ROWE Racing should struggle from fifth in school to defend its Gold Cup lead at Saturday’s GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup finale at Portimão.
Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde and Tim Tramnitz lead the standings within the #998 BMW on 89 factors however certified 18th general. Storage 59’s Tom Fleming, Louis Prette and Benjamin Goethe, three factors behind on 86, begin second in school and eleventh general within the #58 McLaren.
Chosen Automotive Racing’s Simon Birch, Frederik Schandorff and Malte Ebdrup put themselves in rivalry by taking class pole and eighth general, a one-point outcome that strikes them to 79. Birch set the session’s quickest single lap, 1:41.652.
The general Endurance Cup title is already settled. Lucas Auer, Maro Engel and Luca Stolz secured it on the Nürburgring, and the #48 Mercedes begins sixth.
The three-hour race begins at 17:00 native time on Saturday.
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