Silverstone GP : GT Cup Championship
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FF Corse driver Alex Martin extended his GT Cup Championship lead after winning both of Sunday’s sprint races and enabling the team to achieve a clean sweep of the weekend’s GTC Class victories. The Silverstone GP race meeting started well with Saturday’s pit-stop race being won by FF Corse drivers Jacques Duyver & Charlie Hollings. The pair narrowly defeating another strong FF Corse driver combination of Peter Jennings & Gary Eastwood.
In the first of Sunday’s sprint races the order was Alex Martin, Jacques Duyver and Peter Jennings, with Shamus Jennings finishing 4th. Toby Tarrant-Willis lost time in a first lap incident and fought back from the tail of the field to finish 5th, with Rupert Martin just behind. Robin Tarrant-Willis, running a Ferrari F430 Challenge in GTB, finished a strong third in class.
The second sprint race was almost a repeat of the first with Alex finishing 1st and Jacques again finishing 2nd, although this time Toby ousted Peter on the podium with a 3rd position. Robin meanwhile had developed a healthy lead in the GTB class and looked set for a win on his Championship debut until a wiring issue forced a pit-stop and the car to limp home, crossing the line in 3rd place.
Photos Courtesy of Peter Brown
The next round of the GTC Cup Championship is at Snetterton on 7th & 8th September. For further information contact Anthony Cheshire at FF Corse on 01327 857601 or email [email protected].