A wash out at Italian GTs endurance series visit to Imola

Having claimed their first podium of the Sprint season just a few weeks ago at Mugello, a realignment to their Pro-Am driver line up to assist Lorenzo within the Endurance rounds until the end of the season, hopes were high of at least a competitive showing.

With all three drivers entering their own Qualifying lap time under the sun of Saturday, it would Alatalo who would take the start of the three-hour race from P12 but from behind the Safety Car, such were the track conditions already.

Only being released ten minutes into the race, it wasn’t long before they were back under caution with cars off into the gravel, not going back to green again until just before the opening of the first pit stop window as Alatalo swapped to Lorenzo from P8.

Then came the torrential rain again with further Safety Car interventions at the halfway stage of the race clock. Sadly, by then the track conditions had also decreased dramatically as the rain intensified giving Race Control no option but to red flag the race.

After something like an hour’s break, the race was restarted but back then came the rain again just ahead of the final pit stop window, a point of the race which saw the #5 enter the pit lane – the driver get out (unknown reasons but with the car not visibly damaged) and retire from the race.

The race was then red flagged again so after anyway, but this time ultimately abandoned as done after several more cars aquaplaned off track and impacted heavily into the barriers and with results being declared.

The Championship now just has two rounds left to run – both from Monza with the Sprint series ending there at the start of October and the endurance series there at the end of October.

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