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Track map of VIR

The 2021 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on October 9, 2021. The race was the eleventh round of the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship, and the eighth round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.

Background

Файл:American Le Mans Series Oak Tree Grand Prix at VIR October 2013 (10295564514).jpg
Virginia International Raceway, where the race was held.

International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in September 2020. It was the eighth consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC.[1] The 2021 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was the eleventh of twelve sports car races of 2021 by IMSA, and it was the eighth round held as part of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[2] The race was held at the seventeen-turn Шаблон:Convert Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. As in previous years, the event was also the second GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season, in which only the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.[3]

Originally scheduled to run on August 22, 2021, the race was set to clash with the 24 Hours of Le Mans after the event was postponed from its original date in June to August.[4] As a result, IMSA rescheduled the event to October 9, 2021, and moved Petit Le Mans to November 13, 2021.[3][5]

On September 30, 2021, IMSA released the latest technical bulletin outlining Balance of Performance for the event.[6] In GTD, the Lexus RC F GT3 received a 10 kilogram weight break. No changes were made in GTLM.

Before the race, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 2917 points, 160 points ahead of Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy followed by Cooper MacNeil in third.[7] With 2570 points, the GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Zacharie Robichon and Laurens Vanthoor, ahead of Madison Snow and Bryan Sellers.[7] Chevrolet and Porsche were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Corvette Racing and Pfaff Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.[7]

Entries

Шаблон:Further A total of 18 cars took part in the event, split across 2 classes. 3 cars were entered in GTLM, and 15 in GTD.[8] In GTLM, Kévin Estre would be joining Cooper MacNeil in the #79 WeatherTech Racing entry. GTD saw various changes after the previous round, as Alegra Motorsports would return after skipping the previous 3 rounds.[9] Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports also returned for the first time since the Road America race with Mike Skeen partnering Guy Cosmo.[10] Compass Racing withdrew from the event in order to focus on the Indianapolis 8 Hours.[11] Mario Farnbacher subbed for Marc Miller, who was injured, in the Gradient Racing #66. [12]

Practice

There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted one hour on Friday morning while the second session on Friday afternoon lasted 75 minutes.[13]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Friday and ended with Kévin Estre topping the charts for WeatherTech Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.124, ahead of Nick Tandy in the No. 4 Corvette.[14] The GTD class was topped by the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Bill Auberlen with a time of 1:44.391. Franck Perera in the No. 19 Lamborghini was second fastest followed by Ross Gunn in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[15]

Шаблон:Tooltip Class Шаблон:Tooltip Team Driver Time Шаблон:Tooltip
1 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Kévin Estre 1:41.124 _
2 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Nick Tandy 1:41.921 +0.797
3 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Antonio García 1:41.969 +0.845
Sources:[16][17]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session took place at 11:55 am ET on Friday and ended with Kévin Estre topping the charts for WeatherTech Racing, with a lap time of 1:41.124. Tommy Milner's No. 4 Corvette was second fastest followed by Jordan Taylor in the No. 3 Corvette.[18] The GTD class was topped by the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth with a time of 1:44.407, ahead of Ross Gunn in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[19]

Шаблон:Tooltip Class Шаблон:Tooltip Team Driver Time Шаблон:Tooltip
1 GTLM 79 WeatherTech Racing Kévin Estre 1:40.838 _
2 GTLM 4 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner 1:41.200 +0.362
3 GTLM 3 Corvette Racing Jordan Taylor 1:41.313 +0.475
Sources:[20][21]


Qualifying

Qualifying was broken into two sessions.[13] The first was for cars in the GTD class. Robby Foley qualified on pole for the class driving the No. 96 car for Turner Motorsport, beating Madison Snow in the No. 1 Lamborghini by 0.236 seconds. Trent Hindman was third in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche followed by Roman De Angelis in the No. 23 Aston Martin.[22]

The final session of qualifying was for the GTLM and GTD classes. Tommy Milner qualified on pole in GTLM driving the No. 4 car for Corvette Racing, besting teammate Jordan Taylor in the sister No. 3 Corvette Racing entry by less than 0.010 seconds.[23] Cooper MacNeil in the No. 79 Porsche rounded out the GTLM field.[24] Ross Gunn set the fastest time in the GTD points paying session driving the No. 23 car for Heart of Racing Team and earned 35 championship points. Gunn was 0.141 seconds clear of teammate Alex Riberas in the sister No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin.[23] Jack Hawksworth was third in the No. 14 Lexus followed by Bryan Sellers in the No. 1 Lamborghini.[24]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by Шаблон:Double-dagger.

