peter Brookes/Matt Brookes).

Despite close fights and several lead changes in the TCR class, the pole setters, the Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 308 Racing Cup (#908, Stéphane Ventaja/Gonzalo Martin de Andres/Thierry Boyer/Thierry Chkondali), are back in the lead.

Their team mates, the Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 308 Racing Cup (#308, Thierry Blaise/Kim Holmgaard/Michael Carlsen/Mathieu Sentis), have already reached the runner-up spot from the back of the grid, but are two laps down. The Cadspeed Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ (#108, Ricky Coomber/David Drinkwater/James Kaye/Jim Briody/Erik Holstein), that left from second on the grid, has lost three laps and has fallen back into third place.

 

         

 

 

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