Ferrari Takes Dominant 1-2 in GTE-Pro

James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi took their second GTE-Pro victory of the season, at the head of a clear one-two result for the factory AF Corse Ferrari squad.

Calado crossed the line 0.284 seconds in front of Antonio Fuoco, who shared the No. 52 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo with Miguel Molina.

The two Ferraris switched positions twice in the last couple of hours. Fuoco closed down Pier Guidi and ran behind the defending world champion for several laps until he moved past with just over 90 minutes remaining.

Fuoco went on to increase the lead by around five seconds, but three of those were handed back to the No. 51 car after the air hose that is used to operate the wheel gun became wrapped around the rear wing during its final service.

This returned Calado to the front, and the Englishman regained the lead with around 50 minutes to go.

Porsche struggled to match Ferrari, with the highest-placed Porsche 911 RSR-19 being the No. 92 car driven by Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen, 31 seconds behind the winner.

Estre battled with Calado in the opening hour, but the No. 92 Porsche faded away, with the Frenchman going on to hint at tire wear being a contributing factor.

Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz took fourth in the No. 91 Porsche, which incurred an early drive-through penalty for abusing track limits.

The sole Chevrolet Corvette C8.R was also penalized for the same reason.
Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner encountered further strife when their car ran out of fuel as it came in for a pit stop, prompting the Corvette Racing mechanics to push it back to the box and 2 laps down from the leader