ROWE Racing will have to fight from fifth in class to defend its Gold Cup lead at Saturday’s GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup finale at Portimão.
Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde and Tim Tramnitz lead the standings in the #998 BMW on 89 points but qualified 18th overall. Garage 59’s Tom Fleming, Louis Prette and Benjamin Goethe, three points behind on 86, start second in class and 11th overall in the #58 McLaren.
Selected Car Racing’s Simon Birch, Frederik Schandorff and Malte Ebdrup put themselves in contention by taking class pole and eighth overall, a one-point result that moves them to 79. Birch set the session’s fastest single lap, 1:41.652.
The overall Endurance Cup title is already settled. Lucas Auer, Maro Engel and Luca Stolz secured it at the Nürburgring, and the #48 Mercedes starts sixth.
The three-hour race starts at 17:00 local time on Saturday.
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