Undeterred, Bamber recomposed himself and went again as it eventually came down to a last lap shootout between him and Marciello. Lapping almost six tenths faster at one point, Bamber then made a slight mistake in the mountain section, losing his wing mirror after contact with the wall. Now it was Bamber’s turn to attack race leader Marciello as he began reeling in the Mercedes ahead of him. Reigning champion Augusto Farfus made a great restart in the BMW Team Schnitzer M6 GT3 and blasted by the sluggish Bamber on the long run to Lisboa.īamber went from fourth to second almost immediately, however, as Vanthoor ran wide at Lisboa, holding up Farfus in the process. The action was back underway after Estre’s stricken Porsche was removed from the track, and the drama kicked off again almost immediately.
The safety car was called for when sixth placed Kevin Estre lost control of his Porsche 911 GT3 R through the super quick Mandarin corner and made heavy contact with the barrier. Vanthoor made every attempt to get by Marciello but the Mercedes man held firm in the first part of the race, before a safety car intervention brought everyone back into play. Marciello made a clean getaway in his AMG GT3 machine as Vanthoor nipped by his ROWE Racing team-mate Bamber off the line. Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing’s Raffaele Marciello claimed victory in the prestigious FIA GT World Cup at the Macau Grand Prix, after fending off Porsche duo Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber for the entire race. Marciello claims FIA GT World Cup victory for Mercedes
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