It started so well for Aston Martin– and looked like it had finished well too – in a race that was full of drama, Crossing the line first after a hard fought race was the #7 Young Driver Aston Martin DB9 12 seconds ahead of the #9 Hexis DB9 which had lost its lead after picking up a drive-through penalty. Then came the flying #22 Sumo Power
Saturday at Silverstone was a day of two halves: qualifying in the morning for the three GT classes, followed by the first races of the weekend in the afternoon. The clouds were gathering overhead, threatening a downpour at any moment. But the blue skies courtesy of a polarising filter aside, it was actually genuinely warm, making the teams decisions
Round two of the World GT1 Championship. 24 cars and all the teams have somehow made it out of the desert using planes, trains and automobiles, escaping Abu Dhabi and then spreading out across Europe. There couldn't be a bigger contrast: especially as Silverstone, the home of the British F1 Grand Prix, is in the middle of a major facelift. From
The European GT3 Championship rolls into its fifth year in 2010 and continues to be a big draw for teams and drivers. 36 pilots across 18 teams in 10 different marques of car are down as full-season entries, pretty consistent with 2009's entry and impressive numbers for any series in the on-going difficult economic conditions. GT3 is the top-tier
Day eight of our thee day trip to Yas Marina for the opening round of the World GT1 Championship. As all the FIA GT1 teams and associated personnel sat in the various hotels on Yas Island, stuck in Abu Dhabi because of the Icelandic volcano fall-out, there was time for reflection: at least until the beer ran out, as was rumoured to have happened in
It's Tuesday, three days after we should have left Abu Dhabi and started preparing for the next round of the FIA GT1 Championship at Silverstone in the UK, which is in less than two weeks' time. The Sumo Power team are ready for round two: they want to be given a level playing field to show just what the GT-R can do… The two cars are
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 1.46pm. The #22 Nissan GT-R driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes sits queued in the pit-lane behind its sister #23, ready to go out for the final warm-up session before the day's racing starts.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 1.46pm. The #22 Nissan GT-R driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Warren Hughes sits queued in the pit-lane behind its sister #23, ready to go out for the final warm-up session before the day's racing starts.
Resolution: 1920x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 8.11pm on race-day at Abu Dhabi for the first round of the World GT1 Championshop, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is fighting back after being tipped into a spin on the opening lap.
Resolution: 1600x1200 Photographer: Jonathan Moore Description: 8.11pm on race-day at Abu Dhabi for the first round of the World GT1 Championshop, and the Sumo Power #23 Nissan GT-R driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck is fighting back after being tipped into a spin on the opening lap.