Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller seized victory in the second GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS contest at Brands Hatch this afternoon (Sunday).

For the Lionspeed GP duo, this completed a redemptive arc, after their Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO led earlier on, but was pushed into the garage and retirement after sinking down the order. This time around, however, it all played out perfectly for the pair.

Buus was challenged from pole by Chris Lulham in the fast starting Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing entry, but he held firm to remain at the head of the order. From there he surged away, before controlling the pace during the opening stint of the race to ensure he’d hand the car over to Feller in a strong position.

The pit stop window went off without a hitch too, with Feller resuming in the lead and immediately picking up where his co-driver left off. Feller capably managed traffic throughout the second half of the race to cross the line first, just over three seconds ahead of Juncadella, who took over from Lulham.

Lulham was pressured early on by Maro Engel in the Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG, but that challenge faded as the drivers were switched. By the final stint, when Lucas Auer slotted into Engel’s seat to chase Juncadella, the third placed car was handed a five-second pit infringement penalty, blunting its hopes of a runner-up finish.

At one point, it seemed as though Valentino Rossi might have been in a position to capitalise on Auer and Engel’s penalty, but the Mercedes-AMG pulled far enough clear to hold onto second. Still, fourth represented a positive result for Rossi and teammate Max Hesse, who lost ground early on before jumping the McLaren of Marvin Kirchhofer in the pits.

Behind that came a further train of Team WRT BMWs, with reigning Sprint Cup champions Kelvin Van Der Linde and Charles Weerts at the head of it. The similar machines of Jordan Pepper and Amaury Cordeel, and Ignacio Montenegro and Matisse Lismont were seventh and eighth.

Konsta Lappalainen and Matteo Cairoli in ninth and Simon Gachet and Romain Andriolo just behind that completed the top 10.

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS, Race , Brands Hatch

1. Buus/Feller, Lionspeed GP, Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO
2. Lulham/Juncadella Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing, Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO, +3.073s
3. Engel/Auer, Winward Racing, Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO, +10.286s
4. Hesse/Rossi, Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 EVO, +13.576s
5. Kirchhofer/Macdonald, Garage 59, McLaren 720S GT3 EVO, +17.330s
6. Van Der Linde/Weerts, Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 EVO, +19.483s
7. Pepper/Cordeel, Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 EVO, +25.640s2
8. Montenegro/Lismont, Team WRT, BMW M4 GT3 EVO, +26.227s
9. Lappalainen/Cairoli, Emil Frey Racing, Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO, +30.676s
10. Andriolo/Gachet, CSA Racing, McLaren 720S GT3 EVO, +37.011s

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