Benjamin Crundwell

Off the back of a disappointing Nürburgring 24h, the No.3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes will go again at Spa. The No.3 will be manned once again by Joules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella, but they will be joined by Chris Lulham this time. The car was leading the Nürburgring until it was forced to pit with mechanical issues in the morning and lost heaps of times to its competitors.

Müller leading most the second half of the race does not tell how close it was at the end. In the final two laps Klingmann caught the Porsche, and ended up finishing the race three tenths back from Müller. The No.77 Schubert Motorsport BMW just missed out on a second victory of the year and had to settle for second place.

When the track went green at the end of the session, the No.35 Walkenhorst Aston Martin of Krognes immediately found the pace, initially grasping pole by less than a tenth, then improving on its second lap to build a 2.8 second margin to the No.47 behind it.

Last weekend Kamui Kobayashi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second time, with Toyota. Six days after crossing the line, he is getting behind the wheel of the No.47 KCMG Mercedes-AMG GT3. Kobayashi raced the No.47 in NLS 3, the car had strong pace and could have won the race, if the strategy had played out differently.