Alessandro Pier Guidi is probably still wondering how such a scenario could have taken away a clear victory for Ferrari and AF Corse-Francorchamps Motors in the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Spa.
The driver of the Ferrari 296 GT3 n°51, partnered by Alessio Rovera and Davide Rigon, had done the job to get the better of the BMW M4 GT3 n°998 – ROWE Racing and the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 n°7 – Comtoyou Racing, taking the lead at 12:40, after a sequence of pit stops where the n°51 had stopped one lap before its rivals.
Pier Guidi had taken the lead on the Kemmel Straight before gradually widening the gap and flying off to what looked to be Ferrari’s fifth victory at the event, and second in four editions after 2021.
But the stop at the pit lane entrance of the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 n°19 – GRT (for the second time), blocking the passage of Pier Guidi, would cause the Italian to lose a good minute, and the lead. the race.
“It’s hard to describe, confesses the Ferrari driver after the finish. I have never seen a race get lost like that. It can happen that a car stops in the pit lane entrance, but the team should have been informed by race control.
I arrived, and waited for something like a minute. And losing a 24-hour event, stuck behind another car in the pit lane… I could have done another lap with no problem. It hurts right now. It’s like that. The team did an incredible job and delivered a super fast car. »
Hero of the 2021 edition with his overtaking of Dries Vanthoor, then on the Audi – Team WRT, Alessandro Pier Guidi will not have had any luck in Belgium this year, he who led the 6 Hours of Spa in WEC before the neutralization and the other scenario that we know.
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