Ex-Formula 1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne clinched his second major racing title in less than three months after securing the Europeไan Le Mans Series championship alongside Roman Rusinov and Andrea Pizzitola with an 11th-place finish in Sunday's 4 Hoಞurs of Spa.

Vergne was crowned Forꦉmula E drivers' champion in July, but has been balancing commitments in the electric series with a sports car campaign that has seen him race in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and ELMS.

G-Drive Racing enterꩵed the Spa round coming off the back of a three-race winning stream, with Vergne sweeping to his maiden ELMS pole position in qualifying on Saturday.

However, Pizzito💫la dropped down the field in heavy rain through the opening stint of the race, which had been started early as a resultꦏ of the concerning weather forecast.

Vergne took over the car running P9, ꧒only to incur a penalty for causing a collision that would ultimately drop the #26 Oreca 07 Gibson entry to 14th in the final classification, with the race being red flagged due to the downpour before the 🍸stop/go could be served.

With half points being awarded, the result was enough to give G-Drive an unassailable lead heading into the season-ending round in Portimao at the end🐠 of next month. However, Vergne ꦡlooks set to miss out on the drivers' championship, which is being led by Pizzitola and Rusinov, who competed as a duo at the season opener at Paul Ricard.

The race at Spa was won by United Autosports' #22 Ligier JS P217 Gibson shared by Filipe Al🦄buquerque and Phil Hanson, with Dra🐼gonSpeed and Panis Barthez completing the podium positions.