Weekend preview: five Ferraris at the 12H of Spa

The European 24H Series event returns, with five Ferraris ready to take centre stage in the second round held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

24H Series. The legendary Ardennes circuit will host the 12H of Spa-Francorchamps, the second European leg of the 24H Series. The event will be contested over two days (five hours scheduled for Saturday, 19 April and a further seven on Sunday, 20 April) with five cars from the Maranello-based manufacturer set to take to the track. After a strong performance in the 12H of Mugello, where they secured third place overall, the number 81 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Era Motorsport will aim to repeat that result with the same driver line-up from the Italian leg, namely Kyle Tilley, Dwight Merriman, Jake Hill and Ryan Dalziel. In the main class, two more cars from the Prancing Horse will be driven by Pellin Racing: the number 29 296 GT3 with Kyle Marcelli, Felice Jelmini and Lisa Clark (a familiar face in Ferrari Challenge North America and Europe), and the number 23 488 GT3 Evo with Teje Haugen and Paolo Ruberti.

In the Pro Am class, Kessel Racing will field the number 8 296 GT3 with Blake Mcdonald, Matthew Bell and Dustin Blattner (fresh from his Bronze Cup win at the Paul Ricard leg of the GT World Challenge Europe – Endurance Cup). In the same category, the number 56 296 GT3 of Scuderia Praha will feature the father-and-son duo Miroslav and Matúš Výboh (already protagonists in the European Ferrari Challenge series), Josef Král and Dennis Waszek.

The schedule includes free practice sessions on Friday, followed by qualifying from 3.30 to 4.29 p.m., while Saturday will host the first part of the race from 12.50 to 5.50 p.m. and Sunday the concluding leg from 10.50 a.m. to 5.50 p.m.

All times are local.