O quarteto Richard Abra/Mark Poole/Clint Bardwell /Michael Symons (MP Motorsports/ BMW E46 GTR) venceu neste domingo (23/09), a edição de 2012 das 24 Horas de Silverstone, na Inglaterra.
Abra foi o responsável por guiar o carro no turno final. Com quatro voltas de vantagem sobre o segundo colocado, o piloto manteve o ritmo, mesmo com a forte chuva que atingiu o circuito nas horas finais. O quarteto completou 542 voltas.
O quarteto Dave West/Jamie Wall/Michael Brown/Paul Cripps (MB Racing/Aston Martin Vantage GT3) terminou em 2º, seguido quarteto Kim Holmgaard/Kasper Jensen/Mikkel Johanson/Michael Klostermann (Perfection Racing Europe/Aston Martin GT4).
O quarteto que alinhou na pole-position; Lawrence Tomlinson/Tom Kimber – Smith/Richard Dean/Mike Simpson (Ginetta UK.LTD/Ginetta G55 GT3) terminou apenas na 21ª posição.
O brasileiro Adriano Medeiros (CTR Motorsport/BMW M3 E36) em quarteto com os britânicos John Clonis/Chris Bentley/Phil Brough, chegou na 13ª posição geral e 7º na Classe 4.
Final, geral:
1 28 2 Richard Abra BMW E46 GTR – Abra/Poole/Bardwell/Symons 564 voltas 24h01m07s807
2 16 1 Mike Brown Aston Martin Vantage GT3 – West/Wall/Brown/Cripps 560 voltas
3 60 3 Perfection Racing Aston Martin GT4 – Holmgaard/Jensen/Johanson/Spi 527
4 75 4 Ivo Breukers Seat FR 2.0 TDI – Breukers/Thijssen/de Heus 522
5 98 3 MMC Motorsport Seat Supercopa – Spencer/Cassar/Lewis/Pettit 517
6 17 1 Neil Garner Motorsport Mosler MT900 R – White/Cintrano/Morcillo/Sharpe 513
7 79 4 Mark Griffiths BMW EM3 E46 – Griffiths/Green/Kirkpatrick/Forsbrey 513
8 86 4 Toyota GB with GPRM Toyota GT86 – Hodgetts/Hodgetts/Primrose/Meaden 512
9 52 3 Darron Anley Chevron – Anley/Joseph/Hyman/Ellis 510
10 88 4 Rollcentre Racing Toyota GT86 – Short/Death/Death 504
11 99 4 Ricky Coomber Honda Civic – Giovannini/Coomber/Potter/Gannon/Cu 501
12 78 4 Piranha Motorsport Ginetta G40 – Mason/Bryant/Ratcliffe/Bialan 496
13 62 4 Alfatune BMW M3 E36 – Clonis/Bentley/Brough/Medeiros 489
14 69 4 John Coyle BMW 120D – Coyle/Dobbing/Elstrop/Coyle/Lawman 478
15 87 4 Ryan McLeod Holden Astra OPC – McLeod/Camilleri/Kaye/Kassulke 472
16 65 3 Intersport Racing BMW M3 E46 – Clarke/Gibson/Hayes/Radcliffe 470
17 93 4 Mission Motorsport Nissan 370Z – Cameron/Dunning/Gillborn/Copleston/W 447
18 51 2 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G50 – Mowle/Osborne/Fletcher/Rattenbury 445
19 59 3 Graham Coombes Porsche 996 Cup – Smith/Coomes/Wheeler/Craven 431
20 57 3 MMC Motorsport BMW M3 CSL – Cox/Cox/Cox/Borness 402
21 6 1 Team LNT Ginetta G55 GT3 – Tomlinson/Kimber-Smith/Dean/Si 402
22 74 4 Rob Carvell Jaguar XF-S – Carvell/Glover/Wright/Phipps/Day 361
23 37 2 Peter Fairbairn Porsche 993 RSR – Fairbairn/Littlejohn/McLean 345
24 82 4 James May Seat Leon – May/Osbourne/Packham 301
25 70 3 Guy Povey BMW M3 E46 – ovey/Whale/Whale/Harding/Nordstrom 297
26 67 3 Rogue Motorsport / Forza Toyota MR2 – Kitson/Aris/McKee 294
Não classificados:
DNC 26 3 Cor Euser Racing Lotus Evora – Euser/Prewitt/Briody/Rich/McKinnon 261
DNC 7 1 Mac G Racing Ultima GTR – MacGregor/Farmer/Jun/Smyth 240
DNC 35 2 Topcats Racing Marcos Mantis – Huggins/Bankhurst/Black/Solivellas 233
DNC 91 4 Rogue Motorsport / Forza BMW M3 E46 – Baxter/Groombridge/Malone/Rata/We 211
DNC 33 2 Chris Beighton Marcos Mantis – Beighton/Finnimore/Beighton 88
EX 56 3 Malcolm Niall Seat Supercopa – Niall/Pilatti/Niall/Harvey 203
EX 76 4 Alyn James Honda Jazz – James/Byford/Ritchie/Ludlow 146