Shane van Gisbergen leads Australasian assault on Spa 24 Hours

Shane van Gisbergen gets another golden opportunity to showcase his already impressive international driving credentials in next weekend’s the 24 Hours of Spa, the Supercars star spearheading the Garage 59 factory McLaren with an ambitious, yet realistic target of overall victory.

The kiwi joins France’s Come Ledogar and Britain’s Rob Bell in one of three Garage 59 McLaren 650 S GT3s entered in the Belgian endurance classic, which takes place on July 30th.

The best-known Mercedes entry, the AMG Black Falcon GT3, looks a huge threat with Bernd Schneider, Maro Engel and Yelmer Buurman mixing pace with experience in a proven package.

Queenslander Liam Talbot is sharing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 in the Am class with Italians Marco Zanuttini, and Nicola Cadei, and Russian Vadim Glitin.

Talbot is now a regular on the endurance racing scene in Europe and he heads to Spa on a high following the team’s first victory of the season secured in the previous round in a 1000km race at Paul Ricard.