New triumph for Amaury Bonduel in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. Just like yesterday, the Belgian climbed to the top step of the podium at Spa-Francorchamps. Not only that, the representative of the BDR team took home the third success of the season out of four races held so far. In addition to being conditioned by two safety cars, the second heat was interrupted after only seventeen minutes, due to a red flag, and was never resumed.
Already on the formation lap Oliver Freymuth was forced to abandon the race due to a mechanical problem on his Huracan. Starting from pole, Bonduel immediately tried to take the lead followed by Hampus Eriksson, who did well to overtake Jean-Baptiste Mela. The Frenchman then lost his composure and slipped to fourth behind Egor Orudzhev.
Meanwhile, in the rear, Holger Harmsen missed the braking of La Source, hitting the innocent Stefano Pezzuchi. The Pole was the one who got the worst of it and, having remained stationary on the track, forced the first intervention of the safety car. Hostilities resumed with forty minutes remaining in the match. Bonduel once again took off to set the fastest lap, taking advantage of the brawl between Eriksson and Mela.
The key moment occurred on the sixth lap when Charlie Martin hit Alessio Ruffini on the straight leading to Eau Rouge. The Italian from Auto Sport Racing Service had no choice but to park the Lamborghini on the grass. The removal first forced the second intervention of the safety car and, shortly afterwards, the entry of a tow truck with a red flag attached. At the same time, driver changes began with the classification being revolutionized.
Given the continuation of the operations, it was decided to end the race early with the final classification frozen on the sixth lap. The overall podium thus saw the winner Bonduel finish ahead of Eriksson and Orudzhev. First hit in ProAm for Andrea Frassineti, paired with Ignazio Zanon, who did well to keep up with the leaders. Mattia Michelotto and Gilles Stadsbader finished on the fringes of the top 10. After reaching the podium in race 1, Stephan Guerin managed to take the victory in Am. Twenty-first overall, Petar Matic and Paolo Biglieri won the Lamborghini Cup.
Saturday 11 May 2024, race 2
1 – Amaury Bonduel – BDR – 6 laps
2 – Hampus Ericsson – Target – 2″607
3 – Egor Orudzhev – ART-Line – 3″967
4 – Jean-Baptiste Mela – Schumacher – 5″253
5 – Ali-Söderström – Target – 5″692
6 – Amati-Salmenautio – Iron Lynx – 7″140
7 – Frassineti-Zanon – VSR – 8″003
8 – Simon Tirman – Schumacher – 8″923
9 – Jerzy Spinkiewicz – Uniq – 9″685
10 – Caglioni-Geraci – Oregon – 12″742
11 – Michelotto-Stadsbader – VSR – 13″588
12 – Di Folco-Strignano – Rexal Villorba – 13″912
13 – Bolger-Guidetti – Brutal Fish – 14″407
14 – Ibrahim Badawy – DL Racing – 15″886
15 – Gosselin-Leneutre – Iron Lynx – 16″185
16 – Stéphan Guerin – Schumacher – 17″115
17 – Giuseppe Guirreri – GG Motorsport – 17″760
18 – Baptiste Moulin – VSR – 18″034
19 – Ianniello-Testa – DL Racing – 18″689
20 – Balthasar-Riegel – Leipert – 19″204
21 – Biglieri-Matić – Auto Sport – 22″219
22 – Quentin Antonel – CMR – 22″692
23 – Dimitrov-Maloigne – Iron Lynx – 25″357
24 – Bergman-Luchetti – Stüttgart – 26″513
25 – Perolini-Roda – Oregon – 27″873
26 – Kuppens-Meyuhas – Boutsen VDS – 28″510
27 – Karim Ojjeh – Aggressive – 29″608
28 – Shota Abkhazava – ART-Line – 30″282
29 – Galas-Pavlicek – Micanek – 31″160
30 – Randazzo-Tribaudini – VSR – 32″266
31 – Lazzaroni-Valkre – DL Racing – 33″022
32 – Formanek-Rosina – Micanek – 34″029
33 – Huilin Han – Target – 35″872
34 – A.Lewandowski-A.Lewandowski – Auto Sport – 36″710
35 – Herne-Stender – Leipert – 37″691
36 – Cyril Saleilles – Villorba – 38″958
37 – Rodrigue Gillion – CMR – 40″253
38 – Nahra-Enjalbert – Pegasus – 41″365
39 – Marco Gersager – GM Motorsport – 45″753
40 – Alfredo Hernandez Ortega – BDR – 46″837
41 – Keats-Martin – Brutal Fish – 48″417
42 – Nigel Bailly – ART – 48″961
43 – Serge Doms – DS Racing – 55″389
44 – Locanto-Pezzucchi – DL Racing – 56″135
45 – John Seale – Iron Lynx – 59″132
46 – D.Privitelio-L.Privitelio – Rexal Villorba – 1’53″082
Fastest lap: Amaury Bonduel 2’20″801
Retreat
Pavlović-Ruffini – Auto Sport
Bostandjiev-Lefterov – Iron Lynx
Levet-Toth – Oregon
Holger Harmsen – GT3
Oliver Freymuth – AKF
F.Semoulin-B.Semoulin – Semoulin
The championship
1.Bonduel 47.5 points; 2.Ali-Söderström 38; 3.Caglioni-Geraci 23; 4.Balthasar-Riegel 20; 5.Di Folco-Strignano 19; 6.Amati-Salmenautio 18.5; 7.Bostandjiev-Lefterov 15; 8.Ericsson 13; 9.Michelotto-Stadsbader 8.5; 10.Dimitrov-Maloigne 6.
