Podium placing for Perez

MOTOR SPORT PAUL HORTON

MACCLESFIELD Porsche Carrera Cup GB star Seb Perez, 18, grabbed a well earned podium place in his Amigos Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 at Donington Park last time out.

The up and coming racer took a second ProAm contender place this was the highlight after a tough weekend at the Leicestershire circuit for him and his Nottinghamshire Team mate George Gamble.

Perez knew coming to his local circuit he needed to get some points after an eventful weekend at Brand Hatch three weeks ago that saw him shunted off in first competitive race in the Porsche and a 10th in race two.

Perez’s qualifying session on Saturday was hampered by bad weather.

Race one saw Perez on the fourth row of the grid and after an exhausting 23 laps he was happy to see the chequered flag in 11th position and take fourth in ProAm.

A Sunday afternoon second race saw the 1.97 mile Donington track dry but very cold with 40 minutes and 33 laps ahead of the 23 cars and Perez finsihed eighth.

Perez was still happy taking second and a maiden podium in the ProAm category in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB after 4 rounds.

An elated Perez after coming off the podium said: “It’s been a really good weekend overall and to take my first ever Carrera Cup podium at my home circuit is really the icing on the cake.

Race one was difficult so the focus was really on Sunday and I had a really good pace from the off. The weekend we had at Brands was a nightmare so to get the result here is fantastic.”

The next round of the season will see Perez travel to the iconic Italian circuit of Monza as a support race to the European Le Mans Series on the 12th/13th May and back on home soil again at Oulton Park on 9th /10th June.