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DAVIDSON SWITCHES TOT F SPORT WITH JONNY ADAM IN BRITISH GT

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Graham Davidson has targeted the 2019 British GT title ahead of a switch to TF Sport alongside three-time champion Jonny Adam, billing it as an “all or nothing year”.

The 2017 GT Cup champion stepped up to the category with a Jetstream Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage this year, and took a first win at Spa alongside Maxime Martin, but was a magnet for bad luck and only finished seventh in the points.

After moving to partner defending champion Adam, who switches from Optimum Motorsport back to the team he won the 2016 title with, Davidson is determined to make the step to championsh­ip contender with Aston’s new Vantage GT3.

“The aim is to do a lot of simulator work, a lot of testing and to get pole positions and win races – it’s an all or nothing year for me,” Davidson told MN.

“I want to give myself the best possible chance – I don’t want to increase the budget a little bit to find out that we were runner-up and if I had just put in a bit more testing or a bit more simulator time that we might have won.

“I don’t want to leave anything to chance, so I will employ the approach that Flick [Haigh, 2018 champion] did last year and give it everything I can to give me the best chance.

“I’d like to think we’re starting on the front foot with the strongest package. I’m ready for it, I just wish the season could continue on from the last one!” ● Connor O’brien will step up from the Ginetta GT5 Challenge to make his British GT debut in GT4 with 2016 class champion Optimum. The 18-year-old will race one of the squad’s two new Aston Martin Vantage GT4S and join the revamped AMR Young Driver Academy.

 ?? Photos: Jakob Ebrey, Michael Chester, Gary Hawkins ?? Davidson (l) Joins TF with Adam
Photos: Jakob Ebrey, Michael Chester, Gary Hawkins Davidson (l) Joins TF with Adam
 ??  ?? Adam (r) with TF in 2016
Adam (r) with TF in 2016

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