BRITISH GT DUO TRY CARRERA CUP
British GT pair Nick Jones and Scott Malvern switched from their GT3 Porsche 911 to race in Carrera Cup at Thruxton last weekend as Jones assesses his options for 2023.
The duo competed with Team Parker Racing that they also compete with in British GT. Malvern last drove in Carrera Cup GB as a guest in 2017 while the Thruxton meeting was
Jones’ category debut.
Jones said: “I’m doing it with an eye on what I might be looking at doing next year. There was an opportunity to come and have a go in something else. It’s my first time in a car and my first at Thruxton, so there’s a lot to learn.
“They’re very different cars
[from British GT’s]. The brakes are completely different, aero’s completely different, but there are some similarities. It’s good fun to drive.”
Malvern added: “[Team boss] Stuart Parker rang me and said ‘you’re doing it!’That was it. The last time I drove in the Carrera Cup was in 2017 in a 991 gen 1. This is quite different.
“It’s actually not massively dissimilar to the GT3 R. Traction wise it doesn’t feel that different, in this it’s more using the brake pedal and understanding how the tyre behaves at slow speed.”