Vincent Abril and Louis Prette took their second win of the season in the 2020 GT Open, doing a perfect job since qualifying in their AF Corse APM Monaco Ferrari 488. Abril had put the car in pole (“It was something very close to the perfect lap we always talk about”, said the Frenchman) and kept things under control in the first stint. Louis Prette, on a track he didn’t know, completed the job in the second stint, managing a minimal gap.

Miguel Ramos-Henrique Chaves were a very close second throughout the day in the TMM McLaren, with the TF Sport Aston Martin of Salih Yoluc-Charlie Eastwood, the winner of yesterday’s Race 1, in third. Those three pairs also lead the overall standings, with Ramos-Chaves at 42 points, only two ahead of Yoluc-Eastwood and four ahead Prette-Abril.

The Pro-Am win was for the JP Motorsport Mercedes of Patryk Krupinski-Christian Klien ahead of the two Optimum McLaren of Joe Osborne-Nick Moss and Brendan Iribe-Olli Millroy. In Am, the returning SPS Automotive Performance of Valentin Pierburg-Christian Hook took an unexpected win ahead the consistent AKM Mercedes pair of Moiseev-Nesov and the PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche of Leutwiler, after the Swiss was involved in an incident and class leaders Scholze-Liebhauser (GetSpeed) got caught in first corner drama. 

Prette-Abril (AF Corse APM Monaco) take second win of the year Miguel Ramos-Henrique Chaves (TMM McLaren) second and back to the lead in the standings, 2 points ahead of Yoluc-Eastwood (TF Sport Aston), today 3rd Krupinski-Klien (JP Motorsport Mercedes) win in Pro-Am ahead of the Optimum McLarens of Moss-Osborne and Iribe-Millroy Successful return for the SPS Automotive Mercedes, first in Am with Pirburg-Hook  Vincent Abril and Louis Prette took their second win of the season in the 2020 GT Open, doing a perfect job since qualifying in their AF Corse APM Monaco Ferrari 488. Abril had put the car in pole (“It was something very close to the perfect lap we always talk about”, said the Frenchman) and kept things under control in the first stint. Louis Prette, on a track he didn’t know, completed the job in the second stint, managing a minimal gap. Miguel Ramos-Henrique Chaves were a very close second throughout the day in the TMM McLaren, with the TF Sport Aston Martin of Salih Yoluc-Charlie Eastwood, the winner of yesterday’s Race 1, in third. Those three pairs also lead the overall standings, with RamosChaves at 42 points, only two ahead of Yoluc-Eastwood and four ahead Prette-Abril. The Pro-Am win was for the JP Motorsport Mercedes of Patryk Krupinski-Christian Klien ahead of the two Optimum McLaren of Joe Osborne-Nick Moss and Brendan Iribe-Olli Millroy. In Am, the returning SPS Automotive Performance of Valentin Pierburg-Christian Hook took an unexpected win ahead the consistent AKM Mercedes pair of Moiseev-Nesov and the PZ Oberer Zürichsee Porsche of Leutwiler, after the Swiss was involved in an incident and class leaders Scholze-Liebhauser (GetSpeed) got caught in first corner drama. THE RACE – Vincent Abril takes a clean start from the pole and keeps the advantage ahead of Chaves and Yoluc, but first corner drama sees Liebhauser and Coletti colliding, with both cars out, while also the other Bentley of Mettler loses positions. In lap 1, Abril leads ahead of Chaves, Yoluc, C.Hahn, Ortelli, Pierburg and Krupinski. After a few more laps, Abril and Chaves are still one behind the other, with Yoluc five seconds behind, then Ortelli, Hahn, Leutwiler, Mettler and Nesov. Iribe and Nesov are having a family duel for 9th and the two McLaren get in contact in the last corner, with Iribe spinning. Abril and Chaves keeps fighting, which allows Yoluc to recover and pass the Portuguese before trying an attempt on Abril that fends off the attack well, in lap 11, one before the Turk stops for driver change. In lap 22, Hahn, who was leading the Pro-Am, has to pit because of a puncture. It’s a great fight between Prette and Ramos in the last 15 minutes, with the Ferrari and the McLaren separated by only 1.5 seconds. Eastwood is third but 22 seconds away. In lap 23, at the last corner, Leutwiler attacks Negro for fifth but the Ferrari closes the door, there is a contact and a spin for the Swiss, who loses the lead in Am, in favor of Hook and Moiseev. In the lead, Prette keeps everything under control until the flag, with Ramos finishing second and Eastwood third ahead of Crestani, Klien, who takes the win in Pro-Am ahead of Osborne and Millroy. STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 4 OF 14 Overall: 1. Chaves-Ramos, 42 points; 2. Eastwood-Yoluc, 40 points; 3. Prette-Abril, 38; 4. KrupinskiKlien, 28; 5. Crestani-Mettler, 20; etc Pro-Am: 1. Krupinski-Klien, 28 p.; 2. Hahn, 19; 3. Khodair, 16; 4. Iribe-Millroy, 15; 5. Schiller-‘Max’, 13; etc Am: 1. Scholze-Liebhauser, 30 points; 2. Leutwiler, 28; 3. Moiseev-Nesov, 26; 4. Pierburg-Hook, 14; 5. Mikulasko-Konopka, 10; etc Teams: 1. Teo Martín Motorsport, 35 points; 2. AF Corse APM Monaco, TF Sport, 24; 4. Optimum Motorsport, 16; 6. JP Motorsport, etc