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00:00Waiting to see all two by two one car starting from the pit lane
00:04That's the second of the windward racing Mercedes their main car the yellow and green ones a championship lead
00:08It's down in 16 waiting for the lights. It's a long hold then a quick flick
00:11Who's made the better start looks so really and Panis has possibly got his nose in front
00:15He'll have the bigger sweep come to you racing Aston Martin weaving around midfields and then
00:19Panis trying to go to the inside. No, let's try the outside
00:21But Jordan pepper well advantage to him and tucked in behind Marvin Kirchhofer moves up into second place
00:28And looks like the team wrt bmw has been scattered a little bit wide and how many places about oh, dear
00:34The championship rival amaro engel gained place over place gained about six places
00:39But then ran too deep up the hill into turn two and has probably given them pretty much all those back again
00:45Yeah, it's been a good start for pepper and kershaw for the inside
00:48They've dropped the vds silver car and at the moment. That's the car holding back the wrt car of van der linde
00:55And yes, you could see engel. He did a hail mary into turn one. It worked out
00:59He tried the same move into two the dirty part the track did not work out
01:02I think he's gained but not as many as he needed to as we get this drone shot now
01:06Side-to-side contact for eighth place at the moment. That's between Alex Acker and Max Jensen
01:12Very clean opening sector thus far
01:15Certainly was so a yellow sectors of someone somewhere has left a car on the grass
01:19And oh dear ben green just not having any luck and the walking horse
01:23Motorsports uh aston martin going for a rotation as well
01:26So a yellow sector on the circuit not thus far affecting jordan peppered
01:31He's starting to pull clear safety car cars clearly still sitting on the track
01:35So that would bunch the whole field up, but in terms of places gained
01:39Actually, mario ankle gained three he had gained about six gave about four of them back and picked off another one
01:43But importantly for the grasser racing team they started on pole they maintained it
01:50And how about that that was a live fpv a lap a drone shot following the cars around this circuit
01:57Fantastic skills to uh fly it so well fantastic skills from jordan pepper to convert that pole position
02:03And for emil fry racing they had disappointment yesterday when the car they ran for Verstappen.com got demoted from victory to fourth place overall
02:10A disappointment again for another car from their stable. That's the ben green constel apelainen
02:15This is the shot. This is the leader. When's he gonna go? He's waiting waiting
02:19They're getting close to the brake zone for the final corner
02:22Then it really goes advantage for the rest because kershofer now knows he's got to go soon
02:26The turbo power of the mclaren versus the naturally aspirator
02:29We go on the apex of 14. It's not a bad jump, but that kershofer's done. Well, that's gonna be three or four tenths as they cross the line
02:36Yeah, can he stick in the toe if it race finishes like this jordan pepper will be champion
02:39He's coming to this race fourth on points came to this event 20 points down with
02:44Only 34 points to play for but like the start he's nailed it aurelian panis is having nothing of sheldon
02:49a kelvin van der linde
02:50He's dived up the inside force the bmw wide but the van der linde is not the sort who's going to back out
02:54So he challenges him up to two can't do it. So fighting fighting language there and the routronic racing Porsche closing right in
03:01Sven muller
03:02Sends them maybe half a chance particularly if van der linde will start attacking the car in front of aurelian panis panis is leading the silver class by
03:09Some margin, but right now they they want him out of the way
03:12They don't want those first two cars of jordan pepper and marvin kirkhofer two of the five cars with charts for this championship title
03:19Gaining any fractions of a second. Yeah, is the panis mercedes here being a mercedes team player and holding up
03:27van der linde there for engel in the mercedes that's currently 13th different teams of course, but manufacturer preference may be just
03:35A motivation for panis. Perhaps that's where my own engel went to the start just before the start of the race popped up to the leading mercedes
03:42Which is aurelian panis on the front row anyhow. It's all gamesmanship. I'll tell you what it is all
03:46fantastic racing around this circuit twisty twisty 14 turns only the one straight
03:52Effectively, but many a move has to be hatched in one corner completed sometimes a couple of corners later
03:59So any change at the front field no jordan pepper still leading marvin kirkhofer in second in his garage 59 mclaren
04:05They are the outsiders if you will in this five car championship challenge
04:10But they've got track position aurelian panis if he can stay where he is
04:13They will gradually just gain a tenth they've broken the toe already back to that mercedes in third place
04:19Look who's out of line in the background maro engel
04:21He's trying to pick people off one at a time and he really is making decent progress
04:27Matisse this more tick another place gained but that was a wrt pmw
04:31I expected that to be harder work for engel wrt not seeming to deploy the team tactics
04:37There an angle is the man on the move in this race at the moment
