HAAS RT Seizes Overnight Lead in 12H Mugello After Strategic First Stint
A savvy fuel call during late Code 60s lifted the two-driver HAAS RT Audi to the overnight lead.
Overview
- Peter and Nicolas Guelinckx brought the No. 21 Audi from 10th on the grid to P1 at the five-and-a-half-hour mark, 39.637 seconds clear of ARC Bratislava’s No. 44 Lamborghini.
- Herberth Motorsport briefly led late before pitting under a Code 60 for fuel, yielding the lead with parc fermé in effect until Sunday’s restart.
- The final six-and-a-half hours begin at 12 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) with live coverage on Creventic Motorsports TV’s YouTube channel.
- Pole-sitting GetSpeed’s No. 28 Mercedes-AMG led early with Maro Engel but ended Part 1 in 14th, as Sainteloc’s No. 18 Audi sat fifth and Era Motorsport’s Ferrari ran fourth.
- Class leaders at the pause were Red Camel-Jordans.nl in 992, Dinamic Motorsport’s Maserati MC20 GT2 in GTX, and Not Only Motorsport’s Ligier JS2 R in TCE-TCX.