2 Seas impress in British GT3 qualifying

TDT | Manama              

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahraini-British motor racing team 2 Seas Motorsport enjoyed an impressive qualifying session yesterday for round seven of the 2023 Intelligent Money British GT Championship, being held at Autodromo do Algarve in Portugal. Both of 2 Seas’ cars secured places in the top three on the start grid, with James Cottingham and Jonny Adam in their #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 challenger on the front row alongside pole-sitters Miguel Ramos and Marvin Kirchhoefer of Garage 59.

2 Seas’ Ian Loggie and Phil Keen, in their #1 contender, took third on the grid. Cottingham and Adam posted a best time of three minutes, 24.637 seconds on the GT3 combined qualifying timesheet—just 0.166 seconds off the leading pace. Loggie and Keen were 0.436 seconds back among the 17-car field. Today’s race is scheduled for a 2.25 p.m. start, Bahrain time, around the 4.653-kilometre track. Heading into this weekend’s round, 2 Seas have a healthy lead in the GT3 Teams Championship.

They are on 191.5 points, while their closest challengers from Century Motorsport are on 96.5 points. Cottingham and Adam are also leaders in the GT3 Drivers Championship with 102 points apiece, with Loggie and 2 Seas’ other driver, Jules Gounon, currently third on 89.5 points each.

Furthermore, Cottingham and Adam are in first place on the GT3 Pro-Am standings with 110.5 points apiece, while Loggie and Gounon are tied for second on 96.5 points each with Darren Leung and Dan Harper of Century Motorsport. The 2023 British GT campaign features nine rounds in all.

This weekend’s action marks the season’s only round outside of the UK. The championship will then be raced at Brands Hatch on September 9 and 10, and then at Donington Park for the season finale on October 21 and 22.