4 hours of Spa-Francorchamps: First season's victory for Graff

Gustavo Yacaman, James Allen and Richard Bradley bring the first victory of the season to Graff team in the 4 hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the fifth round of the 2017 European Le Mans Series season.

A trio in the #40 Oreca 07-Gibson won the race just 06. seconds ahead of G-Drive Racing #22 Oreca, driven by Memo Rojas, Leo Roussel and Ryo Hirakawa. In a dramatic finish, Bradley had to serve drive-through penalty with just one minute of the race remaining but he managed to defend a lead in front of Ryo Hirakawa. A podium was completed by the SMP Racing’s Egor Orudzhev and Matevos Isaakyan in the #27 Dallara P217.

AT Racing – LMP3 class winners

In the LMP3 class, the #9 AT Racing Ligier-Nissan took a debut victory with father and son Alexander Talkanitsa Senior and Junior driving. Their teammate was Danish driver Mikkel Jensen.

In the GTE class, one more team took a debut victory. It’s the Spirit of Race, whose #51 Ferrari 488 GTE was driven by the all Italian line up of Giorgio Roda, Rino Mastronardi and Andrea Bertolini.