There was a more than a healthy haul of class podiums won at the weekend by the many Aston Martin Racing powered teams and crews after they completed the opening round to the Iberian Supercars Series from Portimao.
With six such AMR Vantage GT4 crews competing amongst the twenty-eight runners within last weekends Iberian Racing Festival, there was however not all cheer for some of those six as technical issues bit hard for some.
One of those crews who only saw the private testing sessions was the new #722 Pro classed Gianfranco Motorsport crew of Roberto Faria and Joel Bergstrom who unfortunately had to sit out the entire Qualifying and race double header after issues within their former Racing Spirit of Leman AMR Vantage GT4 Evo could not be fixed trackside.
Another casualty within the racing was the Pro classed entered AMR from the #77 Racar Motorsport for reigning champion Mathieu Martins with Anton Morsing after they failed to finish within the opening hour-long race, but they did recover to a P8 overall/P5 in class finish as both Pro class entered Astons got off to a poor start to this six-round season.
Success did come the way of the #777 RV7 team Am class entry of reigning champion Ruben Vaquinhas alongside his new co-driver, Mico Mineiro as they secured both a P1 and P2 finishes in class for their efforts.
The #28 Bronze class entered Racar Motorsport AMR Vantage GT4 Evo of Vasco Oliveira and new co-driver Ivan Velasco also scored a class double after they secured a similar great start to the new season with their P1 and P2 finishes respectively.
The #700 NGT crew of Fernando Soares and Miguel Ferreira also enjoyed early success within their new 17A variant of the Vantage GT4 after securing a race win P3 finish in Am before dropping back to P5 in class for race two. The #52 Monterios Competicoes AMR of Henrique Oliveira and Louis Leveau suffered a difficult introduction to the Pro class with their P7 and P9 finishes.
The next round of the season will be from Jarama in three weeks’ time.
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