Nurburgring, June 24 -- Indian endurance specialist and tech-entrepreneur Akshay Gupta continued his run of international success with a third-place finish in the competitive SP3T class at the 2025 ADAC Ravenol 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Sharing the 808 Cupra Leon TCR DSG with Japan's Junichi Umemoto and German duo Lutz Obermann and Dennis Leissing, the AsBest Racing quartet outperformed expectations to climb the podium despite early gearbox gremlins and an overnight repair stop that cost nearly two hours.

Qualifying on Friday afternoon was a nail-biter, with just two seconds covering the five quickest SP3T runners. The AsBest Racing Cupra slotted into fifth, its crew quietly confident that race savvy would outweigh outright pace.

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