In somewhat of a shock move, Marco Attard and Adam Carroll will be contesting the fourth weekend of the 2016 British GT Championship in a FF Corse-prepared Ferrari 488 GT3 in the Silverstone 500 event.
Both drivers have strong links to Lamborghini squad, Barwell Motorsport, with Attard a British GT Champion in 2014 in the Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 that was engineered by the Surrey team, and Carroll a British GT race winner last weekend at Oulton Park.
In a strange twist, the news was released via Barwell’s Facebook page, due to the ongoing relationship between Attard and the team, despite him actually competing against them at the Silverstone event.
It’s the first time a 488 GT3 will compete in British GT. With few examples available to drive in the UK currently, Attard and Carroll were not the only drivers in line for the use of the car over the upcoming British GT weekend.
While Barwell possess three Huracan GT3 chassis and only two compete in British GT regularly, the third car will be in action too, with Blancpain drivers Mark Poole and Richard Abra expected to complete the line-up for Mark Lemmer’s team.
Attard will rejoin the Barwell squad for the crown jewel in the Blancpain Endurance Series calendar, the Spa 24 Hours in July, where he team up alongside Tom Kimber Smith, Leo Machitski and Marco Mapelli in the #78 Vimetco Extrusion sponsored Huracan GT3.
Representatives from Barwell, FF Corse, and Marco Attard were unavailable for further comment when DSC enquired.