04:41Yes, it's hard to overtake here at valentia
04:43But you didn't have to tell the drivers that yesterday because there are lots of good overtakes and at the moment van der linde seems to be struggling with the pace of panis
04:51Yes, the dirty air affecting these by four tenths who is now in the grass of kelvin van der linde
04:57That's so interesting because just a few moments ago
05:00We were just seeing the fact that now he's a
05:02Marvin kerfoff is going to have to look backwards as well as forward
05:04I didn't expect the bmw to come closing in so quickly onto his tail
05:08So suddenly the pressure is off our race leader jordan peper
05:11He can relax and run his natural line and he's also about far enough to break the toe to the chasing
05:18McLaren who has got a toe being given to the car behind him
05:21So look for even more progress for kelvin van der linde the first three cars pulling clear and still doing a fantastic job in the silver class
05:27Mercedes fourth place overall still resisting sven muller is aurelien panis good run from the french driver
05:33I'm the run of the bmw he'll cover the inside i'm sure and then van der linde's got the choice trying to go around the outside
05:38Kirchhofer isn't he's decided he's he's going i'm losing too much time defending here
05:43I've got to go and look at the stop line speed that's why the bmw able to get the move done
05:48Kirchhofer i think sensibly realized i'm losing too much time to peper he's 1.4 up the road
05:53I'm defending a position but potentially losing the championship i'm going to have to let uh my teammate benji gertha deal with this in the second half
06:00Yeah quite extraordinary so having been passed for second place marvin kirkhofer doesn't have any answers but he's probably not having to hit
06:09He have to hit his time so the pace ready to the average speed in class we've just seen the graphic each of the five last five laps kelvin van der linde
06:17Has gained on the average class position but he only cares about one car he's already dropped the garage 59 mclaren
06:23Who's falling away behind him is the best part one and a half almost two seconds back in third place
06:28It's his pace relative to the blue and white grasser racing lamborghini there it is still jordan peper in front
06:33fellow south african racer kelvin van der linde he and his brother sheldon done a phenomenal job over the past decade or so
06:38Based themselves in europe and he is chasing him down but you're quite right the pit window may be coming through by the way
06:45A drive-through penalty has been issued for car number 270 that would be ricardo batista for causing a collision
06:51Maybe that was the one that clattered into ben green's emil fry racing ferrari
06:5591 seat our race leader jordan peper these are wily competitors out to the edge but importantly not belong not diving for the pit lane
07:02They couldn't because it's not yet open it'll be open in just about a dozen seconds and side by side he goes
07:07Here's the straight line speed did he need the toe are they gonna have two dormers when they get down to the first corner
07:12On the outside not the place to be the move is started is it going to be completed when we have the
07:17Change around at the next corner that's looking for position
07:19I think that's done by that is a well phenomenal job there
07:22But it took two to tango and uh jordan peper did his utmost but the straight line speed he had no answer for it
07:28Just couldn't close the door in time could he i was surprised he didn't get to the inside we go on board with him now
07:33And this will be the illustration the lamborghini has been strong in this middle sector time-wise so we might have
07:37To hook up to the back of the car now. It's going to be a straight race into pit lane interestingly
07:43The pit lane positioning for the 63 cars earlier and into the pit lane so they will be in the fast lane before wrt
07:49So if it's close wrt will have to wait to yield to go back into like when you're waiting for a granny to come past you at a junction
07:55That's potentially what's going to happen to the 32 bmw in pit lane. I suspect this lap
08:00Right we always just feel simply the mechanics when they have to rebuild a car after an accident
08:04But I also have sympathy because this is their moment coming up who is going to get the pit stop right
08:09It's going to be in out as uh within a minimum time already a car they need to get that car out of the way
08:15That's the sister car it doesn't look as though it's about to get going get the uh
08:19Get the dolly wheels underneath it. I imagine if the championship pivoted on that let's hope they do get it pivoted
08:24This car their outright championship hope does not get interrupted
08:27You don't want a championship settled by something that's just an extraneous element well done to the crew
08:31That's not what the mechanics need though to focus and they're both going to box this lap the undercut too strong
08:36Where you can't pushing all the way to the line as late as they can
08:39Pepper doing well to get down to the speed limit more efficiently I think than the 32 this is now a straight race on pit road
08:46Can you imagine we're just talking about the pressure coming to the mechanics
08:49Suddenly the crew have to get the other car the sister car out of the way whatever its problem was
08:53And slow slow slow down the pit lane anyone caught speeding it's going to be a problem right
08:57Is the crew in position for grasser racing team driver is most certainly?
