British GT FP1: Aston Martin start on top

British GT FP1: Aston Martin start on top

21 October 2023

British GT FP1: Aston Martin start on top

21 October 2023

The Beechdean Aston Martin duo of Andrew Howard and Ross Gunn topped the first practice session for the Intelligent Money British GT Championship #DoningtonDecider at Donington Park this morning. 

Howard and Gunn set a 1m34.811s with only championship contender James Cottingham and his teammate for this weekend Philip Ellis also under 1m35s. The #4 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG was the fastest of the title fighters with their rivals in the #91 Century Motorsport BMW (Dan Harper and Darren Leung) a second off the top spot in eighth. 

Mike Price and Callum MacLeod placed third in the #3 Greystone GT Mercedes-AMG ahead of Jonny Edgar and Miguel Ramos in the #88 Garage 59 McLaren 720s Evo. The #77 McLaren of Enduro Motorsport were fifth with Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton.

Sixth went to the Team Abba Racing partnership of Richard and Sam Neary in the #8 Mercedes with the #78 Barwell Motorsport duo of Sandy Mitchell and Shaun Balfe the fastest Lamborghini Huracan in the session. Eighth was the #91 Century Motorsport BMW. 

Rounding out the top ten were Mark Radcliffe and Rob Bell in the #27 Optimum Motorsport McLaren and John Ferguson and Raffaele Marciello in the #15 RAM Racing Mercedes. 

The second practice session begins at 12:45 with British GT qualifying this afternoon starting at 4pm. 

For the full results, click here

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