Cetilar Wins Sepang Asian Le Mans Opener After Late Sprint
A timely stop under caution positioned the No. 47 Oreca to absorb a penalty yet control the final run to the flag.
Overview
- Cetilar Racing’s No. 47 Oreca (Lacorte/Milesi/Fuoco) took LMP2 victory by 2.730 seconds after serving a five‑second penalty in the closing minutes.
- Two Safety Car periods set up a 41‑minute dash to the finish, with a pit stop under Virtual Safety Car helping the winners gain track position.
- Algarve Pro Racing’s No. 25 (Dillmann/Michael Jensen/Trulli) finished second after leapfrogging CrowdStrike Racing by APR’s No. 4 (Jakobsen/Kurtz/Delétraz) in the final fuel‑stop cycle.
- Inter Europol Competition won LMP3 with the No. 13 Ligier (Bukhantsov/Chou/Olarte) by 0.218 seconds over High Class Racing, as the class recovered from an opening‑lap multi‑car incident.
- Manthey claimed GT honors with the No. 10 Porsche after pitting one lap after the final restart, edging GetSpeed’s No. 9 Mercedes, with the No. 56 Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn Aston Martin third.