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Morcom wins dramatic Race 2

Mat Coch/Australian GT | 18.3.16 | Aktuality

Australian GT

Morcom wins dramatic Race 2

Nathan Morcom has won a dramatic second race around Albert Park as the CAMS Australian GT Championship supports the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

As a damp track beckoned, Morcom was one of a handful of drivers who chose to start on slick tyres before a late race downpour shook up proceedings in the final stages.

Morcom and his TEKNO Autosport team-mates Grant Denyer and Elliot Barbour all opted for the dry Pirelli P-Zero tyres, as did the Vicious Rumour Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 of Benny Simonsen.

The quartet benefited as much of the field pulled into the pits at the end of the first sighting lap, switching to dry rubber at the sacrifice of their grid position.

Among the few who chose to stay out on wets, pole-sitter Scott Taylor headed the field to the flag but quickly lost out as his Mercedes-AMG GT3 found itself unable to match the slick-shod cars around him.

The same fate befell Peter Edwards and Max Twigg, both of whom had gained positions as the field pitted only to lose out as conditions favoured the slick rubber.

Promoted to an effective front-row start, Simonsen claimed an early lead before opening a sizeable advantage to Morcom, who made his way into second place in the early stages.

Simonsen's advantage extended to more than six seconds midway through the race before a mistake as the rain began to fall allowed Morcom the opportunity to close the gap.

The TEKNO Autosports McLaren driver then harried the back of the race leading Ferrari but was unable to find a way through.

Morcom would cross the line second, little more than a car length behind Simonsen, but won the event once compulsory pit stop times were adjusted.

"We thought this would be our weakest link," Morcom said of racing arond the Albert Park circuit.

"It's a credit to the TEKNO Austosports crew and puts us in the best possible place for tomorrow."

Grant Denyer and Geoff Emery shared an exciting battle, which saw the JAMEC PEM Audi get the better of the McLaren at the flag after running nose to tail for much of the race.

It was Denyer however who was classified ahead in the final results, the McLaren Melbourne car fifth with Emery’s Audi sixth.

The biggest mover was Klark Quinn, who dived into the pits before the race had started for a change of tyres before scything through the field to be classified third.

McLaren ended the race with four cars in the top five after Elliot Barbour also rose well through the field starting 15th, leaving the SLR Tekno Autosports McLaren is a strong position for Race 3 on Saturday.

The third 25-minute race of the weekend is scheduled for 12:05 on Saturday which will be broadcast live on Channel Ten as part of their coverage of the Grand Prix.

 

Round 2: CAMS Australian GT Championship Race 2 Result
 

Pos

Driver

Time

1

Nathan Morcom - TEKNO Autosport McLaren 650S GT3

22:30.9298

2

Benny Simonsen - DeFelice Homes Ferrari 488 GT3

+3.2119s

3

Klark Quinn - Darrell Lea McLaren 650S GT3

+6.4606

4

Elliot Barbour - SLR TEKNO Autosport McLaren 650S GT3

+18.3413

5

Grant Denyer - McLaren Melbourne McLaren 650S GT3

+33.5002

6

Geoff Emery - JAMEC PEM Audi R8 LMS

+38.2804

7

Aaron Tebb - Waltec Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R

+49.4942

8

Andrew Miedecke - Miedecke Motor Group Aston Martin Vantage GT3

+51.6518

9

Roger Lago - JBS Australia Lamborghini R-EX

+57.1269

10

Tony Quinn - Darrell Lea Aston Martin Vantage GT3

+1:02.4589

11

Matthew Solomon - Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3

+1:03.1516

12

John Magro - M Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo FLII

+1:10.6267

13

James Koundouris - Supabarn Supermarkets Audi R8 LMS

+1:14.8566

14

Tony Walls - Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3

+1:16.8203

15

Scott Taylor - Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3

+1:17.0152

16

Steve McLaughlan - JAMEC PEM Audi R8 LMS

+1:24.2534

17

Andrew Taplin - Taplin Real Estate Lamborghini R-EX

+1:24.7820

18

Tim Miles - Fastway Couriers Audi R8 LMS Ultra

+1:31.2027

19

Justin McMillan - Interlloy M Motorsport Lamborghini R-EX

+1:31.5362

20

Max Twigg - BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3

+1:33.8813

21

Peter Edwardso - Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3

+1:42.5518

22

Matthew Turnbull - Fire Rating Solutions Lamborghini LP-560 GT3

+1:50.1302

23

Greg Taylor - GT Motorsport Audi R8 LMS

+1:51.4994

24

Ash Samadi - Bondi Wholefoods Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3

+1 lap

25

Hector Lester - Rosso Verde Racing Ferrari 458 GT3

+1 lap

26

Andrew Macpherson - AMAC Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R

+1 lap

27

Adrian Deitz - Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3

+2 laps

DNF

Mark Griffith - Hog's Breath Cafe/Griffith Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT3

 

DNF

Rod Salmon - Skwirk Online Education Audi R8 LMS

 

DNF

Ricky Capo - Modena Engineering BMW Z4 GT3

 

DNF

Peter Rullo - Performance West Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo FLII

 

 

 

 

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