09:01Yep, they're a ready car went up quickly engsler getting in van der linde getting out of this charles vert's getting in
09:07Slightly deep knocked over the lollipop third tire getting done for grasser the car will drop it will fire will go driver
09:14Change is complete pepper gets out of the way same for wrt. Good driver change there final tire being done. This is the race from the drone
09:21On the deck about to pull out and he just gets out in front
09:26So i'd say absolutely nothing gained by grasser racing team but against team wrt
09:30They didn't lose anything so job well done what so talk about force majeure
09:34Maybe a half a second gain by team wrt a few points where they almost worked to be one and going out absolutely side by side
09:41But the garage is to the um well, I don't know about that
09:43I don't know how you read that but the ferraris seem to let them through
09:46I can't believe that vermilion rolled out of that. He was in the fast lane. I think they'll get done for an unsafe release
09:51I don't know why vermilion gave him the position in all fairness
09:54The the windward man filter team have to roll the dice but for me it's an unsafe release
09:58They're already in the fast lane, but what have you got to lose?
10:00So you might as well roll it and see what happens, but expect to drive through for the 48
10:04Yeah, certainly side by side is frowned upon in the pit lane. It was right at the exit as joe
10:09Explained you can understand the dynamics of it. You can now understand the emotion of it, but a rule is a rule
10:14We're not the judges though. We are not the people standing by the the scaffold standing by the gibbet
10:19And uh when all the final pit stops are done
10:21We've still got about four or five more cars still to come in luke hartog hasn't pitted yet in the second of the routronic cars
10:27Now let's look at the gap
10:29There it is. That's the visual gap between the cars that are running fourth and fifth
10:32But effectively first and second in this race the team wrt
10:36BMW having just worked his way to the front before the pit stops now
10:39He's got a tiny bit of breathing space, but it's a question of what luke reynxler can do to try and keep up
10:43He knows this prodigious straight line speed and look at the look at the attack already
10:48From charlvia. It's getting that car airborne and then down to the deck through turn 12 such a tricky corner
10:54Get it unbalanced on the exit. You got a lot of scooping up to do
10:57That coi's car now driven by martin dienst uh just as a side note the sister car to that mercedes
11:03I'm talking about dienst is the windward mercedes the 48 not uh suggesting anything but just as a side note
11:09There is our gold class leader uh from eulen that was held up on the exit
11:14But now leading class now leading the championship as it stands
11:19And in terms of track position in terms of pit stops made it means lucas hour taking over from our angle that yellow and green mercedes the windward
11:26Entered car is up into effective eighth place overall so eight places gained since the start of the race
11:31But there is still a suggestion about uh leaving the pits two by two in the pit lane that uh hurried exit
11:37Between these two cars the number 69
11:39Ferrari oh someone running a little bit wide there and coming to a halt
11:42It's a Lamborghini but for grasser racing team it's the sister car it's obviously been released from the garage that just pulled out of the way
11:48Nice sunny day you can see the shadow of the drone flying around above these cars absolutely brilliant images here
11:53And now that slingshot down towards the fastest infield corner fastest corner of the entire lap turn 12
12:00How much curve do you take boof come back down to deck and then immediately you've got to turn to the left
12:05But he knows when he gets on to start from the straight he'll lose out to the bmw
12:08silver cup leaders cesar gazo now at the wheel taken over from aurelion panis starting on the front row not having any trouble in the first few laps
12:15Well, that's a far better formula yesterday their car trickered off the track came to a halt
12:19You really had to feel for them. Yeah, and that took the championship away from them
12:22They've been super fast all year that bad luck yesterday was very unfortunate took the championship away as I said
12:28But today they've been super great pace from both drivers panis and gazo and actually gazo
12:34Now starting to catch the mclaren in front of benji girther
12:38And uh that the moment the mclaren has no pace what I would like to start to manifest
12:43Is what would happen if we had a safety car on a restart because for me?
