For 105 laps of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit a battle raged between the Ford GT40s of Nico Verdonck/Andy Newall and Phil Keen/Olly Bryant, with Danes Nikolai Kjaergaard/Alexander Weiss more than a thorn in the 13-strong GT40 contingent’s side in Palle Birkelund Pedersen’s Ginetta G4 during last weekend’s Spa Six Hours. But, with five minutes remaining and Keen determinedly reeling-in Verdonck at an alarming 20 seconds a lap, driveshaft failure stopped the Belgian’s car on lap 106.
As modern GT3 ace Keen notched his first Spa Six Hours victory, bookending Kyle Tilley’s Era Motorsport challenge, Bryant repeated 2
