A charge from Jonny Adam in the second half of the race – aided by a penalty for an unlucky RJN Motorsport crew – gave the new GT3-spec Aston Martin Vantage its first race win as Beechdean Motorsport won the first Avon Tyres British GT Championship race of the Nurburgring 24 Hours weekend.
Jann Mardenborough and Nick Tandy took one pole position apiece for RJN Motorsport and Motorbase Performance at the Nurburgring ahead of the two hour long races this weekend.
The twin practice sessions for the Avon Tyres British GT Championship were largely Porsche dominated affairs as 997 GT3 R topped both of the hours session and all five examples finished the second session inside the top ten.
With the dreadful weather still as bad as it had been for race two earlier in the day, JMH had decided to pull their Nissan GT-R out of race three after their earlier victory rather than risk an off and damage whilst spares for the new car were still short supply and with one eye on their upcoming British GT race at the Nurburgring. This promoted the group two Porsche 997 of Nick Whale to pole position thanks to Harry Whale’s second fastest lap (behind the Nissan’s fastest) in race two.
Race Two of the GT Cup at Donington was to take place in dreadful conditions thanks to heavy rain and strong winds. However it was left to Benji Hetherington who conquered all to take the first ever victory for the JMH Automotive team’s Nissan GT-R
The 2012 GT Cup season got under way at Donington Park with race one of the three race weekend taking place on Saturday in cold but dry conditions. Despite a few absentee’s, including the McLaren MP4-12C of Jim Geddie due to a parts supply issue, the 16 cars on track provided great entertainment.
Fans of British motorsport cannot have avoided some contact with Ginetta. In recent seasons the Yorkshire based manufacturer have become an increasingly important part of the make-up of racing in the UK.
Phil Glew and Sailesh Bolisetti scored a double podium in the rain at Oulton Park to start the Avon Tyres British GT Championship.
A wet Oulton Park was the venue for Zoe Wenham’s first race weekend in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship wit Century Motorsport. Blogging for The Checkered Flag she describes the weekend.
Despite good pace throughout the weekend United Autosports’ new driver pairing of Charles Bateman and Matt Bell could only come away with a fifth place finish from the first two races of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship.
Ginetta’s GT4 representatives left a wet Oulton Park happy after a day of racing in which G50 drivers claimed half the podium spot on offer from the two 60 minute races.
Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor won again in the first Championship Race of the new FIA GT1 World Championship season at Nogaro, as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT repeated their 1-2 finish from Sunday’s Qualifying Race.
After narrowly missing out a podium in the day’s first race David Ashburn and Richard Westbrook made the most of pole position by winning the second 60-minute race of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship day at Oulton Park.
After leading the entire race – surrendering the point only during the mid-race pitstops – United Autosports pairing Charles Bateman and Matt Bell lost the win at Oulton Park on the final lap.
The new-look FIA GT1 World Championship got underway at Nogaro in France with Stephane Ortelli and Laurens Vanthoor taking victory for Audi in the qualifying race.
Trackspeed and United Autosports shared qualifying honours after the twin 15 minutes qualifying sessions for Monday’s Avon Tyres British GT Championship races at Oulton Park.
Touring Cars may dominate the national racing scene in UK as far as public attention goes, but in terms of variety of machinery on track it is impossible to beat the Avon Tyres British GT Championship.
