As usual the event was split over two days, with one driver representative from each team in each of the four knockout races to decide who’d race in the semi-finals. After its remarkable achievement of becoming the first team to get all four cars into a final last time out, Williams saw two of its drivers eliminated as neither Jakub Brzezinski nor Jack Keithley could progress any further.
There were further surprises too as James Baldwin (Mercedes), Moritz Lohner (Mouz), and Kevin Siggy (Redline) were all knocked out at this stage, along with GT World Challenge Asia runner-up Ferris Stanley (BS+). Baldwin was an innocent bystander in a lap one incident that resulted from Yoann Harth (Apex) appearing to push Lohner into the pit wall approaching Eau Rouge, with the German’s Audi spearing across the circuit and taking out the Briton’s Mercedes.
The four race winners were Spring Season champion Marcell Csincsik (R8G), Gamers8 winner Maximilian Benecke (Mouz), Jiri Toman (R8G), and Luke Bennett (Redline) – as the only non-Audi winner. That also meant it was the first time this season that Job failed to win a race, as he came home only fourth in his heat, while regular race-winners Joshua Rogers (Coanda) and Daire McCormack (Williams) also qualified for the semi-final stage.