Oman Racing Team set for Donington Title Decider
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
The Oman Racing Team will once again be at the centre of all the action and drama as Donington Park prepares to host the 2015 Avon Tyres British GT Championship title deciding season finale this coming weekend (September 12-13).
For the fourth season in succession David Bartrum’s Motorbase-run squad heads into the final round as contenders for the overall championship, albeit with an outside shot at the title. Liam Griffin and Rory Butcher head into the 2 hour race in third place overall, just twenty points off the leaders with 37.5 points on offer at the final round. Meanwhile the Oman Racing Team still holds a strong chance of retaining the Team’s Championship title sitting just 11 points behind current leaders Barwell.
“Yet again we’re in with a shot of the Championship;” said Team Principal David Bartrum. “We won it in 2012, had a slight chance in 2013 but got taken out. We were there again until the last 20 minutes last year but ended up taking the Team’s title and here we are again in 2015 right back in the thick of it once more!
“It’s always been with different driver pairings but our record in British GT speaks for itself;” Bartrum continued. “It’s just a shame that Snetterton wasn’t the great weekend we needed it to be, it ended up being just ok and that hurt us a little in the standings for the final round.”
Ahmad Al Harthy arrives at the Leicestershire circuit topping the Silver Cup standings, as he has done all season, and with Aston Martin works driver Alex MacDowall joining him for a second round in the #2 Vantage GT3 the Omani is determined to end his season on a high note.
Despite being ranked as outside contenders for the two hour contest, Bartrum’s team is all too aware of how much can change over the course of a race weekend and will continue to push until the final flag drops. With two excellent driver line-ups, the strong reliability of the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3’s and the experienced crew in support, the Oman Racing Team will be unwavering in its pursuit of securing a second British GT Title.
“Anything could happen this weekend so we’ve got to go out there and give it our all;” added Bartrum. “We’ll be going all out in qualifying to secure pole and make sure that we’re in the best place possible come Sunday.
“The focus for the team this time around is trying to win the Championship for Rory and Liam. It’s a team effort and everyone at the Oman Racing Team will be doing their absolute best to try and get the job done. I have a feeling that we’re in for another exciting final!”
Source material - Motorbase
Photo credit - Richard Leach
