Both C8s of TF Sports never got to the lead car in this 8 hour race

#33 Corvette finished in sixth place and
#81 Corvette finished in eleventh place, one lap down

Manthey Claims LMGT3 Title as Akkodis ASP Wins Finale

Victory in the LMGT3 class went to the No. 87 Akkodis ASP Lexus RC F GT3 of Jose Maria Lopez, Clemens Schmid and Razvan Umbrarescu, as fourth place cemented Manthey drivers Richard Lietz, Ryan Hardwick and Riccardo Pera the title.

The No. 87 Lexus was in command for the majority of the race, with Lopez enjoying a lead of around 12 seconds before the final caution that closed up the pack.

Pera had been running in second before he handed over to Lietz for the final stint, as the Austrian driver conceded positions to both the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Mattia Drudi and the No. 61 Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Maxime Martin not long after the race went back to green for the final time.

Drudi, who shared the No. 27 Aston Martin with Zacharie Robichon and Ian James, was briefly in a position to attack Lopez’s Lexus for the lead, but the Italian was unable to make the move and instead later fell victim to Martin.

Second place for Martin and his co-drivers, Martin Berry and Lin Hodenius, marked by far the best finish of a mostly forgettable season for Iron Lynx.

Meanwhile, fourth was enough for Manthey trio Lietz, Hardwick and Pera to secure the championship by 14 points ahead of AF Corse Ferrari drivers Alessio Rovera, Simon Mann and Francois Heriau, who finished one place behind in fifth.

Corvette driver Daniel Juncadella emerged on top in a fierce battle with BMW’s Augusto Farfus the Spaniard showed his dismay at the Brazilian’s defensive driving with a two-fingered salute to claim sixth for himself, Ben Keating and Jonny Edgar.

Akkodis ASP’s No. 78 car went into the garage early on with alternator issues and did not emerge thereafter, becoming one of only two retirements in the class, together with the terminally damaged No. 54 Ferrari.