Porsche: Spa Win, Points Lead Doesn’t Change IGTC Approach
Photo: JEP/SRO Porsche’s win in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa and points lead in the Intercontinental GT Challenge doesn’t change its strategy for the final two rounds of the globe-trotting GT3 series according to Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach. The German manufacturer scored its first triumph in the Belgian endurance classic since 2020, when Thomas Preining, Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller — all three of its DTM drivers — teamed for victory in Lionspeed GP’s Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo. It marked the ninth outright victory for Porsche in the 24 Hours of Spa, but more importantly vaulted the brand to the top of the IGTC manufacturers’ standings ahead of next month’s Suzuka 1000km. Reflecting on its achievements in Spa, Laudenbach said they felt like there were a number of Porsche customer teams that were in contention, including the Schumacher CLRT and Boutsen VDS examples, which also finished in the top-ten. “The nice thing...