GTG
links Home Page Photo Gallery Interviews News Headlines Live Race Ticker
  GTGateway RSS Feed
Race Ticker Now LiveLive Ticker Available
Left: 0m
finish
 
Jun 8, 2008 - Snetterton, Race 2   

 
L: 49   T: 60m
 
Status
  Finishing Order: 6, 40, 14, 15, 23, 9, 16, 2, 20, 1, 3, 42, 8, 88, 55, 51, 52, 99, 54, 50

 
L: 49   T: 60m
 
Status
  Sneaking past Hector Lester in the last lap, Mapelli claims fourth, with Tech9's Machitski finish justbehind the pair in 6th.

 
L: 49   T: 60m
 
Status
  Alex Mortimer takes the chequered flag for the Matech Ford GT. Gornall comes in 2nd, with Michael Meadows third.

 
L: 49   T: 60m
 
Status
  Mapelli trying all he can to pass Lester for 4th

 
L: 48   T: 59m
 
Status
  Final Lap

 
L: 47   T: 59m
 
Status
  Despite a collision with the VRS Ferrari earlier in race, Metcalfe has clawed the CRS Scuderia 430GT3 into the points in 7th

 
L: 47   T: 59m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 40, 14, 23, 9, 15, 16, 2, 20, 3, 42, 1, 8

 
L: 46   T: 58m
 
Status
  Mortimer lead is now 4.1 secs ahead of Brookspeeds Gornall. These to look set to consolidate their podium positions for the final laps

 
L: 46   T: 58m
 
Status
  Michael Meadows gets past Lester and Machitski during their battle, to sneak into 3rd spot

 
L: 45   T: 57m
 
Status
  Lester and Machitski are nose to tail through riches and then sear corners, battling for final podium spot

 
L: 44   T: 56m
 
Status
  Machitski makes a pass on Michael Cullen on previous lap to slot into5th just behind Hector Lester

 
L: 43   T: 55m
 
Status
  Mortimer 0.00 Gornall 3.6 Lester 20.846

 
L: 43   T: 54m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 40, 23, 14, 9, 15, 2, 16, 42, 20, 3, 1, 8, 88, 55, 51, 52, 99, 54, 71

 
L: 42   T: 53m
 
Status
  Mortimer now back in control with a 2.2 second lead. Gornall 16 secs ahead of Lester who still has a mirror full of Michael Meadows

 
L: 41   T: 52m
 
Status
  Gornall is less than second behind the Ford GT, but is getting held up behind Nigel Moore in the GT4 Ginetta

 
L: 40   T: 52m
 
Status
  Michael Meadows is all over Lester for 3rd spot, just o.5 between them

 
L: 40   T: 51m
 
Status
  Gornall is less than 2 seconds behind Mortimer as the Ford GT hits traffic

 
L: 39   T: 50m
 
Status
  Car No.1 drive through penalty for pit road speeding.

 
L: 39   T: 50m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 40, 23, 14, 9, 15, 2, 16, 42, 3, 1, 20, 8, 4, 51, 88, 55, 52, 99, 54

 
L: 38   T: 48m
 
Status
  Mortimer lead is just 3.5 secs over the viper who is 5 secs ahead of CiM's Lester. Meadows is starting to catch the Ferrari in a battle for 3rd

 
L: 37   T: 48m
 
Status
  Andrew Howard's Beechdean Aston Martin retires in cloud of smoke

 
L: 37   T: 47m
 
Status
  Mapelli makes a daring move on the Lamoorbhini of Oliver Morley.

