Saturday, December 14, 2013

Bentley Continental GT finishes 4th at Yas Marina!

Bentley’s test race debut of the all-new Continental GT3 racecar with Team M-Sport achieved an impressive fourth place finish in the Gulf 12 Hours of Abu Dhabi.

After completing the first six hour session of the race in third position, the second half of the race saw the team maintain that position until the final two hours, when a close fight with the Ferrari 458 GT3 of Kessel Racing was ultimately won by the more established car. The closing minutes were not without drama, with apparent damage to the underfloor, meaning a cruise to the finish line to bring the car home.
Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, comments: “In running an all-new car for the first time, our main goal today was to finish the race and be consistent. We’ve achieved this, and then to finish fourth in a race with such established competition is extremely encouraging. We leave Abu Dhabi with confidence that we will have a reliable and competitive package for 2014, when the hard work really starts.”


Bentley’s success at Le Mans in 2003 was a great victory for the company - which had dominated the endurance classic in the 1930s. The company did the right thing to call it quits in 2003, and not contemplate campaigning a production-based car until the funding and commitment were absolute. This is the only way to race successfully in full public view.

Brian Gush, an old friend, is an eminently-qualified and prudent engineer and the  result of this shakedown race says as much about his team management as anything else related to the result. Go Brian! Go Bentley!

1 comment:

  1. Problems in later life that vacuuming a sofa maybe carpet entails the required time and time and its for these reasons we ensure you train a lot of our staff in your right mode. No matter if you would like the sofa to always be cleaned not to mention where all you must do is seek the advice of us and we will do other parts. sofa cleaning dubai

    ReplyDelete