As night fell, the lead Audi’s advantage grew – helped along by the Williams AMG and Team BS+ cars’ continued scrapping, which boiled over with just 25 minutes remaining. McCormack didn’t heed the prior warning and made a highly optimistic lunge into Leeukop, barging Schill off the outside of the corner. Unsurprisingly that attracted a ten-second penalty for the Mercedes.
Even a last-minute rain shower couldn’t dampen the Williams team, who crossed the line after 316 laps to take victory. Their colleagues in the Mercedes would finish second on the road some 30 seconds back but drop behind Team BS+ once the penalty was taken into account.
McLaren Veloce retains the championship lead, courtesy of a seventh-place finish in class to hold a ten-point lead over Team BS+. Both Williams outfits are tied for third on 38 points, one point further back.
An eventful silver category race saw the Team Racing Point Aston Martin claim class victory in sixth overall, courtesy of a well-executed pass on the second place Asetek SimSports Visceral Ferrari just after half way. GetCloserRacing would round out the class podium, while RennWelten eSports Red now leads the category championship table.
Intercontinental GT Challenge Round 2 results
- Williams – Crossland/Fiala/Rodrigues/van der Velde (Audi R8 GT3 Evo) – 316 laps
- Team BS+ – Boquida/Kammerer/Naujoks/Schill (BMW M4 GT3) +36.997
- Williams AMG – Blajer/McCormack/Schoeniger (Mercedes-AMG GT3) +40.958