4H Mugello red flagged after Schiavoni accident – ​​Sportscar365

The Mugello 4-hour race was canceled in the third hour after a serious accident between Claudio Schiavoni and Rahel Frey.

Schiavoni's No. 60 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R pulled ahead of the No. 85 Iron Dames Porsche driven by Frey shortly after the third safety car restart.

Frey then made contact with the Italian, seemingly in an attempt to overtake him in Turn 1, sending the No. 60 Porsche into the wall at high speed.

Although the car was significantly damaged, Schiavoni was able to escape the accident on his own.

An initial safety car, the fourth of the race, was subsequently upgraded to a red flag.

The race is currently led overall by the No. 9 Iron Lynx-Proton Oreca 07 Gibson in the hands of Maceo Capietto, who leads Inter Europol Competition and Panis Racing.

LMP2 Pro-Am and LMP3 are led by the No. 29 Richard Mille by TDS Oreca and the No. 11 Eurointernational Ligier JS P320 Nissan, respectively.

The Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo with starting number 97 Grid Motorsport by TF leads LMGT3 in the hands of Jonny Adam.

Race officials have stated that the race is expected to resume at 2:20 p.m. CEST (8:20 a.m. EDT).

In addition, the race will be extended by 20 minutes and will now end at 3:50 p.m. local time.

Davey Euwema is the European editor of Sportscar365. Euwema, based in the Netherlands, covers, among others, the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship, the European Le Mans Series and the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS.