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Brown and Hall victorious British GT debut

Tuesday, 14 April 2009

Mighty MOMO Mosler dominates both rounds at Oulton Park

Round 1

Seventeen-year-old Daniel Brown and his 24-year-old team-mate Stuart Hall enjoyed a dream start to their Avon Tyres British GT Championship partnership at Oulton Park this afternoon (Sat), their Momo-backed Rollcentre Mosler leading the championship's opening round all the way from pole position to chequered flag.

Brown, in his maiden British GT outing, displayed nerves of steel and skill to spare in the opening laps as he built a useful lead over his closest pursuer, veteran David Jones in the Preci-Spark Ascari.

"The team told me to push as hard as I could in the early laps, and that's what I did," said Daniel. "But I was a bit surprised to find myself as far ahead as I did. Perhaps being a bit younger than the rest I was a bit braver on cold tyres."

Brown handed over to Hall at half-distance with a lead of 10 seconds, which Hall extended during his stint to 12 seconds before easing off towards the end and crossing the line 7.6s clear of the David/Godfrey Jones Ascari. "It was a 'Sunday afternoon' drive for me," said Stuart. "Daniel did a good job early on and handed the car over in good shape."

Round 2

Daniel and Stuart made it two out of two at Oulton Park this afternoon (Mon), their Momo Mosler following up its Saturday win with another resounding race victory in round two.

On Saturday the new Rollcentre Racing pairing, one of the youngest ever seen in the series, led all the way. Today they had to play second fiddle to the Allan Simonsen/Hector Lester Ferrari for the first half of the one-hour race. Dane Simonsen was the early leader, the Rosso Verde team driver overhauling pole man Hall at the start and hanging on in front all the way to the mid-race pit stops.

"I had no brakes at the first corner," said Hall. "We had no time to bed in the new pads during the pre-race warm-up, so stopping proved a big problem."

Hall chased Simonsen for all he was worth thereafter, keeping the Ferrari's advantage down to less than a second before pitting to hand over to his younger team-mate. Brown completed his first lap at the wheel of the Mosler 2.8 seconds behind the Ferrari, now in the hands of veteran Ulster driver Hector Lester, and was just sizing him up for a passing manoeuvre when Lester spun away his lead at Old Hall Corner. His only real rival for victory out of the way, Brown romped home to a 21-second win.

"I was a bit surprised when Hector went off," said Daniel, "because I hadn't put him under any pressure at that point. But I was also concerned because it might have meant a safety car period and that would have cut my lead."

Brown need not have worried: Lester regained the track with ease, but his grip on a good finish was loosened in the closing laps, first by David Jones, who snatched away second in his Ascari, and then by the Craig Wilkins Viper. Lester had to settle for fourth at the flag.