British GT at Oulton Park
ADAM CARROLL CALLED on his vast experience to fend off fellow pro driver Jules Gounon to win a thrilling first race of the 2022 British GT Championship at Oulton Park in Balfe Motorsport’s new Audi R8.
Team-mate Shaun Balfe started from pole position but plummeted to sixth on the first lap, only for a series of penalties for rivals to push the car back up the order once he had handed over to Carroll.
Frenchman Gounon took over from amateur team-mate Ian Loggie in Ram Racing’s Mercedes-amg and challenged Carroll in the final laps, but the ex-jaguar Formula E racer held on to claim victory.
The second 60-minute thrash on Bank Holiday Monday was complicated by a midrace downpour that forced a stoppage and a final 25-minute sprint to the flag that left the series’ success penalties being added to the result spectators saw on the road. So even though Gounon and Carroll took the flag first and second, the third-placed Paddock Motorsport Mclaren of Martin Plowman and Kelvin Fletcher was declared the winner.