Autosport – 01 August 2019

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#998 Rowe Porsche was
GPX’s closest challenger
but came up just short

L-r: Christensen,^ Estre^
and^ Lietz^ celebrate^
Porsche’s^ seventh^ Spa^24 win

GPX traded its all-Silver
line-up for a Pro crew
and reaped rewards

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towards the race leader, but two quick-fire C
yellow-flag periods at the end of the final
hour actually undid the Brit’s chances. The
safety cars that followed the full course
yellows, the normal procedure in the BGTS,
moved Tandy closer to the leader but
robbed him of the green-flag running
he needed to get on terms and mount
any kind of challenge for the lead.
A 20-second deficit turned into 9s when
the race went green for the first time, but
crucially there were 10 cars between the first
and second-placed cars. The yellows flew

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