Bentley Motorsport wins its debut Blancpain Sprint Series Cup race

Bentley Motorsport’s works team made its Blancpain Sprint Series Cup debut at Misano, this weekend, and won the first race of the event, putting the #8 Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 on pole for Sunday’s main competition. Andy Soucek (ES) and Maxime Soulet (BE) chose to start Saturday’s one-hour night race on slick tyres, while all but one of the other 38 competitors started on wets, a decision that ultimately won Bentley Team M-Sport its debut Sprint Series Cup race. The victory secured pole position for main race and handed Bentley eight valuable points towards the Blancpain GT Series and Blancpain Sprint Series Cup titles. Meanwhile, the other car, the #7 Continental GT3 of Steven Kane (GB) and defending Sprint Series Cup champion Vince Abril (MO), started the main one-hour race from P20 and finished in P17.