Fredeliciousx rose to the top in a race-long G2 class battle at Spa Francorchamps to make it three different winners in the first three races of the inaugural TRB-GT Championship, whilst Haff16 overturned the troubles of Monza to dominate the G3 class and take his second win of the season and extend his lead at the top of the G3 standings.

The G2 championship leader tfullbrook16 came home second in class after a mistake laden race saw him drop down the field twice.

After two exciting rounds, the Belgian circuit would play host to a sensational race that would see new storylines emerge across both championship battles.

G2 Class: Fredeliciousx emerges victor after mesmeric class battle

Honda driver Fredeliciousx took his, and the Japanese marques, first TRB-GT victory after a two-stop strategy left him able to fend off championship leader tfullbrook16 in the closing laps.

Fredeliciousx sacrificed qualifying pace on the mediums and steered clear of the dramatic G2 battle that saw all four drivers lead the race at some point before half distance, before utilising the pace of the soft tyres in his second and third stints.

tfullbrook16 continued his run of qualifying domination by claiming pole with a time of 2min05.835s, over a second faster than nearest challenger Doggo_McWoofbork who claimed his best qualifying performance to date. d-morgan16 was only sixth tenths further back, but narrowly avoided being outqualified by Fredeliciousx who opted for the mediums.

As the green flag waved the G2 field were locked bumper-to-bumper in the opening tour, but on the exit of the Bus Stop tfullbrook16 ran wide and relinquished the lead to Doggo. The Nissan driver tried to fight back on the run to Les Combes but to no avail, before Doggo ran wide through Campus, and allowing the Brit to pull off a sensational move around the outside of Blanchimont.

The battle would reach a climax on the run into La Source for the third time, as the duo traded paint and Doggo was forced to drop back.

However as tfullbrook16 lead into Les Combes he would run wide and drop to the back of the pack, climbing back up to second the following lap before running on at the Bus Stop and dropping down again.

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d-morgan16 was now getting a taste of what it's like to lead at TRB-GT race, and with clear track ahead of him was able to establish a three second lead by the time he pitted on lap nine.

tfullbrook16 inherited the lead when the Twix Lexus pitted, but would rejoin the from his own stop on lap 11 behind fredeliciousx who had made the first of his two stops the lap before. The Honda driver's medium-soft-soft strategy looked to be playing out as extended his lead to over five seconds over the G2 championship leader.

Of course, tfullbrook16 was only making one stop, but disaster struck on lap 16 when the Brit hit the back of PurplePetrol13 and was forced to pit to fix the damage. Fredeliciousx was expecting to rejoin behind the Nissan driver, but was joined in the pits by the hobbling HF Impala Racing driver.

This set up a quite frantic battle to the flag, Fredeliciousx was able to maintain his small, but manageable lead over tfullbrook16 until a wave of traffic with two laps to go left the race win all to play for.

All Fredeliciousx had to do was hit his marks and defend. tfullbrook16 used the slipstream up the long Kemmel Straight to pass into Les Combes on the final lap, but ran wide into the Bruxelles hairpin. Despite the Nissan drivers attempts to set up a move into the Bus Stop, Fredeliciousx held on to a much deserved victory by a narrow 0.630s at the line.

It wasn't just a battle for first and second, Doggo and d-morgan16 enjoyed position swapping for the final podium spot in the middle of the race.

d-morgan16 displayed excellent pace to lead in the dramatic opening laps, and in the middle of the race used his tyre advantage over Doggo to pull off an extraordinary pass round the outside of Les Combes on lap 14.

Three for three in the G2 Class, and Fredeliciousx's victory has truly ignited a sense of competition in the category.

G3 Class: Haff16 runs the show as Clemsie splits dominant Mercs

Haff16 was in complete control of the third round of the TRB-GT series as the British driver was unchallenged en route to his second victory of the season and a now 11 point championship lead over fellow Mercedes driver SJH3991.

Honda's Clemsie_McKenzie scored his best qualifying and race results so far this season with second place, splitting the two Mercedes drivers that have scored a 1-2 in every race so far.

After much delay to qualifying due to a technical issue, Haff16 claimed his second pole of the season thanks to a lap time of 2min18.142s, narrowly beating Clemsie who's 2min18.208s lap left Haff16 feeling the pressure. The championship leader coming into the Spa race, SJH3991, could only manage third, 0.181s behind Clemsie but crucially scoring a single point.

Daveskater secured a season best fourth in class, out-qualifying Boost Brothers teammate James_Larman for the first time.

Away from the rolling start and Haff16 immediately set about opening a lead as Clemsie and SJH3991 battled behind. By the end of the first lap, the British driver would not have to defend his position and could focus on extending the gap before his mandatory visit to pitlane.

SJH3991 and Clemsie would swap positions multiple times on the opening laps before the Frenchman would make the first of two visits to pitlane on lap six, committing to a Soft-Medium-Soft strategy.

