Richard Neary and Sam Neary set the pace in Pre-Qualifying at Donington Park, securing the best time of the session by only half a tenth in their Team Abba Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with a lap of 1m25.373s,

Mercedes machinery impressed as the 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes driven by Kevin Tse and Maximilian Gotz finished second, less than half a tenth behind Neary and Neary. The Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini of Alex Martin and Sandy Mitchell demonstrated how close the competition is with a time that was only a tenth slower than the leaders in third.

The Blackthorn Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo piloted by Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam showed strong pace in fourth, while Mercedes rounded out the top five with the sister 2 Seas Motorsport AMG GT3 Evo of Charles Dawson and Kiern Jewiss.

This morning’s pace setter of the #77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren was sixth, followed by the Beechdean Motorsport Vantage GT3 Evo in seventh and the #3 Optimum Motorsport McLaren in eighth. The Orange Racing by JMH McLaren and the #1 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini rounded out the top ten.

British GT Championship, Donington Park, Pre-Qualifying

1. Neary/Neary, Team ABBA Racing, Mercede-AMG GT3 Evo, 1m25.373s,
2. Tse/Gotz, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, 1m25.422s, +0.049s
3. Martin/Mitchell, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, 1m25.445s, +0.072s
4. Petrobelli/Adam, Blackthorn, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, 1m25.581s, +0.198s
5. Dawson/Jewiss, 2 Seas Motorsport, Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, 1m25.717s, +0.344s
6. Tillbrook/Kirchhofer, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, 1m25.756s, +0.383s
7. Howard/Wood, Beechdean Motorsport LTD, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, 1m25.807s, +0.434s
8. Price/Macleod, Optimum Motorsport, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, 1m25.816s, +0.443s
9. Orange/Clutton, Orange Racing by JMH, McLaren 720s GT3 Evo, 1m25.874s, +0.501s
10. Topham/Cook, Barwell Motorsport, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, 1m26.143s, +0.770s

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