Podiums & Victories in British GT (Zandvoort) & GT Cup (Snetterton)
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FF Corse drivers scored three race victories at Snetterton in the GT Cup this weekend and two podiums in the British GT Championship at Zandvoort.
Jacques Duyver & Charlie Hollings took the first win of the weekend with victory in the GT Cup pit-stop race at Snetterton. Jacques qualified the car in pole position and after a dealy on the first lap, the pairing charged through the field to take victory with a couple of laps remaining.
Alex Martin then followed up with wins in both Sunday’s sprint races, extending his Championship lead to 59 points with one round remaining. The first sprint race saw Alex seal overall victory with a dramatic last lap overtaking maneuver around the outside of Coram curve, passing two cars for the lead, including race one winner Jacques Duyver, who finished second in both sprints.
Shamus Jennings & Phil Andrews finished on the podium in the pit-stop race and Peter Jennings secured the third spot in races 2 & 3. Rupert Martin had a good weekend and despite not having driven at Snetterton for two years, drove strongly to record a trio of 4th place points finishes and maintain 3rd place in the overall Championship.
Zandvoort in Holland was the venue for the sixth round of the British GT Championship at the weekend and despite never having raced at the circuit before the FF Corse driver pairing of Gary Eastwood & Rob Barff achieved a 3rd place finish in Race 1 on Saturday and a 2nd place finish in Race 2 on Sunday. The FF Corse 458 GT3 was challenging strongly all weekend and was the fastest Ferrari. The team are the leading Ferrari team in the Championship with only the final round remaining at Donington.
Photos Courtesy of British GT
The final round of the GTC Cup Championship is at Doinington on 28th September. The final round of the British GT Championship is at Doinington on 5th & 6th October. For further information contact Anthony Cheshire at FF Corse on 01327 857601 or email [email protected].