Qualifying
Marcus had a brillant start into this quallifying session. He was able to find space as he was at the front along with the 968's. Keeping up the pace well he was P2 the first time the lap board came out. By this point Marcus' tyres were getting quite worn out so he was sliding about a bit but he managed to average similar times across the whole session. He finished with good times putting him in 6th place on the first grid and 4th on the second. Ben also managed a great qualifying session putting him 4th on the first grid and 5th on the second.
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Silverstone 20th september
It was a kick start to this meeting with team Hartech sending both the cars straight out for an hour testing session as soon as they arrived on Thursday afternoon. The weather was great providing excellent conditions to test in. By the second lap or so Marcus was going as quick as anyone had gone last year (the
first time this layout was used), which was really pleasing for him as he thought his car felt really down on grip, particularly at the rear, which was put down to the
tyres being "past their best". However, we then learned how much faster other cars
had been going so we knew we had our work cut out come Qualifying on Friday
morning. The test session confirmed to us that the cars were set up right for the track but it was going to take a detailed stratagy to contend with the 996's and 993's.
Monday, 17 September 2012
Silverstone showdown !
The final race meeting will take place at Silverstone race
track from the 21st to the 22nd September with the
contenders battling it out to be named Porsche club champion 2012 on the full
GP circuit. Nothing is certain for this meeting, with Mark Sumpter (current
reigning champion) unable to attend this meeting who knows just what might
happen., the door has been left wide open for others to leap-frog his lead on the points table.
Hartech have great hopes for Marcus and Ben with Ben already
having one win under his belt from brands and Marcus holding his place quite
consistently always getting excellent qualifying and lap times. Ben is currently
4th in class (212 pts net) and Marcus
is 6th in class (179 pts net) but with Sumpter
not attending both drivers should better his points if they finish all 3
races. Hopefully Ben will make it on to the 2012 championship podium and
Marcus will achieve his aims to be at least 5th as well as to get a podium
finish in at least one of the races.
The racing is spread over the two days. Qualifying is at 11.20 on Friday morning and the first of
the three races is at 15.25 that afternoon. Saturday’s two races are at 09.35
and 13.20.
Currently it looks like we
will be in luck with the weather the forecast being dry and cloudy which would
make the racing just that little bit easier for everyone drivers, mechanics, reporters
and spectators alike.
Paul Jurds pre-meeting report can be found here
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Castle Combe 27th August
Race two
the car with it even
being able to cope through folly at 90mph but a few twitchy slides certainly
kept Marcus on his toes! Throughout the race Marcus had been fighting for a place off John McCullagh
(who was on proper wet tyres) but wanting to bring the car back in one piece Marcus
decided it was better to concede the place
in the last 2 laps and followed McCullaghs tyre tracks as he’d moved
some of the standing water out of the way giving Marcus some track to grip on
and not just surface water. Marcus managed to keep his car on track and bring
it home in one piece finishing in 5th place. Marcus was relived when the race was finally over but was very pleased with how he had managed to get the car round in these challenging circumstances.
In car videos of both the Castle combe races are available to watch on you tube, to view Click here. The video may look a little jerky but this is mainly due to the track conditions causing the car to slide around ( a lot!)
Castle Combe 27th August
Race one
On the same lap Marcus passed Richard Bennett on camp corner. Further back on track Proctor had been making similar moves to Marcus and by lap 7 had caught up. Proctor was soon joined by his team mate Mark McAleer as Marcus passed him on quarry corner. Now in 4th position Marcus was closing in on Ben and constantly managed to hold his place for 7 laps over Proctor who was pushing him from behind. This battle ended when Proctor eventually passed Marcus coming out of the pit straight and into folly meaning Marcus crossed the line in a respectable 5th place while Ben managed a podium finish in 3rd.
Castle Combe 27th August
Qualifying
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