12:46The 63 lambo is the faster car out of the two so suddenly that gap that verts at the moment may be managing at the 1.6
12:54Would become a bit more interesting but the moment this number 10 mercedes in its own bit of real estate
12:59It uh currently is five seconds uh behind the car in front and six in front
13:04So uh nice and clear for them to the second place in the silver class
13:08And then the other championship protagonist the 96 car which is now the longest shot from a championship
13:14Just looking down the various classes aurelian panis is leading the silver class
13:18And the car the group that won the title yesterday once panis's car had broken down
13:22It was leading the class anyhow
13:24But jamie day in the aston martin is down in fifth in class
13:27So imagine if a handful of points have been picked up by panis and gazo
13:31They would still be in this title hunt
13:32However it they didn't and they're out of it
13:35And now if we finish as as is chris lalla material for moulin looking at their ferrari now
13:40Verstappen.com racing
13:41They will put this one to bed louis prete and gil uh will fall back almost in the grasp of gil magnus and paul everard
13:48But you picked up a very slow pit stop to what you say a dozen seconds shed for them in the pit stop for the garage 59
13:54McLaren crew
13:54So you're really picking up the pace through the course this meeting and that's why lucasauer can't pick off the silver entry of uh
13:59Gilles stadbada who's uh just putting his car where he wants it and that was very quick in the race yesterday that car
14:04But
14:06Charviatt another lap on the board that means 25 have been completed 2.6
14:11seconds clear
14:13Fastest lap of the race now to dennis marshall in the 74 the bronze car dennis marshall was on pole yesterday
14:19He's showing how fast he is aboard that kessel
14:21Ferrari there and uh
14:23Just actually looking down the order that I can't believe the pace drop off for engsler on the last lap
14:28He lost four tenths the gap is now growing to 2.6
14:31Has the tire gone has he realized that I can't attack and my better actually to cruise at a pace
14:36That's not killing the tire in case there were a late race intervention
14:41And he could then be fresh on the restart
14:43But the moment charles verts has this very easy going for him the gap now growing to 2.6
14:48I'm still trying to gather my thoughts to imagine the despair yesterday qualifying 23rd actually 25th but promoted two group positions
14:57This is the charles verts car i'm thinking okay
14:59I've just got to get to the halfway point in the race hand over to my teammate you get to survive turn one
15:04You do not survive turn two you didn't even see the attack coming it was someone across the grass
15:08But he must have thought it's over and out
15:11But they fought on and this could be the reward for them for charles verts
15:15He's already been a sprint champion that was back in the
15:182022
15:20Sprint champion in 2021
15:22Never been a gt world challenge title for kelvin van denu
15:25It seems like an oversight
15:26But he could be heading towards the collecting the first of his titles in this particular series
15:31And i'd have to say it'd be really really hard-earned and that's the best way to win a title
15:36The other thing that might be affecting engsler is the track limit warnings. He's on four sixth one would be a five second penalty
15:42So he's probably just nursing that to make sure it's okay
15:45Whereas the lead car is only on two and benji goethe behind is also on two
15:50So the 63 lambo effectively on its last warning
15:53The cars are placed on the circuit lovely rear shot as they come out of turn 14 first and second going through shot
15:58It was 2.6 seconds between race leader charles verts and the 32 bmw from twrt
16:03The chasing grasser racing lamborghini looks so it's probably going to be there or thereabouts comes down by a tenth of a second
16:09Uh for luke reintzler maybe those slightly slower laps that you thought were just about saving the tires
16:13But in the background can't see any particularly
16:16Clear evidence whether that's worked or not
16:20Right silver class we've still got a car in fourth place and one in fifth that's very good for them in this overall battle
16:25So the younger crews gazo, but they're eight seconds clear that panties
16:30Uh car he shares with panties for boots and vds fourth overall eight seconds clear of maxi musselman's team wrt
16:36BMW so looking very tidy indeed the last two laps every single one
16:41Relative to the average pace in the pro class our race leading car has been edging further clear
16:46So some lap the biggest game is seven tenths of a second
16:50Oh, and they're trying to overtake on the start finish straight. This is a
16:52Marvin Dietz trying to gain a place against the aston martin
16:55And up ahead the imperial racing uh lamborghini
16:58So this is maybe offering just a glimmer of hope for the chasing lamborghini just coming into shot now white with the blue bonnet
17:04Of luke reintzler he's just over two seconds down
17:06He's got to see how this traffic falls in front of charles vietz and charles thinking great
