Races three and four of the UAE Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship took place on the Dubai Autodrome’s national circuit. This weekend Jack Bartholomew was joined by new team mate, James Pull, who raced in British F3 last year. The task of qualifying for race one was given to Bartholomew who did not disappoint, putting the FFF Lamborghini Huracan on pole position. It fell to Pull to qualify the car for race 2, and despite being new to the car, he managed to qualify in p2, narrowly missing out on another pole position. Bartholomew started race 1 in pole and thanks to a quick reaction as the lights turned green, he managed to hold his position down the main straight and into turn one and
For the second year running, Max Bird signs with Fenny Compton based Century Motorsport in the Ginetta GT5 Championship. Bird, 17, had a successful season racing with Century in 2017, winning the season opener at Oulton Park and achieving pole position at the final round at Donington, netting a second and third that weekend. Ending the season fourth in the championship was an impressive achievement for his rookie season. Century are entering their third year in the championship with the sole aim to take the title and with it being Bird’s second year, it’s a very realistic goal. Bird speaking of the upcoming season: “I am looking forward to this season and after the results I produced at the
The opening round of the 2018 UAE Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship took place on the 2nd & 3rd of February at the 3.45-mile-long Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. Jack Bartholomew was partnered with Australian Aiden Read who raced in GT3 in 2017. Practice took place on Thursday, but Jack was hampered by some electrical issues which reduced his running time on track. This meant he would have to go into qualifying on Friday having had only 7 laps practice. Drawing on his experience of the track from last year, Jack managed to qualify the Lamborghini Huracan in P2 with his team mate Aidan qualifying P4. Aidan started race one from his P4 grid position and drove a solid stint, handing o
