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We came to Mugello thinking we still had a slim chance to win the Drivers Championship and we thought that there was no chance to win the Constructors Championship anymore.
Testing went pretty well, although it was changing conditions we ended up 7th and 9th in both the sessions. We tried various different settings in the wet and tried to work on a race setup, as we thought it would be wet for the weekend!
Sean Edwards, driver of the No. 9 Tech 9 Porsche 997 in the FIA GT3 European Championship discusses his last outing at Dijon – a weekend which would turn out to be his best of the year, with a breakthrough win in the second race of the weekend.
We came to Dijon knowing that it was going to be a struggle, as you need downforce at the track. So we were looking to score some good points. That was all we could hope for.
The second round of the FIA European GT3 championship was held at the classic Spa-Francorchamps track in the depths of the Arden valley. This picturesque track is one of the most demanding tracks in the World, Sean Edwards has written a full race report on the weekend’s events below.
Qualifying for Spa went really well, with Dimitris doing a solid job to put us p9 in Quali one and I put us p4 in quail 2, over 2 seconds clear from the next Porsche! This was later to become P3 as Tiff Needell could not start the race due to his Aston being trashed from the first race smash.
The second round of the FIA European GT3 Championship was held at the Oschersleben Motorpark in Germany, it was not a good weekend for Sean and the team, but he has written a brief race report below.
“”After the Silverstone result we were looking for a win at Oschersleben. But when we got there it proved not to be a Porsche circuit at all, but suited the Dodge vipers! We were around 3 seconds of the Dodge’s pace and it was not looking good. We only managed 19th and 21st position in both the qualifying sessions.
The first round of the FIA GT3 European Championship was held at the prestegious Silverstone Grand Prix track in Northamtonshire, Sean Edwards has written a race report below.
“”We came to this weekend not knowing what to expect really. Were the FIA going to get the balancing right, was the Porsche going to be competitive and who was going to be the competition.