17:11I'm just getting to the twisty part of the circuit i'll catch them
17:14But will they see them will they let him pass that's the big question for charles vietz
17:18All he can do is get onto their tail and hope they have noticed will find a point on the circuit where they can pull wide
17:24But it's such a twisty infield here that it really could compromise any driver
17:27It could be a lamborghini that's compromised or a race leading bmw we can't tell you let's hope neither
17:32But it definitely could be a factor here down to turn eight they go tricky corner
17:36The emotions charles vietz is feeling he knows he's going to win the jumps if it stays like this he's nervous
17:40He's apprehensive about the traffic is that emotion going to turn to anger at some point
17:46It's like when you land at an airport late on a sunday night
17:48You're trying to get through as quickly as you can and you get stuck behind a blockade of slow walking people
17:53And you just want to burn through the head with your laser eyes
17:56That's what charles vietz has got to do on these remaining laps
18:00He can't afford to lose much more than the second because then that will be advantage to engsler in that lamborghini
18:06Catching catching catching in this now grasser lamborghini sandwich
18:10Well they're all fighting for position, but it's unfortunately 33rd through to 35th position
18:14So not really okay, rodrigo almeida. He picked it up, but slightly delayed our race leader
18:18But he's moved aside so well done to the come to you racing aston martin driver one off the list then the straight line
18:24This is where the bmw's might he's got to try and catch marvin diet
18:27Mercedes in turn that is looking to see if he can gain a position
18:32It cannot christian engelhardt moves across his bow fully entitled to do that
18:36But this is the car you suggested might have a role to play christian engelhardt cn on the windscreen
18:41He's not yet being challenged by the race leader
18:44There is the race leader car 32 bmw charles vietz in the middle of a five car pack
18:49He needs to get to the front and the last few laps have been very good indeed for luke renxler
18:53He's closed the gap down it remember was about 2.6 seconds. It's down now to 1.7
18:59In the top right hand corner. There's nothing more he can do christian and uh
19:02Certainly luke renxler is throwing absolutely everything at this charge. It's uh, surely under a second 0.777 of a second
19:09No traffic up ahead is and kelvin van der linde. He knows he can do no more his teammates
19:15Charles vietz is the driver who's got to get the job done
19:17How important was that overtake just before the pit stops to give the track position to the team wrt bmw?
19:24Oh a little bit swing of a tail there from the chasing
19:27Lamborghini
19:28Nothing is being left in the tank at the moment what's left in the tires and certainly pushing on now
19:33Charles vietz the body language of his bmw is getting more and more violent. He's absolutely on the ragged edge
19:38I think we're just going to squeeze two more laps in as well
19:40It's going to be tight as they cross the line, but I think it could be two more laps after this one
19:45So uh, yep angstler still with a chance, but has he got any pace to do anything?
19:50Yes, the gaps back under a second
19:52But verts managing it track limits equal four each now
19:55So verts has picked up another one since we had the radio message saying no more
20:00So they've got one more the next one would be five seconds
20:04Okay, i'm just going to revisit some old ground until yesterday's retirement on the opening that that number 32 race leading team
20:09Wrt bmw had scored in the top 10 in every round comparing to the grass of lamborghini
20:15Two absolute no scores in the opening round and also a drop ball one place out of the points at misano
20:20But since then they've had a first a second the first they're running second now
20:23That is why they're challenging
20:24But obviously as they put a point or two in the bank at the opening round it could have been very different indeed
20:29I think charlviets has done enough to stay in front two and a half minutes remaining
20:33What is ahead in traffic still they're going through turn six and it's clear all the way down to turn eight
20:38So nobody surely can interrupt their flow and I just think now charlviets has done enough
20:42But the way that luca angstler is throwing this lamborghini around he is
20:46Absolutely trying to find every nanosecond he possibly can
20:49I would just be worried if I was anxious if I could catch the back of the 32 where would I make the move because
20:54The car very strong in a straight line in front of him that bmw would have to be a lunge
20:58It would have to be somewhere in the infield and then could it get clean the gap is coming down visually
21:03This has been a mega sector two for this lamborghini
21:06So yes, the pace is there
21:07But the move would have to be a high risk one
21:09But a championship on the line the risk I would I would say is worth it if he's going to get the chance
21:15Okay
