Welsh Quartet in International Action

Report by Rob Allender

GP3 Test News-Jann, Matt & Seb were all at Estoril in Portugal for the first 2 day GP3 test of the year.  Jann Mardenborough was naturally the fastest having raced in GP3 last year with Arden, winning one of the Sprint Races, but he has now switched to Carlin, the top team with Welsh connections! Jann @Jannthaman, who ended up 4^th fastest with a time of 1.28.51, has also recently completed the procedure to qualify to race in the Modern Classic Nurburgring 24hr race which will be held on 14 - 17 May on the full Nordschleife! The race is an awesome challenge as the 15.5 mile lap length allows more than 200 cars and over 700 drivers to participate!

At the same time Matt Parry (Korianen) & Seb Morris (Status Grand Prix) were both getting used the circuit, the car, and the new to them, Pirrelli tyres, and both set times in the low 1.29s! By the way joining Matt in the Korianen team is the Chinese driver Adderley Fong, who has Welsh connections, having raced in the British F3 Championship with Hywel Lloyd and the CF Racing team!http://www.gp3series.com/
http://www.sebmorris.com/ @SebMorris31
http://www.mattparryracing.co.uk/ ‏@Mattparryracing

Endurance Racing - Meanwhile in the USA, Andy Meyrick, (who has also raced on the Nordschleife), failed to complete a race lap in the Sebring 12hrs race, after broken rear suspension ended the DeltaWings race after only 60 Laps! The Claro/TracFone DeltaWing teams drivers Memo Rojas , Katherine Legge, and Andy Meyrick began the weekend with hopes of capitalizing on their performance early in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The team qualified in the top-10 for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and they were feeling confident of a good result before Sebring’s 3.74 miles of bumpy concrete and asphalt took it’s toll! Rojas started the race and handed over to Legge at the two-hour mark, but the car retired before Andy got his turn.

 http://www.andymeyrick.com/

@AndyMeyrick