Armaan, team finishes 11th
3 April 2013 12:47 AM GMT
The BMW Sports Trophy team featuring JK Tyre-sponsored Armaan Ebrahim of India and Frenchman Julien Jousse finished 11th overall and third in the Pro-Am class in the opening round of the FIA GT 1 World Series on Monday.
After qualifying 17th for the first of the two races, the BMW team moved up to seventh overall and second in Pro-Am before getting shunted out. The team eventually came in 11th.
The second race turned out to be a disaster as the team was docked a 30-second penalty for the incident in the previous outing and a damper failure ended their outing. Armaan Ebrahim said: ‘We had a good start to the weekend, but some unfortunate incidents pushed us back. I am happy with the good performance in the wet thanks to the correct set up we had during the qualifying rounds.
‘Race 1 was very good as we finished third in the Pro Am Class and 11th Overall despite getting hit from behind which cost us four places.
Race 2 was a total disaster but then we have to put it behind us and look forward to the next race.’
After qualifying 17th for the first of the two races, the BMW team moved up to seventh overall and second in Pro-Am before getting shunted out. The team eventually came in 11th.
The second race turned out to be a disaster as the team was docked a 30-second penalty for the incident in the previous outing and a damper failure ended their outing. Armaan Ebrahim said: ‘We had a good start to the weekend, but some unfortunate incidents pushed us back. I am happy with the good performance in the wet thanks to the correct set up we had during the qualifying rounds.
‘Race 1 was very good as we finished third in the Pro Am Class and 11th Overall despite getting hit from behind which cost us four places.
Race 2 was a total disaster but then we have to put it behind us and look forward to the next race.’
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