21:16Complete outside point here
21:18If they collide and go off the circuit the championship will go to benji girtha running in third place overall
21:22But he's eight and a half seconds back. He has no role to play in this. He is the outsider
21:26It's down to these two what's left on the clock one minute 30
21:30X I think we've got time for this lap just and one more by the smallest of margins
21:33Your maths is very good particularly for a sunday
21:36Exactly that and uh, yeah, I would agree with that and uh
21:39Engstner just seems to have found a second wind of pace and that's what the graphics showing. Yeah, yes
21:44Some of that was traffic especially on lap 34 but the last two were clear two tenths quicker on lap
21:4936 and that's the important one because that was the last time by as the the traffic now dissipates and everything is being thrown
21:57They're still on the same track limit warnings
21:59So they will be saving one for the last lap potentially if they need to use it as one final roll of the dice
22:05Well, absolutely enthralling. This is tip top gt racing yesterday
22:09We had tip over gt racing with a lot of incidents on the opening lap of the race
22:13But this is keeping us on the edge of our seats can grasser racing team make it three wins out of the past four races added to a second place
22:20That's propelled them from really nowhere in the championship into this battle
22:23But can team wrt the arch winners of titles do it again?
22:27Yesterday you'd have thought not a hope today after a decent qualifying position starting from fourth on the grid
22:33Patience in the opening stint to the race from uh, kelwin van der linde
22:37And now charl vietz is taking it right to the edge staunch staunch defense jordan peper still hasn't breathed for the last four minutes or so
22:44He's surely gonna have an exhale soon
22:46But unfortunately it could be in disappointment because I just don't think luca renxler is close enough to make a charge
22:51And as he said once they get out of that final corner next time around
22:54He won't have the pace down the start finish straight
22:56And so it should finish in this order father
22:59He's sort of not quite knowing what to do
23:01They've won so many titles since he set up team wrt with van saint vos
23:06But each one is sweet as the ones before you can be sure and after the despair of yesterday to come through today
23:11Would be just the most phenomenal revival four kilometers and counting for the championship vincent vos
23:17There with versa two team owners of this team we talk about wrt pit stops all the time again
23:24It has helped them this weekend the rebuild during race one to get the drivers back out to make sure the car was okay
23:30And I think that's the realization the sad realization for jordan peper aboard the 63 lamborghini the championship now
23:37Ebbing away two kilometers to go and the thing can happen of course, but the moment odds on for the 32
23:44Yeah, at this point in the race
23:45I just want to tip my hat to Cesar Cazzo and Aurelian Panis started second a silver class car from the outside the front row
23:51And they're still there just outside the top 10
23:54But importantly ahead of even one of the overall championship challengers before the start of this race still
23:58Keeping the patrick niederhauser driven route on it porsche behind them
24:01But talking behind the car that is behind in the battle
24:03We'll look at it now the car in second place not first luke arantzler
24:07He's given it a really really good shot, but here we go. We've got turns 12
24:10That's coming up now 13 and 14 to go
24:13And then just the blast down the start finish straight from turn 14 to the checkered flag
24:17This is the final lap not just of this race the 10th sprint race of the season
24:21But of the entire championship the sprint cup
24:24It looks so it wasn't going to be theirs
24:25It looks like it was but for team wrt
24:27It is surely going to be their championship title 0 0 1 on the windscreen
24:31There is the chequered flag the lights flashing
24:33Charlvitz gets the job done and joy unabounded for kelvin van der linde and the squad
24:38Bang the title is theirs across all five contenders
24:41They kept it clean luke's hour there coming in in sixth in the end so our five championship
24:48Leaders really inside the top six as now vermilion takes the gold cup championship, too
24:53Just quickly looking for track warnings of people getting their final limits, but
24:57Winning the bronze class today bastion boost line speed gp third place for kessel racing
25:02I think that should be just enough but kelvin van der linde anybody in the garage
25:05He hasn't hugged yet. Don't worry. He'll redress that balance very shortly indeed, but that was super super tense
25:11So cesar gazo on the arena in pan is fourth overall really impressive result their best run of the season
25:17And they were ahead of patrick niezauser and sven muller outside chance for the title going into this race
25:22They started the championship battle today in fifth and fifth place today wasn't enough to improve that at all
