The season-opening round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup took place at the Misano World Circuit in Italy over the weekend. A faultless drive in the main race gave Audi pairing Laurens Vanthoor and Frederic Vervisch victory after 38 laps in the opening round.
The Belgian drivers crossed the line just over a second clear of second place finisher HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG of Maxi Buhk and Dominik Baumann. Coming in third was the BMW M6 GT3 in the hands Rowe Racing-drivers Philipp Eng and Alexander Sims.
2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup first round results – top ten
F.Vervisch/L.Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT – Audi R8 LMS Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
#8 BENTLEY TEAM M-SPORT (GBR) BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT3 MAXIME SOULET (BEL) ANDY SOUCEK (SPA) WINNERS
#1 BELGIAN AUDI CLUB TEAM WRT (BEL) AUDI R8 LMS GT3 LAURENS VANTHOOR (BEL) FREDERIC VERVISCH (BEL) WINNERS – #84 HTP MOTORSPORT (DEU) MERCEDES AMG GT3 MAXIMILIAN BUHK (DEU) DOMINK BAUMANN (DEU) SECOND – #99 ROWE RACING (DEU) BMW M6 GT3 PHILIPP ENG (AUT) ALEXANDER SIMS (GBR) THIRD