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GT: New Winners As Australian GTs Visit Sydney
The Sergeant Security Australian GT Championship visited Sydney Motorsports Park, providing two unexpected winners in the two one-hour races...
Roger Lago and David Russell took the victory in Race 1 in the Lago Racing Lamborghini Gallardo GT3. (Photo: Nathan Wong/Shannons Nationals)
The Sergeant Security Australian GT Championship visited Sydney Motorsports Park, providing two unexpected winners in the two one-hour races.
The weekend got off to an expensive start for Erebus Racing and James Brock. Back in his Mercedes SLS GT3 after a heavy shunt at Phillip Island, Brock was out shaking down the Mercedes and had an off at Turn 3 and hit the wall with the front of the car. While Brock was uninjured, the same could not be said for the Mercedes and as a result, Brock withdrew from the weekend’s racing.
Teammate and championship contender, Peter Hackett would have his work cut out for him – racing against the likes of Greg Crick (Dodge Viper) and Klark Quinn (Porsche) for the weekend and championship glory.
Race 1 was run in twilight to the dark and 18 cars took to the grid with the Maranello Motorsports Ferrari 458 GT3 of John Bowe and Peter Edwards taking pole. His time of 1:29.398 unofficially smashed the lap record of 1:32.554 set in 2011.
Nine different cars took the top-nine positions with the darkhorse duo of Roger Lago and David Russell fifth in their Lamborghini.
The Black JBS Lamborghini is only campaigning a part season in the championship and while they proved to be quick, they weren’t expected to be competing for victories just yet.
But that is what they did. Starting fifth, the duo fought through and took the lead on lap 20 and held it for 18 laps to win from Hackett and Klark Quinn.
“We had to make a decision in qualifying if we stick it on pole or take a conservative step – which we did and stuck it on position five,” Lago said.
"This conservative step in qualifying ensured that the pitstops for the Lamborghini would be shorter as in the GT Championship, the further up you qualify, the slower your mandatory pitstop time is.
“I did my best in the start to stay with the lead pack in the first race. When David got in the car after about half an hour, he was able to mow Hackett down to take the victory."
The weekend got off to an expensive start for Erebus Racing and James Brock. Back in his Mercedes SLS GT3 after a heavy shunt at Phillip Island, Brock was out shaking down the Mercedes and had an off at Turn 3 and hit the wall with the front of the car. While Brock was uninjured, the same could not be said for the Mercedes and as a result, Brock withdrew from the weekend’s racing.
Teammate and championship contender, Peter Hackett would have his work cut out for him – racing against the likes of Greg Crick (Dodge Viper) and Klark Quinn (Porsche) for the weekend and championship glory.
Race 1 was run in twilight to the dark and 18 cars took to the grid with the Maranello Motorsports Ferrari 458 GT3 of John Bowe and Peter Edwards taking pole. His time of 1:29.398 unofficially smashed the lap record of 1:32.554 set in 2011.
Nine different cars took the top-nine positions with the darkhorse duo of Roger Lago and David Russell fifth in their Lamborghini.
The Black JBS Lamborghini is only campaigning a part season in the championship and while they proved to be quick, they weren’t expected to be competing for victories just yet.
But that is what they did. Starting fifth, the duo fought through and took the lead on lap 20 and held it for 18 laps to win from Hackett and Klark Quinn.
“We had to make a decision in qualifying if we stick it on pole or take a conservative step – which we did and stuck it on position five,” Lago said.
"This conservative step in qualifying ensured that the pitstops for the Lamborghini would be shorter as in the GT Championship, the further up you qualify, the slower your mandatory pitstop time is.
“I did my best in the start to stay with the lead pack in the first race. When David got in the car after about half an hour, he was able to mow Hackett down to take the victory."
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