APR Sweeps Dubai as Cetilar Penalty Delivers Algarve Pro 1-2-3

Overview

• George Kurtz, Malthe Jakobsen and Louis Deletraz won Race 2 for CrowdStrike Racing by APR, completing a weekend double by 1.638 seconds over the No. 25 Algarve Pro Oreca.
• Post-race tests found the No. 47 Cetilar Oreca refueled in 39.5 seconds twice against a 40-second minimum, triggering a 10-second penalty that demoted it from third to fourth.
• The ruling elevated Algarve Pro to a podium sweep for Race 2, with the No. 20 car inheriting third behind the winning No. 4 and the No. 25 entries.
• The reclassification leaves Cetilar level on points with CrowdStrike/APR in the LMP2 championship heading to next weekend’s title-deciding Yas Marina round.
• Officials issued 13 post-race penalties after Race 1 and tweaked GT BoP (+15 kg Ferrari, -10 kg McLaren and BMW); Team WRT’s No. 69 BMW won GT in Race 2 by 0.881 seconds, and 23Events prevailed in LMP3.