Round four of the Super Trofeo Asian Championship took place at the Fuji Motor Speedway in Japan. Set at the foot of the famous Mount Fuji, the 4.563 km Grand Prix circuit weather was typical for this time of year being mostly wet and overcast. With this being Bartholomew’s first visit to the track, it was important to gain some track knowledge on the Thursday and Friday free practice sessions. Getting to grips with the Grand Prix circuit, Bartholomew and team mate Ebrahim finished the practice sessions P6 and P7 overall. As Bartholomew headed into qualifying on Saturday morning, rain was falling on an already damp track and track conditions would have a big impact on lap times. With a sm
Arriving at Brands Hatch for only his 2nd race in the In2 Racing McLaren 570s GT4 in the British GT Championship Jesse Anttila was determined to improve on his last outing at Spa with team mate Marcus Hoggarth. After a downpour just before qualifying, the first qualifying session for Marcus was on wet tyres setting a time of 1.50.329 but as Jesse went out for his session there was a good chance the track would start to dry, starting on wets Jesse banked a time and continued to circulate planning to pit for slicks. As other cars started to gamble for slick tyres Jesse had just passed the pit entrance and with a long lap on the GP circuit with only a few minutes remaining there wasn’t time to
Akhil Rabindra and Dean Macdonald arrived at the penultimate round in the 2017 British GT championship at Brands Hatch hopeful of a good result but their hopes were dashed when the Garage 59 McLaren 570s developed a mechanical issue at the end of free practice. The team worked extremely hard to repair the car but their efforts were in vain as they were not able to complete the repair in time for qualifying meaning the pair would have to start the 2-hour race from dead last, 29th position. Macdonald started the two-hour race in the #59 McLaren on Sunday from back of the grid, the British driver slowly started to make inroads, but had In2Racing McLaren 570S of Will Goff and Daniel Mckay in fro
