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Lionspeed GP Wins Spa 24 After Pit‑lane Start, Hands Porsche IGTC Lead

Officials are probing tyre and pit‑work incidents after a comeback win that reshapes the Intercontinental GT Challenge with two rounds remaining.

Overview

  • Lionspeed drivers Ricardo Feller, Thomas Preining and Bastian Buus overcame an engine change and a pit‑lane start to take overall victory at the 24 Hours of Spa.
  • A late undercut strategy put the Lionspeed Porsche into the lead and it finished 12.288 seconds clear of the Mann Filter Mercedes while the Schumacher CLRT Porsche ended fourth.
  • Ferrari says a sudden tyre deflation on the No. 51 car was likely caused by a valve failure and the manufacturer and race officials are investigating the incident that cost the car time.
  • GetSpeed’s No. 17 was demoted on the grid for unauthorised rear‑brake work and later collided and retired, a DNF that damaged Maxime Martin’s IGTC title chances and reshaped driver standings.
  • The win moved Porsche to the top of the IGTC manufacturers’ standings, tightened championship permutations ahead of Suzuka and Indianapolis, and came in a race that recorded 541 laps, eight cars on the lead lap and 132,000 spectators.