6.4.10

The MTECH Ferrari 430 Scuderia of Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin won both of the first two rounds of the 2010 British GT Championship at Oulton Park yesterday.

They took control of the first race 12 laps from the end when the Ascari of reigning champions David and Godfrey Jones ran out of road. But Cameron and Griffin saw their 34-second lead whittled away to just 15s by the closing lap as the Hector Lester/Allan Simonsen 430 Scuderia loomed large in the mirrors as Griffin nursed his car home, an exhaust having broken.

The Predator CCTV Ferrari 430 Scuderia of Adam Wilcox and Phil Burton completed the top six, with the Chad Racing 430 Scud of Tom Ferrier and Paul Warren seventh. Other Ferraris finished in ninth and 11th places.

Cameron and Griffin made it two out of two by winning the second race as well. As in race one, it was the Rosso Verde Ferrari of Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen which ran them closest.

Cameron and Griffith’s second win of the day was once again a second-half feat, for it was Simonsen who made all the early running, bolting into the lead from the outset from pole position. But try as he might, Allan couldn’t shake off Griffin. The Irishman held station on the Dane’s tail, always around a second behind, all the way to his 20th lap pit stop to hand over to Cameron.

Simonsen pitted for his hand over to Lester two laps later, but as he exited the pits he had to settle in behind the MTECH car and watch it disappear up the road and on to a 12.5-second victory. Much depends on the speed of the non-pro second drivers, and Cameron was simply quicker than Lester.

The Predator Ferrari, driven by Adam Wilcox, held third up to its pit stop but a delay in the change-over for owner Phil Burton saw it drop back to seventh. The Paul Warren/Tom Ferrier Chad Ferrari completed the top six and the Chad Racing 430 Scuderia of Dan Brown/Chris Hyman 11th.

Next Rounds: Knockhill 9th May.