Шаблон:Tooltip Class Шаблон:Tooltip Team Driver Time Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
1 GTLM 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Corvette Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Milner 1:40.263 _ 1Шаблон:Double-dagger
2 GTLM 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Corvette Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Taylor 1:40.266 +0.003 2
3 GTLM 79 Шаблон:Flagicon WeatherTech Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Cooper MacNeil 1:41.445 +1.182 3
4 GTD 96 Шаблон:Flagicon Turner Motorsport Шаблон:Flagicon Robby Foley 1:43.809 +3.546 4Шаблон:Double-dagger
5 GTD 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Madison Snow 1:44.045 +3.782 5
6 GTD 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Wright Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Trent Hindman 1:44.145 +3.882 17Шаблон:Ref
7 GTD 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Heart Of Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Roman De Angelis 1:44.161 +3.898 6
8 GTD 39 Шаблон:Flagicon CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Heistand 1:44.230 +3.967 7
9 GTD 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Vasser Sullivan Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Telitz 1:44.358 +4.095 8
10 GTD 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Pfaff Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Zacharie Robichon 1:44.423 +4.160 16Шаблон:Ref
11 GTD 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Vasser Sullivan Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Frankie Montecalvo 1:44.447 +4.184 9
12 GTD 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Alegra Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Michael de Quesada 1:44.712 +4.449 10
13 GTD 32 Шаблон:Flagicon Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Guy Cosmo 1:44.790 +4.527 11
14 GTD 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Heart Of Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Ian James 1:45.274 +5.011 18Шаблон:Ref
15 GTD 66 Шаблон:Flagicon Gradient Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Till Bechtolsheimer 1:45.662 +5.399 12
16 GTD 19 Шаблон:Flagicon GRT Grasser Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Misha Goikhberg 1:45.699 +5.436 13
17 GTD 88 Шаблон:Flagicon Team Hardpoint Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Ferriol 1:46.416 +6.153 14
18 GTD 44 Шаблон:Flagicon Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon John Potter 1:46.959 +6.696 15
Sources:[25][26][27]
  • Шаблон:Ref The No. 16 Wright Motorsports entry was moved to the rear of the GTD classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's ride height.[28]
  • Шаблон:Ref The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD classification as per Article 40.2.9. of the Sporting regulations (car was touched by the crew during qualifying without permission by the officials).[29]
  • Шаблон:Ref The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry was moved to the back of the GTLM classification for violating competition rules regarding the car's rear wing.[30] Additionally, the team elected to change tires after qualifying.

Race

Post-race

The result kept Antonio García and Jordan Taylor atop the GTLM Drivers' Championship.[31] With 2938 points, Robichon and Vanthoor's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Sellers and Snow in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Long advanced from fifth to fourth while Auberlen and Foley dropped from fourth to fifth.[31] Chevrolet and Porsche continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Corvette Racing and Pfaff Motorsports kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships with one round remaining in the season.[31]

Race results

Class winners are denoted in bold and Шаблон:Double-dagger.

Pos Class Шаблон:Tooltip Team Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GTLM 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Corvette Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Milner
Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Tandy
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 87 2:40:45.036Шаблон:Double-dagger
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
2 GTLM 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Corvette Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio García
Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Taylor
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 87 +17.852
Chevrolet 5.5L V8
3 GTLM 79 Шаблон:Flagicon WeatherTech Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Cooper MacNeil
Шаблон:Flagicon Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR-19 87 +38.655
Porsche 4.2L Flat-6
4 GTD 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Pfaff Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Zacharie Robichon
Шаблон:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 85 +2 LapsШаблон:Double-dagger
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
5 GTD 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Bryan Sellers
Шаблон:Flagicon Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 85 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
6 GTD 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Vasser Sullivan Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Telitz
Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Hawksworth
Lexus RC F GT3 85 +2 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
7 GTD 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Wright Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Trent Hindman
Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 85 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
8 GTD 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Heart of Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Roman De Angelis
Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 85 +2 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 GTD 27 Шаблон:Flagicon Heart of Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Ian James
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 85 +2 Laps
Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
10 GTD 39 Шаблон:Flagicon CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Heistand
Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff Westphal
Audi R8 LMS Evo 85 +2 Laps
Audi 5.2L V10
11 GTD 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Alegra Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Morad
Шаблон:Flagicon Michael de Quesada
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 85 +2 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
12 GTD 19 Шаблон:Flagicon GRT Grasser Racing Team Шаблон:Flagicon Misha Goikhberg
Шаблон:Flagicon Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 85 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2L V10
13 GTD 88 Шаблон:Flagicon Team Hardpoint Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Ferriol
Шаблон:Flagicon Katherine Legge
Porsche 911 GT3 R 85 +2 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat-6
14 GTD 32 Шаблон:Flagicon Gilbert Korthoff Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Guy Cosmo
Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Skeen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 84 +3 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2L V8
15 GTD 96 Шаблон:Flagicon Turner Motorsport Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Auberlen
Шаблон:Flagicon Robby Foley
BMW M6 GT3 84 +3 Laps
BMW 4.4L Turbo V8
16 GTD 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Vasser Sullivan Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Frankie Montecalvo
Шаблон:Flagicon Zach Veach
Lexus RC F GT3 83 +4 Laps
Lexus 5.0L V8
17

