Chris Lulham was the quickest driver in the British GT’s Pre-Qualifying session at the Donington Park Grand Prix circuit. He set a fastest lap time of 1:26.266 at the wheel of the #18 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.
Barwell Motorsport’s two Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2s finished second and third, with #63 driver Hugo Cook just 0.048 seconds behind Lulham’s benchmark with a 1:26.314 lap time, followed by #78 driver Jarrod Waberski and his 1:26.562.
Behind the #78 Barwell Lamborghini, which went fastest in GT3 Silver-Am, was #44 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO driver Charles Clark, who drove a fastest time of 1:26.802.
Optimum Motorsport’s championship-leading #77 McLaren GT3 Evo was fifth overall after Ben Barnicoat set his 1:26.884 lap time.
Marcus Clutton put the #67 Orange Racing by JMH McLaren in sixth with his time of 1:26.899, followed by #3 Optimum McLaren driver Callum Macleod (1:26.916).
Josh Buchan put the #13 Rodin Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo in eighth (1:26.974), with the team having changed the alternator belt during the session.
Aaron Walker was ninth in 2 Seas’ #15 Mercedes (1:27.084) as Jack Brown closed out the top 10 in the #90 Optimum McLaren (1:27.401).
After a four-year absence from British GT, Jordan Collard achieved the fastest lap in the GT4 category during the final moments of the session. He clocked a time of 1:34.443 in the #97 GBR Stratton Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo.
Jack Mitchell took second place in the #42 Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo with his 1:34.467, as four-time BTCC champion Colin Turkington finished third for West Surrey Racing’s #61 BMW M4 GT4 Evo with a 1:34.536.
Innovation Racing’s Hadley Simpson took fourth overall in GT4 but first in the Silver Cup classification, having extracted a 1:34.983 time from his #74 Ginetta.
Darren Turner was fifth in the #27 Grange Racing by FSR Aston Martin after his 1:35.190 time.
The #8 Toro Verde GT Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS was taken off-site during the session to address an oil pump issue.
This problem caused the car to stop on track during free practice, so the team are working on the car to prepare for qualifying, which is scheduled later today at 15:45 local time.
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