2014  International & Single Seater News

News of WRDA members who are competing in the International & Single Seater arena.

   

 

 Official Bentley Press release set the scence for the weekend as Bentley looks to finish the season in style at the Nürburgring with both the Team and the drivers in contention to be Endurance Series champions!

 

 Final preparations are being made as the Bentley Continental GT3 is readied for the last race in the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series, at the famous Nürburgring in Germany. Bentley, in conjunction with technical partners M -Sport, is looking to finish the season on a high, after a successful opening championship with an all new car. The no. 7 Continental GT3 of Guy Smith, Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane and the sister no 8 car of Jérôme D’Ambrosio, Duncan Tappy and Antoine Leclerc will both be fighting hard to secure as many points as possible for the team’s

championship challenge at the notoriously gruelling 1000 km race.

 

Having won two of the championship races so far, with victory for car 7 at Silverstone and Paul Ricard, Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, is looking forward to the contest:

 

“I’m very pleased with what we’ve achieved in our debut season with the Continental GT3, and now the team is firmly focused on the final round. The

last race at Spa was a tough one for us as our adjusted balance of performance took us off the pace of our championship competitors, but we

have very high confidence in the cars and the team and I think we can do well. To finish the 2014 season with a strong result for both cars would be

the perfect reward for the hard work put in by every member of this team since the car’s first test race only nine months ago. ”

 

 

New Generation Bentley Boy Andy Meyrick is ready to race for a third win of the Blancpain

Endurance season for the 7 Continental GT3: “After our difficult race and restricted performance at Spa we’re no longer leading the championship, but as always we’ll be pushing as hard as we can in Germany. I really want us to be on the podium here - anything else would not reflect how far this car and this team have come this season. I’m proud of our results this year, and in many ways I’m disappointed that the season is coming to an end – it’s been hugely enjoyable. Guy, Steven and I have been training together, as we have all season, and we know what we have to do.”

 

 

Meanwhile, the Bentley Boys of car 8 could help determine the overall endurance teams’ championship with a high-placed finish in Germany. Duncan Tappy is eager to score his best result of the season: “Car 8 has had a challenging season in many ways, with more than our fair share of bad luck, so I’m really hopeful that we can be at the front at the last race. We know the car can be quick, so now it’s up to us as drivers to deliver the result. The Nürburgring Grand Prix track is a tough one, and it’ll be the first time we’ve run the car there, so the learning curve will be steep –but as with any debut season, it has been all year long, and we’re used to it!”

 

The 1000 km of the Nürburgring starts at 11:45 local time on Sunday 21st September.

Follow @BentleyComms on Twitter for live updates throughout

the race weekend, while news and photos will be posted to

www.bentleymedia.com.

 

Bentley’s 2015 motorsport plans will be announced in due course.

 

 

Notes

 

The Continental GT3 is built by the Bentley motorsport team in conjunction

with M- Sport. The Bentley GT3 team is led by Bentley Director of

Motorsport, Brian Gush supported by M -Sport’s Chief Engineer, Christian Loriaux.

 

 

The Continental GT3 project is proud to be working with ExxonMobil, who

have joined the team as a key sponsor; Breitling returned as a key sponsor of the Continental GT3 project, and  The Continental GT3 programme is also sponsored by premium British

audio experts Naim.