Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 21 May 2016.- Fernando Monje (BMW M6 GT3) has been forced to abandon the first of the two races of the International GT Open, which this weekend held in the Belgian circuit Spa-Francorchamps. Off track in a fast zone during the dispute of the third lap when leading the race, breaking expectations offering not only the leadership, but the magnificent achieved pole in qualifying.

In the two free practice sessions on Friday, the two BMW M6 GT3 of BMW Team Teo Martin continued their improvement plan, reaching No. unit 1 the fastest time in the second round, which somehow showed the technical improvement the team was looking for. Fernando Monje and Gustavo Yacamán marked a very similar time in both sessions, around 2'20 ", leaving his vehicle able to cope, starting at 10 am on Saturday, the first qualification.

Already in full qualifying session, Fernando Monje took advantage of the qualities of the M6 â??â??to launch a studied attack on lap 6 of the 8 that realized, glaring at all with a spectacular 2'15 "746, The pole !, the pilot chic & basic summed up thus: 'it was very clear we had to make the most of the excellent performance of our BMW with new tires, so I did and we achieved a pole with a very good lap time.'

At the exit Fernando maintained his position before the Ferrari of Marco Cioci, commanding the first lap followed by Cioci himself and his partner Miguel Ramos. Gradually, Monk was escaping from the harassment of their persecutors until the third turn suffered a strong track output. In one of the long, fast corners, Monk had a problem with the right front tire made him get away slightly from the layout and the outside edge of the track unbalanced to BMW, throwing him into the barriers. Damage to the BMW M6 GT3 Team Teo Martin may not make Monk-Yacamán can go out to the second race scheduled for Sunday. Fortunately, Fernando was not physically harmed.

This first race was won by teammates Monk-Yacamán in the BMW Team Teo Martin, Miguel Ramos-Roldan Rodriguez (BMW M6 GT3), which thus have offered the first major victory of 2016 the team champion of these series.

Classification 1 International GT Open race, Spa-Francorchamps
1-Miguel Ramos-Roldan Rodriguez (BMW M6 GT3), 1h.10'06 "131
2-Nicky Pastorelli-Joshua Webster (Renault RS01 GT3) +2 "232
5-Alexander West-Côme Ledogar (S 650 GT3 McLaren) +7 "371
4-Shaun Balfe-Phil Keen (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) +25 "489
5-Fabio Babini-Busnelli Emanuele (Lamborghini Huracan) +27 "781