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GT: Quinn Takes Double Win At Surfers Paradise
Klark Quinn comes within three points of Australian GT Championship lead at Surfers Paradise...
Klark Quinn took a double win on the streets of Surfers Paradise. (Photo: mpix photography)
Klark Quinn has closed in on the Sargent Security Australian GT Championship after a double win on the streets of the Gold Coast.
With just one round of the Championship remaining, he lies just three points off Peter Hackett in the Erebus Mercedes SLS GT3.
The VIP Petfoods Porsche 997 RSR GT3R led every session of the weekend. Quinn, who is based on the Gold Coast, took the advantage in what was a very rushed weekend.
The Australian GT competitors only had a 20 minute practice session and a 20 minute qualifying session before the two 40 minute races. Quinn’s Porsche was peerless throughout the weekend, topping the practice session by 1.2 seconds and taking pole by 0.5 seconds.
“There is no doubt that the hometown advantage helped though I haven’t been on the Gold Coast for a few years but just knowing the streets of Surfers certainly helps a lot,” Quinn said.
“I was pretty much on the pace from the get-go. Once you love a track like that you never forget it. [Even though] I have never driven on the short circuit before – I had only been on the long Indy circuit so I adapted to it fairly quickly as I knew the way round it pretty well.”
Quinn led from the start in race one but didn’t have it all his own way as Allan Simonsen, racing with Nick O’Halloran in the Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 squeezed past the Porsche in the opening lap.
FIA GT1 World Championship regular Thomas Jager had joined the Erebus Racing squad for the round and would prove his pace on the street track. Despite the short sessions, he was challenging for the lead in the opening stages.
He would be undone by the massive curbs installed at the chicanes, launching the car, breaking the suspension.
It was Quinn and Simonsen until the pitstops when O'Halloran took the wheel and couldn’t keep the pace and dropped to third. It was thought to be fourth due to a computer error, which was corrected on Sunday afternoon.
Quinn, however was masterful in race one. The rest were racing for second best.
“Once I realized that we didn’t have the arsenal to really attack Klark – who I am confident had a little in reserve – from there it was about making sure we were in a position to take advantage of any mistakes or opportunities that occurred,” Hackett said.
“Really it was about damage limitation. We tried to send Thomas off to chase Klark in the first race. He and I had similar incidents at the same corner. His was more dramatic than mine and ultimately broke his suspension.”
“That really changed the game plan for us over the weekend and really, second was the best we could achieve.”
With just one round of the Championship remaining, he lies just three points off Peter Hackett in the Erebus Mercedes SLS GT3.
The VIP Petfoods Porsche 997 RSR GT3R led every session of the weekend. Quinn, who is based on the Gold Coast, took the advantage in what was a very rushed weekend.
The Australian GT competitors only had a 20 minute practice session and a 20 minute qualifying session before the two 40 minute races. Quinn’s Porsche was peerless throughout the weekend, topping the practice session by 1.2 seconds and taking pole by 0.5 seconds.
“There is no doubt that the hometown advantage helped though I haven’t been on the Gold Coast for a few years but just knowing the streets of Surfers certainly helps a lot,” Quinn said.
“I was pretty much on the pace from the get-go. Once you love a track like that you never forget it. [Even though] I have never driven on the short circuit before – I had only been on the long Indy circuit so I adapted to it fairly quickly as I knew the way round it pretty well.”
Quinn led from the start in race one but didn’t have it all his own way as Allan Simonsen, racing with Nick O’Halloran in the Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 squeezed past the Porsche in the opening lap.
FIA GT1 World Championship regular Thomas Jager had joined the Erebus Racing squad for the round and would prove his pace on the street track. Despite the short sessions, he was challenging for the lead in the opening stages.
He would be undone by the massive curbs installed at the chicanes, launching the car, breaking the suspension.
It was Quinn and Simonsen until the pitstops when O'Halloran took the wheel and couldn’t keep the pace and dropped to third. It was thought to be fourth due to a computer error, which was corrected on Sunday afternoon.
Quinn, however was masterful in race one. The rest were racing for second best.
“Once I realized that we didn’t have the arsenal to really attack Klark – who I am confident had a little in reserve – from there it was about making sure we were in a position to take advantage of any mistakes or opportunities that occurred,” Hackett said.
“Really it was about damage limitation. We tried to send Thomas off to chase Klark in the first race. He and I had similar incidents at the same corner. His was more dramatic than mine and ultimately broke his suspension.”
“That really changed the game plan for us over the weekend and really, second was the best we could achieve.”
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