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Trackspeed Racing Continue Their
Promising Form as the British GT Visits Knockhill, Scotland
The
new Trackspeed Porsche GT3 continued to show its class and promise at an
eventful Knockhill as the British GT Championship headed north to Scotland for
Rounds 3 and 4.
Having
been immediately on the pace at the season opener at Oulton Park, despite being
literally fresh from the box, the Trackspeed Porsche was displaying equal
promise at Knockhill, a very different type of circuit. As the team continue to
perfect the car’s set up, the sole Porsche of the series looked competitive.
David
Ashburn put in a solid performance to take 11th on the grid for Race
One whilst Richard Williams’ qualifying was to be cut prematurely short as he
took evasive action to avoid the stricken Team RPM Ginetta, which resulted in
him sitting out the remainder of the session. Having only had the chance to
register one lap, the team would start Race Two from 14th.
Race
One held on Saturday saw the stereotypical Scottish weather challenge the
starters with a damp track. David made a solid start and made a good recovery
after an off caused by oil dropped by a less fortunate competitor. With the
safety car deployed the field bunched up once more and at the pit window David
handed over in 9th position.
Now
at the wheel, Richard was in storming mood and scythed through the field in a
blistering display. With moves contradicting the belief Knockhill is a
difficult circuit to overtake on, Richard was up into 3rd when a
further safety car period was called after the Stark Racing Ginetta went off at
Scotsman corner. Keen to continue his lightening charge, as the green flag was
given Richard was in ambitious mood but the stewards deemed he passed the Dodge
Viper of Jon Barnes for 2nd place just a hair’s breadth before the
start finish line and so handed a drive through penalty. Taking the penalty
with 3 laps to go, the team dropped to 4th. Though podium shy the
team remained upbeat and pleased to add points to their Championship tally.
“I
haven’t enjoyed a race so much in a long time” said Richard afterwards. “It was
real door to door battling all the way with plenty of moves not for the faint
hearted!”
A
brighter day dawned on Knockhill for Sunday’s race and not deterred by the 14thth
place.
starting slot, Richard was carry on in his storming style from the previous
day’s event. In an audacious move at the Hairpin he overtook both Hines’
Ferrari and by the handover had impressively raised the car to 6
After
a streamlined pitstop, David came out in 7th place ready to continue
the battle. However, with the battling a little close for comfort, a tangle
with a Ferrari put David into a spin and out of the running with the team being
classified 16th.
With
no time to catch their breath, it is straight from Scotland to the Surrey
Trackspeed base as the team prepare for the opening rounds of both the FIA GT
and FIA GT3 Championships at Silverstone this coming weekend. David and Richard
will be teaming up for both Championships, proud to display the graduating
possibilities British GT affords the ambitious.
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