Farewell to the G3 Jaguar
Emil Frey Racing’s Jaguar XKR ended its career as a Blancpain GT Series fan favourite in style with an on-track and Championship class win in the Silver Cup for Alex Fontana, Adrian Zaugg and Mikael Grenier, the Jaguar leading the race overall in the final hour after a fortunately timed pit stop under Full Course Yellow.
And Farewell To The Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Too
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 farewell tour is almost over with the Barcelona Endurance Cup finale likey the final time the last iteration of V12 engined GT3 Aston Martin will be seen in Blancpain GT competition, the R-Motorsport pair and Oman Racing’s solo example though did not have the best of finales.
The #76 R-Motorsport example rather rudely barged out of podium contention by Dries Vanthoor, the sister #62 car pinged for a Full Course Yellow procedure infringement with a drive through that saw a top ten finish transformed into 19th, and the Oman Racing/ TF Sport example finishing fifth in Silver Cup, 22nd overall.
Stephane’s Barcelona Outing Curtailed
Plans for Stephane Ratel to race in the Barcelona season finale of the Blancpain Sports Club came to naught after the SRO founder hit trouble in the first free practice session in a Team Parker Racing prepped Bentley Continental GT3.
Details of the incident are somewhat sketchy but the rather second hand car was loaded back on the truck immediately after the session, chassis damage the early diagnosis.
