Bernhard withdraws Spa 24 Hours entry

The German published that Team 75 Bernhard had filed a one-off entry for the fourth twelve months in a row, but has now been compelled to withdraw the Porsche 911 GT3-R from the blue riband round of the GT World Space Europe on 24-25 October.

Bernhard cited the contemporary date for Spa attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic and revisions to the ADAC GT Masters calendar in Germany, which is his squad’s necessary focal point, for the resolution now not to make a choice out one of its Porsche 911 GT3-Rs to the Belgian occasion.

“It used to be deliberate and we had been signed in already, but now we comprise needed to withdraw,” Bernhard (below left) suggested Motorsport.com.

“Now we comprise decided already that we are in a position to now not attain it thanks to the contemporary schedules, it is in the middle of two GT Masters races, which made it advanced logistically.

“Prior to now there used to be a two-month hole in the GT Masters calendar and shall we absorb that with a correct kind move at a success Spa, but now the calendar is simply too jammed.”

The revised GT Masters calendar has races on the Purple Bull Ring and Zandvoort on the respective weekends sooner than and after the 24 Hours at Spa.

Team 75 Bernhard is working two automobiles in the ADAC series for a roster of drivers in conjunction with Porsche System E tester Simona de Silvestro. It has also expanded its assault on the GT4 feeder series from one to 2 automobiles for the 2020 season.

Two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Bernhard, who retired from riding on the waste of final season, defined that the line-up for his entry had yet to be mounted but that it would had been made up entirely of Porsche factory drivers.

He shared with 2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans title winners Laurens Vanthoor and Earl Bamber in every 2019 and 2018.

Bernhard had made a issue to change into the necessary driver to set up all four of the world’s necessary 24-hours races, at Spa, Le Mans, Daytona and the Nurburgring.

Team 75 Bernhard’s easiest consequence at Spa came on its debut in 2017 when Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen executed fourth.

The hope is that the workforce will return to the Spa enduro subsequent twelve months, Bernhard defined.

“For 2021, if the total lot has settled down, we are in a position to surely be having a stare at doing Spa again,” he acknowledged. “If the scenario is correct kind we are in a position to maneuver again.”