British GT FP2: Beechdean Aston Martin top second practice session

British GT FP2: Beechdean Aston Martin top second practice session

21 October 2023

British GT FP2: Beechdean Aston Martin top second practice session

21 October 2023

Andrew Howard and Ross Gunn continued their Donington Park form by topping the second free practice session for the Intelligent Money British GT Championship season finale this afternoon (Saturday).

The #97 Beechdean AMR teammates topped FP1 this morning and had a larger gap over their rivals in the afternoon with their fastest lap (1m35.108s) 0.404s faster than second placed Raffaele Marciello and John Ferguson in the #15 RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG. 

It was a Merc 2-3-4 as the 2 Seas Motorsports cars lapped behind the top two. Jules Gounon and Ian Loggie were marginally ahead of their sister car of James Cottingham and Philip Ellis. Cottingham, in the #4 car, was the leading championship contender with his rivals in the #91 Century Motorsport BMW, Darren Leung and Dan Harper, in seventh place. 

Fifth went the the #72 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini duo of Mark Sansom and Will Tregurtha who brought out a red flag half way through the session after a crash at the Old Hairpin. Sixth fastest were Mike Price and Callum Macleod for Greystone GT in the #3 Mercedes-AMG. 

Mark Radcliffe and Rob Bell for Optimum Motorsport, and Enduro Motorsport's Morgan Tillbrook and Marcus Clutton put both their McLarens eighth and ninth with the #78 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini of Sandy Mitchell and Shaun Balfe rounding out the top ten. 

Qualifying for the Intelligent Money British GT Championship #DoningtonDecider will start at 4pm this afternoon. Full results of FP2 can be found here. Combined practice times are available here

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