 
L: 36   T: 46m
 
Status
  Ellis 4.4 in the lead. Gornall passes Lester for 2nd along te front straight. Lester has Meadows a further 7 secs behind

 
L: 35   T: 45m
 
Status
  Ellis has created 2 sec lead already. Gornall is now eyeing Lester for 2nd spot, 1,7 behind

 
L: 34   T: 34m
 
Status
  Ellis passes Lester to take the lead

 
L: 34   T: 44m
 
Status
  Ellis all over the back of Lester, just 8/10ths between them. Gornall is looking racey in third, 7 secs ahead of Meadows

 
L: 33   T: 43m
 
Status
  Simonsen able to maintain lap from Mortimer on last lap. Barnes in the Trimite Viper just 3 secs behind the Matech car

 
L: 32   T: 42m
 
Status
  Morley passes Craig Wilkins at Riches for 12th

 
L: 32   T: 41m
 
Status
  Lester holds 4.4 secs over Mortimer in the Ford GT. Mortimer looks set to catch the CiM Ferrari. Gornall in third is 6 secs behind the Ford with Meadows 4 secs behind him.

 
L: 31   T: 41m
 
Status
  James Gornall now start to break away from Meadows in 4th.

 
L: 30   T: 40m
 
Status
  Micahel Meadows hot on the tail of Leo Machitski in Tech9 lambo as they battle for 4th. Meadows makes the pass on Machitski towards end of lap

 
L: 30   T: 39m
 
Status
  Lester in CiM has 9.4 sec lead over the Ford GT with Mortimer at the wheel

 
L: 29   T: 38m
 
Status
  Running Order: 23, 6, 40, 9, 14, 15, 2, 42, 4, 3, 16, 8, 20, 1

 
L: 29   T: 38m
 
Status
  No more driver changes allowed

 
L: 28   T: 36m
 
Status
  No.4, No.23, No.9 Pits

 
L: 28   T: 35m
 
Status
  No.6 Pits from the lead (they will serve an extra 30 seconds).

 
L: 27   T: 34m
 
Status
  Wilcox/Burton retire with front end damage after collision with Hines No.15

 
L: 26   T: 33m
 
Status
  No.20 pits

 
L: 26   T: 33m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 23, 9, 20, 42, 4, 8, 3

 
L: 25   T: 32m
 
Status
  No.3 Pits

 
L: 25   T: 31m
 
Status
  Ellis now carries a 11 second lead over Simonsen, with Jonny cocker a further 18 secs back with Anthony Reid chasing

 
L: 24   T: 31m
 
Status
  No.1 pits

 
L: 24   T: 30m
 
Status
  Team Modena No.21 car retires with mechanical problems

 
L: 23   T: 30m
 
Status
  No.21 is slow to make it's pit stop/driver change

 
L: 23   T: 29m
 
Status
  Eliis lead is now 9 secs

 
L: 22   T: 28m
 
Status
  Cocker, Scott and O'neil nose to taiil for 4th

 
L: 22   T: 28m
 
Status
  No.21 pits from 2nd spot.

 
L: 21   T: 37m
 
Status
  Ellis now has a 7.1 sec lead.
No.12 Pits

 
L: 21   T: 27m
 
Status
  No.14 Pits

 
L: 20   T: 26m
 
Status
  No.16 pits

 
L: 20   T: 26m
 
Status
  No.40 Pits

 
L: 19   T: 25m
 
Status
  Ellis has 5.1 lead over Jones, who is still holding off Simonsen just 0.5 behind

 
L: 19   T: 25m
 
Status
  No.15 Pits

 
L: 19   T: 24m
 
Status
  Pit window for driver changes open

 
L: 18   T: 23m
 
Status
  Ellis
Jones 4.1
Simonsen 4.7
Sutton 10.1
Barnes 12.988

 
L: 17   T: 22m
 
Status
  Paul O' Neil and Antony Reid battle for 9th and 10th spot through the chicane. Aaron Scott is now starting to make progress through the field

 
L: 16   T: 21m
 
Status
  Jon Barnes is pushing hard and gets alongside James Sutton, but fails to make the pass

 
L: 16   T: 21m
 
Status
  Ellis has 2.3 sec lead over Adam Jones who has Simonsen on his tail

 
L: 14   T: 19m
 
Status
  Wilcox gets sideays at Sear corner and is hit by Hines in the CR Scuderia Ferrari. Wilcox comes through , Hines loses a lot of time and drops to 21st. Wilcox Ferrari showing extensive front danage

 
L: 14   T: 19m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 21, 23, 14, 12, 16, 40, 9, 3, 20

 
L: 14   T: 18m
 
Status
  The race restarts. Ellis needs to work on establishing a substantial lead again, before the pit window opens.

