Sportec headed into the final encounter of the weekend needing just a five-point sway for Ulrich to claim the title, but the rest of the Am field weren’t going to make it easy for the Swiss racer.

The #7 KTM came under pressure from Hans-Joachim Stuck after conceding third on the road to the hard-charging #33 Pro-Am Audi. A run wide from Ulrich at Bruxelles temporarily let the #24 KTM through, but Ulrich carried enough momentum to regain the place before both cars pitted in unison.

The longer stop for the Sportec car by dint of the compensation penalties put Ulrich a fair wedge behind Kris Rosenberger, now in charge of the #24 Reiter KTM, but the battle was far from over.

Head down, Ulrich patiently picked off Leoardo Gorini’s Porsche for second, leaving just Rosenberger between Ulrich and the title, which he duly secured with a brave move around the outside of Les Combes in the closing stages to pull 1.2 seconds clear at the flag.

That was enough to secure the crown, with Ulrich going down in history as the first-ever driver to win a title in the Fanatec GT2 European Series.