Bonduel's Breakthrough at Spa

How penalties and chaos handed a local hero his first Super Trofeo Europe win

Amaury Bonduel, racing for BDR Competition out of nearby Baisy-Thy, won his first Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race at Spa-Francorchamps after a 50-minute contest that required three safety car interventions and produced a chain of penalties across multiple classes.

Lap-one chaos at Les Combes and La Source

A multi-car incident at Les Combes on the opening lap brought out the first safety car, while Am polesitter Andrzej Lewandowski earned a drivethrough penalty for contact that would cost him both the class victory and the championship lead.

How the stewards rewrote the podium

Max Weering's 10-second penalty for spinning Johan Boris Scheier's car at Bruxelles, combined with a post-race time adjustment to the Bonaldi Motorsport entry, elevated Bonduel from second on the road to the top step of the results.

Thin margins in identical machinery

Weering and Spinelli still lead the Pro championship with 120 points, 37 ahead of Bonduel, whose Race 1 result was compromised by a team radio failure that caused him to miss his pit window — a reminder of how thin the margins are when every team runs identical Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 machinery.

From learning season to race winner at home

Bonduel's trajectory from a first season with a first-year team to a victory at his home circuit is exactly the kind of development story that Squadra Corse can point to when recruiting the next generation of factory-supported drivers, with Barcelona and the World Finals at Portimão still to come.