Kevin Tse and Maximilian Götz delivered a commanding victory in Race 2 of the British GT Championship at Snetterton, taking top honours for 2 Seas Motorsport in the #18 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.
From pole position, Götz launched into a faultless opening stint, building an impressive gap before handing over to Tse. The Hong Kong driver controlled the lead to the chequered flag, securing a lights-to-flag win over 33 laps.
“It’s been the Maxi Götz show this weekend,” said Tse. “To put it on pole yesterday, and to get a 7-second lead – that’s all his work.
“In the end, I just wanted to be consistent and finish the race, but yeah, this was Maxi’s job [to his credit].”
Götz added: “We did some testing last week, which helped a lot with my confidence, and the call on setup was key.
“Starting from P1 in clean air with new tyres – that was our goal, and it proved decisive. My in-lap was mega as well, so we got another chance to hand over to Kevin, and then we had a perfect pit stop. Kevin did the job at the end to control it.”
While the win was secure at the front, the key battle played out behind over second place, contested between Barwell Motorsport’s #78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 and the #77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren GT3 Evo.
Early on, Marvin Kirchhöfer held P2 for Optimum, with Sandy Mitchell applying pressure from behind in the Barwell entry.
The professional-ranked drivers pushed hard until the pit window opened (28–38 minutes), with both cars executing clean stops.
In the second stint, Alex Martin took over the #78 and closed in on Morgan Tillbrook in the McLaren.
After several laps of intense pressure, Martin pulled off a smart move down the inside before Agostini and Hamilton corners to claim second place with just four minutes remaining.
Barwell’s #1 Lamborghini also made the podium, with Rob Collard bringing the car home in third after a strong opening stint from Hugo Cook.
Collard quickly joined the battle for P3 and defended well from Blackthorn’s Giacomo Petrobelli.
On the final lap, Collard passed a slowing Tillbrook in the infield section. Moments later, Petrobelli attempted a move of his own and tapped the McLaren into a spin.
The Blackthorn #7 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo, shared with Jonny Adam, was classified fourth but was dealt an 11-second time penalty post-race for causing a collision.
Adam had earlier engaged in a thrilling scrap with Sven Müller in the #66 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3.R.
Tillbrook and Kirchhöfer recovered to finish fifth on the road before being promoted to fourth, while Müller and teammate Nick Jones were sixth after Jones outbraked himself into Turn 1, falling from a potential fourth-place finish.
Race 1 winner Kiern Jewiss (#42 2 Seas Mercedes-AMG) was handed a warning for being out of position at the rolling start and was briefly forced off-track in a tense midfield battle. He and teammate Charles Dawson finished seventh.
Mark Smith’s #9 Paddock Motorsport McLaren came home eighth. His teammate, Martin Plowman, was pushed onto the grass at Turn 1 by Marcus Clutton’s #67 Orange Racing by JMH McLaren, though both continued without damage.
The #55 Spirit of Race Ferrari 296 GT3, driven by Matt Griffin and Duncan Cameron, finished 10th.
In Silver-Am, Johnny Ip and Jay Bridger secured class victory in the #86 Bridger Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo2, despite a pending investigation for a pit exit infringement.
Ip sealed the result with a late-race pass on Andrew Howard (#97 Beechdean Aston Martin), following a strong opening stint from Tom Wood.
Ramyead and Robertson Secure Century Motorsport’s Third GT4 Win
Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson claimed their third GT4 victory of the season in Century Motorsport’s #71 BMW M4 GT4 Evo, capitalising on a clean run and pit stop errors from rivals.
Robertson started second behind Jack Mitchell in the #84 Mahiki Racing Ginetta but made a decisive move under the bridge at the end of the Bentley Straight to take the lead.
“We knew after Race 1 that we had our work cut out,” said Robertson. “The Race 1 result was kind of taken away from us through track limits, so I knew this race was really important to get a strong result.
“Clean start – tucked in behind Jack. Thought I had the legs on him a little bit. Then I got a good move around the outside under the bridge.
“It was qualifying mode every lap – just trying to make Rav’s life as easy as I could so he could relax and bring it home.”
Ramyead added: “I was by myself a lot once the GT3s cleared, so I was able to just get my head down and get on with it.
“It was just tyre management – they were quite interesting, to say the least. But being on my own meant I could just focus, head down, eyes forward.”
The #88 Mahiki Racing Ginetta of Ian Duggan and Joe Wheeler finished second after a strong drive from fourth on the grid.
The #90 Optimum McLaren (Jack Brown/Harry George) and #84 Mahiki Ginetta (Josh Miller/Jack Mitchell) were both hit with one-second stop-and-go penalties for falling short of the minimum pit stop time, dropping them out of podium contention.
Brandon Templeton and Chris Salkeld took third in the #14 Century Motorsport BMW. The #17 Optimum McLaren (Luca Hopkinson/Harry George) followed in fourth.
Miller and Mitchell rounded out the top five in the #84 Mahiki Racing Ginetta.
The British GT Championship is next in action at Brands Hatch over the weekend of August 23/24.
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