 
L: 13   T: 16m
 
Status
  Pace car coming in this lap

 
L: 12   T: 14m
 
Status
  The field is now starting to catch the pace car and get into formation

 
L: 11   T: 13m
 
Status
  Safety car lets the field through to pick up the Ellis Ford GT as the lead car. Wilox is stuck behind the Nissan 350Z GT4 as he tries to catch up with the field

 
L: 10   T: 12m
 
Status
  Safety car to clear debris on track at esses

 
L: 10   T: 11m
 
Status
  Safety car has picked up the second placed car (Jones) causing some confusion

 
L: 9   T: 10m
 
Status
  Safety car is announced...

 
L: 8   T: 9m
 
Status
  Wilcox in 5h still has a gaggle of crs behind him, less than a second seperates them

 
L: 7   T: 8m
 
Status
  Antony read loses 2 places to Barnes and Cocker, drops to 9th

 
L: 7   T: 8m
 
Status
  Jon Barnes tries a late pass on Jonny Cocker, but he closes the door.

 
L: 7   T: 8m
 
Status
  Ellis has 5.7 lead over Adam Jones who has created a 1 sec gap from Simonsen

 
L: 6   T: 7m
 
Status
  A bunch of cars are battling in the mid field top ten: 12, 16, 3, 9, 40.
No.23 Wilcox looks to be struggling and holding up the field

 
L: 5   T: 6m
 
Status
  Ellis leads by 3.8 secs over Jones in the Modena Lambo, who is 3/10ths ahead of Cim Simonsen. This pairs 1.5 secs ahead of sutton in 4th

 
L: 4   T: 5m
 
Status
  Cadena Aston Martin failed to get repaired in time

 
L: 4   T: 4m
 
Status
  The Ford GT of Bradley Ellis is failing to register it's timing on the scorboard (transponder issue?)

 
L: 3   T: 4m
 
Status
  Running Order: 21, 23, 14, 12, 16, 3, 9, 40, 15, 4, 20, 1, 42, 2, 8, 55, 99, 88, 52, 51

 
L: 2   T: 3m
 
Status
  Simonsen is all over the tail of jones in battle for 2nd

 
L: 2   T: 2m
 
Status
  Jon Barnes has moved up from 14th to 9th on the opening lap

 
L: 1   T: 2m
 
Status
  Ellis has a 6/10ths lead over Modena's Adam Jones and CiM's Allan Simonsen

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  Adam Wilcox runs wide at the esses and loses a couple of spots

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  Ellis is already stretching his legs after the rolling start

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  Safety car pulls in, the green flag is waved and the race is go!

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  The BGT field start their formation lap behind the safety car

 
L:   T: m
 
Status
  Fild still on the grid - 2 minutes to go

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  The British GT field pull away for the parade lap in perfect conditions; ot, clear and sunny skies

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Cadena Aston Martin is pushed off the grid with a collapsed right front wheel

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  'A' Class drivers will start the race today:
#6 Ellis
#21 Jones
#23 Simonsen
#14 Sutton
#9 Cocker
#12 Wilcox
#4 Griffin
#16 Hines
#3 Reid
#15 Cullen

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  The Cadena Aston Martin looks to have a problem on the grid, with the Front right wheel sitting at a strange angle

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Weather is clear, hot and sunny

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  The 2nd British GT race from Snetterton will start at 2:00PM

 

# :
car make
 
Retirements
Retired L:4
 
Cadena Aston Martin failed to get repaired in time

Retired L:24
 
Team Modena No.21 car retires with mechanical problems

Retired L:27
 
Wilcox/Burton retire with front end damage after collision with Hines No.15

Retired L:37
 
Andrew Howard's Beechdean Aston Martin retires in cloud of smoke