25:28Morrow engel started 16th his teammate lucas are brought it home in six
25:32So they climbed to the top but there are top six positions had our five championship challenges in the top class
25:39We had a few retirements at the bottom end of the field most notably ben green taken out on the opening lap of the race
25:45But uh bronze cup winners today bastion boost and basha mardini overall winners charviets
25:51And kelvin van der linde and they are the overall champions as well. What a sweet way to do it
25:56Early in the season they've done anything to get a win, but a title win all the more impressive
26:00It is so competitive in the gt world challenge a slip here a slip there and the championship has almost gone away from you
26:07An 11th team title and here is confirmation eventually winning by seven points
26:11But bear in mind it was all square at the top of the title race this morning kelvin van der linde and charviets champions in the sprint series
26:18For 2025 luke rexler and jordan pepper if they'd started the season like they'd finished it
26:22They would have been champions great form for the grasser racing team
26:25And benji goethe and marvin kirkhoff at middle part of the season came on strong third across the line today
26:30But it wasn't to be enough they stay in third position overall and equal on points in the lead this morning was lucas
26:36Amaro engel a poor qualifying session left them on the back foot
26:40They couldn't recover from there an honorable mention fifth place overall sven muller patrick niederhauser
26:44Routronic racing porsche crew fifth for them and for the ferrari crews they are further back down
26:50And you can see in sixth and seventh places over all
26:54But for team wrt it's another title in the bag but boy did they have to fight for it
26:59Let's look at the honors in gold chris lullum tiri vermoulen class winners again today
27:04And that was enough to just squeak them ahead of the garage 59
27:07louis pratt driven and mclaren they had a bit of a rotten pit stop and that really
27:10Hampered their chances but already lullum and verstapper vermoulen were ahead in the front of that gold class battle
27:17Silence is not falling across the paddock. Let's take a look at the silver class
27:22This was the only title battle that was sorted in yesterday's penultimate race kobe powells and jamie day winning the title to come to you
27:29Racing with their aston martin, but a real push by a car that didn't finish yesterday fourth overall say a really in panis and
27:35Cesar gazo second in the title race this year for boots and vds
27:40And of course we have four championships and it was tight all season only five points at the end
27:46Third place in class today was enough for kessel racing's ferrari crew of dennis marshall and dustin blattner to be the
27:512025 bronze class championship but basha mardini and bastian boots really honorable mention for second place for them in the line speed gp
27:59Porsche and a lamborghini in the top
28:01Dimitri guzzava for imperial racing, but uh this season it was a fantastic battle in bronze i'm looking forward to next year already
28:09The level of the bronze drivers just come on so much hasn't it dustin blattner basha mardini
28:15Givetza have been strung down lungs being unlucky at times as well, so
28:20Every class all four classes in this sprint
28:23Series has been phenomenal and i've enjoyed every single second of it
28:27So third place today and third place in the championship marvin kirkhoffer and benji girtha garage 59
28:32McLaren cruz second place in the race today winners last night after countback
28:38Jordan pepper and luca rengstler for the grasso racing lamborghini team looking wistful and sad
28:44But they couldn't have given any more than they did this weekend
28:47But those non-scores in the opening round they really hurt for team wrt and bmw team representative up there being applauded
28:53But let's hear the big award chair coming up for this year's champion
28:57Jarveertz and kelvin van der linde. Oh, yes, very very happy indeed and for bmw for team wrt
29:04The title was won, but it went all the way to the final lap
29:09So waiting for the presentations come look at the 25 25 champions deserve them first the team trophy
29:16But what a job joe osborne. Yeah, and the team representative there will mckelvie
29:19We've heard him on the radio all year being phenomenal on the 32 and shout out to him
29:24He signed his apprentice as a fueler for barwell motorsport. It's my fuel guy at the 24 hours of barcelona
29:29And there are our winners van der linde and charles verts heroes all season long
29:35And not just the race winners trophy they now get the championship trophy a very very impressive piece of silverware that does appear to have the dust of team
29:42Wrt on it
29:42They've won it quite a few times it's back in their grasp again
29:45But they had to really really fight for this one a fierce fierce championship battle all these top three crews three crews really deserve accolades
29:53They've pushed they've raised the level of excellence to a level higher than ever before
29:57So
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