Haff16 now lead SJH3991 by well over 10 seconds, and the duo would ditch their soft tyres on lap nine and ten respectively. After the first round of stops, Clemsie would find himself in the lead of the class with Haff16 bearing down on him, and within three laps the leading pair were locked together.

Then came one of the moments of the race as second placed G2 runner tfullbrook16 was attempting to close down the race leader on new medium tyres. The HF Impala Racing driver came across teammate Haff16 and Clemsie on the run down to Eau Rouge, and shortly after cresting Radiallon the trio went three-wide onto the Kemmel Straight.

Into Les Combes, Haff16 utilised the draft from the passing G2 Nissan and executed a move round the outside to reclaim a class lead he would not relent.

Clemsie made his second stop for fuel and soft tyres at the end of lap 15, and would pass SJH3991 around the outside at Les Combes on the final lap as the Dutchman struggled with old worn Medium tyres.

It was a race of seasons best further down the G3 class as Lexus driver Almarioneko would come from a back row start to take fourth place. The American driver would steer clear of major drama in the G3 class to creep up the field and score valuable points after missing the opening round at the Red Bull Ring.

Post-race the American would dedicate his performance to the basketball legend Kobe Byrant, running a tribute decal on the Lexus RC F GT3 for the race at Spa.

Daveskater also took a best result with fifth in class, the Brit was unfortunate to spin out in the opening laps but executed his strategy to better teammate James_Larman for the first time.

Larman would drive a hectic race, involving multiple collisions with Lamborghini driver PurplePetrol13, Corvette's Luca_Valli and Aston Martin's noiseymp7, the latter retiring from the race after said incident.

The Boost Brothers driver has received a five point deduction for his driving standards.

Luca_Valli would finish seventh in class after a race that was largely impacted by the battle with Larman. Despite this, the Argentinian leads the 'Best of the rest' in the G3 championship.

PurplePetrol13 would take the flag as the final finisher, and after having his race severely derailed by the lap one incident with Larman, was forced to recover from being hit by tfullbrook16 in the second half of the race. The G2 driver did receive a warning for the avoidable collision.

It was another race to forget for noiseyMP7, who, after qualifying last, would retire from the race after the lap eight collision with the Boost Brothers Porsche. The Dutchman will, however, be looking forward to the next round at the Nürburgring Nordcshleife after switching to the G2 class for the second half of the season.

R E S U L T S : R O U N D 3 : S P A - F R A N C O R C H A M P S

1. Fredeliciousx (Honda) [G2 Leader] 47min26.562s 22 Laps

2. tfullbrook16 (Nissan) [G2] +0.630s

3. Doggo_McWoofbork (Honda) [G2] +09.599s

4. d-morgan16 (Lexus) [G2] +21.353s

5. Haff16 (Mercedes) [G3 Leader] +1 Lap

6. Clemsie_McKenzie (Honda) [G3] +1 Laps

7. SJH3991 (Mercedes) [G3] +1 Laps

8. Almarioneko (Lexus) [G3] +2 Laps

9. Daveskater (Porsche) [G3] +2 Laps

10. James_Larman (Porsche) [G3] +2 Laps

11. Luca_Valli (Corvette) [G3] +2 Laps

12. PurplePetrol1 (Lexus) [G3] +3 Laps

13. noiseyMP7 (Aston Martin) [G3] DNF

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G 2: C H A M P I O N S H I P S T A N D I N G S

1. tfullbrook16 (Nissan) | 70 pts

2. theDarrylx (Lexus) | 47 pts

3. d-morgan16 (Lexus) | 41 pts

4. Fredelicious (Honda) | 36 pts

5. Doggo_McWoofbork (Honda) | 32 pts

G 3 : C H A M P I O N S H I P S T A N D I N G S

1. Haff16 (Mercedes) | 75 pts

2. SJH3991 (Mercedes) | 64 pts

3. Clemsie_McKenzie (Honda) | 42 pts

4. Luca_Valli (Corvette) | 28 pts

5. James_Larman (Porsche) | 25 pts

6. Daveskater (Porsche) | 22 pts

7. PurplePetrol13 (Lamborghini) | 14 pts

8. Almarioneko (Lexus) | 18 pts

9. Acclaimed_Guy (Porsche) | 6 pts

10. noiseyMP7 (Aston Martin) | 3 pts

T E A M S S T A N D I N G S:

1. HF Impala Racing (tfullbrook16/Haff16) | 145 pts

2. Boost Brothers (James_Larman/Daveskater) | 45 pts

C O N S T R U C T O R S

1. Mercedes (SJH3991/Haff16) | 139 pts

2. Honda (Doggo_McWoofbork/Fredeliciousx/Clemsie_McKenzie) | 110 pts

3. Lexus ( theDarrylx/d-morgan16/Almarioneko) | 106 pts

4. Nissan (tfullbrook16) | 70 pts

5. Porsche (James_Larman/Daveskater/Acclaimed_Guy) | 51 pts

6. Corvette (Luca_Valli) | 28 pts

7. Lambo (PurplePetrol13) | 14 pts

8. Aston Martin (noiseyMP7) | 4 pts