BRNO SIX-HOURS VICTORY FOR BRITISH BMW M3
A BMW E36 M3 prepared by GTS Motorsport and driven by David Gooding, John Mayston-Taylor and Rory Passey scored an overall win in this year’s FIA six-hours of Brno.
With an entry of more than 70 cars including Porsche 911s, a Porsche GT3 and ten BMW M3s, the GTS Motorsport-entered car finished a lap ahead on the second-placed K&K Racing M3 from the Czech Republic.
In a field dominated by European teams, the GTS Motorsport-entered M3 was the sole British entry and as none of the drivers had driven together before and had not driven the car or the Brno circuit, a good result was hoped for but not expected.
The strategy decided by the team of long fuel and tyre stops assisted them in outrunning the faster-paced cars and with each driver taking two-hour stints in the race, which was run with the first half in daylight and the second half in the dark, the GTS-entered M3 managed to leapfrog a number of cars with the reduced number of pit stops it required.
“This was a great win and quite unexpected, but all the better for it”, commented Tom Shephard of GTS Motorsport after the race. Please click here for the race results.
If you would like to discuss participating in this class of racing, please contact John Mayston-Taylor at Lynx.
15 October 2003
