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on 29–31 July. The Spa event was the fifth round of the

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. The FIA GT1 round was not the feature race of the weekend as it was a support series for the

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along with the Cooper Tires British F3, and the

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Qualifying

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drivers

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and Jos Menten earned

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in qualifying by setting a lap time 0.2 seconds faster than any other competitor in the third qualifying session.

Qualifying result

For qualifying, Driver 1 participates in the first and third sessions while Driver 2 participates in only the second session. The fastest lap for each session is indicated with bold.

Races

Qualifying race

Race result

Championship race

Race result

External links

Spa-Francorchamps GT1 Race in Belgium – FIA GT1 World Championship
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