Starting from 17th on the grid after a challenging qualifying session in the rain, WRT drivers Charles Weerts, Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde put on a strong chasing performance to reach seventh place. The second-best BMW M Motorsport crew was the BMW Junior Team, in eleventh position with BMW M works drivers Dan Harper, Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen. They had battled their way up from 31st on the grid.

“We couldn’t have done any better with the speed we had this weekend, especially considering the start we had, where we dropped back to 30th place. Finishing seventh is a good result, and hopefully we can battle for the win again at the next race.”

“To be honest, after that qualifying and being 31st on the grid, we didn’t have a chance. Generally, the BMW M4 GT3 didn’t have the pace that it showed in the previous races. However, the WRT cars also seemed to be faster than we were. The team worked perfectly and made no mistakes, so thanks very much for that!”

“This was a disappointing race for us, as we scored no points and at the same time, the win went to our main rival for the Endurance title. Obviously, that puts us in a very difficult position for the final race in Barcelona. Our car had light damage from the start and suffered some very bad damage after the collision with the Lamborghini. The whole left side and the diffuser were smashed up. But in general, we have to admit that we could not keep pace with the speed of our rivals here.”

“Naturally we had expected the weekend to go differently, retiring after a collision with a lapped car is disappointing. The blue flags were waving but no-one took any notice of them. As long as there is no punishment for that, similar accidents will continue to occur. That is a great shame.”