It was a better finish for the E2P Racing team with their Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 after their disaster of last year as they this time completed the opening round of the 24H Series European Series from Mugello, Italy.
Last year saw an inconspicuous off for the #90 car trigger a whole host of technical issues within the car that blighted their racing efforts, not just in that race but for the next two as well.
This time around, the GT3 Am classed entry for drivers Pablo Burguiera, Antonio Sainero and Oliver Campus get through the wetter earlier sessions to qualify P11 overall – P4 in class ahead of the split twelve-hour race spread evenly across both Saturday and Sunday but the first the first half didn’t get well for the team as they finished the first six hours P21 overall – P7 in class.
After the overnight break, it was a long haul but up the timing board but being six laps down to the overall leader, moving back onto the lead lap would be an impossibility within this ruleset of racing.
Eventually rounding out the final minutes of racing under fading Tuscan sunlight, the #90 E2P Racing AMR would finish P12 overall – P6 in class as they now look forward to their next round from Spa Francorchamps in mid-April.
Photo credits – 24h Series