DNF

GTD 44 Шаблон:Flagicon Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon John Potter
Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Lally
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 72 Wheel
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
18

DNF

GTD 66 Шаблон:Flagicon Gradient Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Till Bechtolsheimer
Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Farnbacher
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 39 Crash
Acura 3.5L Turbo V6
Sources:[32][33]

Standings after the race

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DPi Drivers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Driver Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Filipe Albuquerque
Шаблон:Flagicon Ricky Taylor
3071
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Pipo Derani
Шаблон:Flagicon Felipe Nasr
3052
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Jarvis
Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Tincknell
2882
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Magnussen
Шаблон:Flagicon Renger van der Zande
2879
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Dane Cameron
Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Pla
2668

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LMP2 Drivers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Driver Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Mikkel Jensen
Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Keating
1807
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Tristan Nunez
Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Thomas
1694
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Gabriel Aubry
Шаблон:Flagicon John Farano
1634
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Dalziel
Шаблон:Flagicon Dwight Merriman
1330
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Huffaker 702

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LMP3 Drivers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Driver Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Gar Robinson 1800
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Jon Bennett
Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Braun
1750
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Jim Cox
Шаблон:Flagicon Dylan Murry
1594
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Rasmus Lindh 1538
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Askew 1504

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GTLM Drivers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Driver Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio García
Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Taylor
3269
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Milner
Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Tandy
3142
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Cooper MacNeil 2924
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Campbell 1702
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Mathieu Jaminet 1324

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GTD Drivers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Driver Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Zacharie Robichon
Шаблон:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor
2938
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Madison Snow
Шаблон:Flagicon Bryan Sellers
2888
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Roman De Angelis
Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Gunn
2761
4 Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Long 2659
5 Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Auberlen
Шаблон:Flagicon Robby Foley
2638

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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DPi Teams' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Team Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #10 WTR-Konica Minolta Acura 3071
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #31 Whelen Engineering Racing 3052
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #55 Mazda Motorsports 2882
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #01 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing 2879
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 2668

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LMP2 Teams' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Team Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports 1807
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #11 WIN Autosport 1694
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #8 Tower Motorsport 1634
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #18 Era Motorsport 1330
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #22 United Autosports 614

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LMP3 Teams' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Team Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #74 Riley Motorsports 1800
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #54 CORE Autosport 1750
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #91 Riley Motorsports 1594
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #38 Performance Tech Motorsports 1538
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #36 Andretti Autosport 1192

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GTLM Teams' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Team Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing 3269
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #4 Corvette Racing 3142
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #79 WeatherTech Racing 2974
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #24 BMW Team RLL 1001
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #25 BMW Team RLL 966

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GTD Teams' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Team Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #9 Pfaff Motorsports 2938
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #1 Paul Miller Racing 2888
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon #23 Heart of Racing Team 2761
4 Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 Шаблон:Flagicon #16 Wright Motorsports 2659
5 Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 Шаблон:Flagicon #96 Turner Motorsport 2638

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.

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DPi Manufacturers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Manufacturer Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Cadillac 3311
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Acura 3223
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Mazda 3039

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GTLM Manufacturers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Manufacturer Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Chevrolet 3385
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche 3164
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon BMW 1052
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari 330

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GTD Manufacturers' Championship standings[31]
Шаблон:Tooltip +/– Manufacturer Points
1 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche 3077
2 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Lamborghini 3005
3 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Aston Martin 2889
4 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon BMW 2827
5 Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg Шаблон:Flagicon Lexus 2799

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.


References

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Шаблон:Sportscar Race ReportШаблон:GT Challenge at VIR