Ascari wint Brits GT3 kampioenschap op Intrax schokbrekers
Het “Avon Tyres British GT Championship” is gewonnen door David en Godfrey Jones. Het is niet het eerste Britse GT kampioenschap gewonnen door broers, maar wel het eerste dat in de UK gewonnen wordt door tweelingen.
De Jones broeders, 56 en van Newtown Linford te Leicestershire, veroverden de kroon met maar één punt verschil dankzij hun overwinning gisteren in ronde 13 en hun derde plek. Dit alles achter het stuur van hun door team Preci-Spark Ascari KZ1R, welke geprepareerd is door het Midlands gebaseerde Team Pyro.
Godfrey Jones: "I have been dreaming about this. I have dreamt good things and bad, it’s nice to have it over and that it’s gone the way we wanted it. We knew what we had to do… the one way that we could lose it was to not finish the race. The team has done a great job with the car and it’s worked out very well."
"I think Godfrey drove superbly in the first half of the race," zei David. "He kept it on the pace and I just had to bring it home third, which I did."
Avon Tyres British GT Championship
Provisional results round 14
Brands Hatch 20/9/2009
39 laps / 89.73 miles
1 INV Barwell Ginetta G50Z, Phil Quaife/Leo Machitski 1h 01.216s
2 GT3 Rosso Verde Ferrari 430, Allan Simonsen/Hector Lester +0.821s
3 GT3 VRS Ferrari 430, Adam Wilcox/Phil Burton +17.209s
4 GT3 Preci-Spark Ascari KZR1, David Jones/Godfrey Jones +36.379s
5 GT3 Beechdean Aston Martin DBRS9, Andrew Howard/Jamie Smyth +38.558s
6 GT3 RPM Ford GT, Philip Walker/Alex Mortimer +51.962s
7 GT3 MTECH Ferrari 430, Duncan Cameron/Mike Edmonds +52.326s
8 GT3 Chad Ferrari 430, Chris Hyman/Paul Warren +52.448s
9 INV KTM X-BOW, Reinhard Kofler 38 laps
10 GT4 WFR Ginetta G50, Jody Firth/Nigel Moore 37 laps
11 INV MBR Morgan Aero 8, Howard Spooner 36 laps
12 SS Piranha Motorsport Lotus 2-11, Chris Bialan/Simon Mason 36 laps
13 GT4 Stark Ginetta G50, Ian Stinton/Gary Simms 36 laps
14 GT3 ABG Dodge Viper, Aaron Scott/Craig Wilkins 28 laps