Snetterton’s second British GT free practice session was shortened to 45 minutes after Pete Littler’s Aston Martin lost its left-rear wheel almost as soon as the lights went green. The field being returned to the pits while the PFL Motorsport car was recovered.
Thereon the session was to prove incident-free and deceptively stable until the final 10 minutes, which resembled a dress-rehearsal for qualifying. Jonny Adam set the GT3 pace early on for the #17 TF Sport Aston – not quite achieving his FP1 best, but nevertheless holding station at the top with a 1:48.075 before Alexander Sims lit the fuse in the final few laps.
The Spa 24 Hours winner delivered a 1:47.733 in the #6 Barwell Lamborghini Huracan to depose the TF Sport Aston Martin from the top slot. Though Adam would put in a spirited effort in the final lap, he would stay second. Phil Keen’s best in the #33 Barwell Lamborghini (above) was good enough for third in the session, at 1:48.189.
For a while, it was a Mitchell lockout in GT4, Sandy Mitchell’s McLaren 570S (above) leading the times with a 1:58.717 and his namesake Jack’s #42 Generation AMR MacMillan Racing Aston Martin just three hundredths shy in second.
The Generation AMR garage looked strong as the #44 sister car (above) strung together a perfect last lap to top the GT4 timing screens, Matthew George posting a 1:58.528 as the chequered flag was shown.
Notably, Ade Barwick’s return to the GT4 fold looked healthy, the #46 Ginetta G55 sitting comfortably fourth having shown well. Both Century Motorsport cars were back in circulation after their earlier dramas, the #40 entry notably receiving an engine change in less than three hours.
