Held for the first time in 2017, the Hankook 24H MISANO was the third round of an experimental, TCE-only program organized by CREVENTIC.  

Spain’s MONLAU COMPETICION took its second consecutive win of the 2017 24H TCE SERIES season in Misano after a (near) race-long scrap with Red Camel-Jordans.nl. Brutally, the Dutch team’s race came to an abrupt end less than four hours from home with drivetrain issues. A fault-free run for MONLAU, who would go on to secure that year’s 24H TCE SERIES’ TCR Teams’ title, consequently saw the Spanish team take the chequered flag 13 laps clear of a troubled field.  

Similarly close but no cigar, Bas Koeten Racing powered by Kawasaki was on course to finish 2nd after Red Camel-Jordans’ woes, only for the gearbox to expire two hours from home. The #155 SEAT LCR TCR was eventually classified 7th overall, just ahead, ironically, of the Red Camel SEAT, and three spots behind the sister NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing, whose battle-scarred SEAT took the final TCR class podium spot.

With Red Camel and Bas Koeten Racing struck down in the closing stages, beneficiary Wimmer Werk Motorsport eventually finished 2nd overall. The Austrian team steadfastly worked its way through the field from 8th on the grid to secure SEAT’s LCR TCR V3 a triumphant 1-2 finish in Misano.

Despite the Peugeot 308 Racing Cup qualifying on the back row, Semspeed completed a similarly impressive comeback drive to claim the final rostrum spot and take SP3-GT4 victory. A precautionary pit stop during the first hour, plus time lost in the pits to handling issues, meant overall polesitter, and eventual SP3-GT4 runner-up, CWS dropped to 5th overall at the flag, just ahead of CUP1 winner QSR Racingschool.

Team Africa Le Mans, just five days after competing in the Hankook 12H IMOLA as well, endured several mechanical woes early, though the Ginetta G55 GT4 – piloted by Le Mans icons Emanuele Pirro and Jan Lammers, Graham Vos, team founder Greg Mills, and 11-time South African Rally champion Sarel van der Merwe – nevertheless went the distance to prop up the SP3-GT4 podium.