Many Aston Martin reasons to celebrate after the Iberian Supercars opener in Portimao

With a dry track on Sunday morning but with menacing skies forming around the circuit, the race got underway with the usual degree of inter-car action between the differing levels of drivers but before the halfway mark the rain had arrived, and a long Safety Car was soon required to retrieve one stranded Porsche from the gravel.

Presuming that most cars stayed out on slicks despite the earlier drizzle, the grid would have been happy just to get that race completed by the end as the heavens opened!! Race one saw the #77 Racar AMR secure P2 in Pro, the #777 Gianfranco Am car a class win in their debut event with their 17A Vantage, P3 in Bronze for the #28 Araujo and a P1 within with GTX for the venerable 15A #700 NGT Motorsport Aston Martin.

The final race of the day gave the drivers the same issues as the first as the rain had eased/stopped and the sun had reappeared as the twenty-eight GT4 cars took to the grid with the #77 Racar and #007 Araujo AMR’s again at the head of the pack.

With a McLaren stopping on track at the halfway stage, the race was under the temporary control of the Safety Car whilst that car was removed but that caution extended into a red flag period. Getting back to green, it was a case of quickly around the track before pitting again for the river change leaving little over twenty minutes of racing to go.

No further incident or accidents on track to speak of, it was to be a double for the #77 Racar entry of Roberto Faria and Mathieu Martins behind the wheel as they scooped another P2 in Pro whilst the #777 Gianfranco AMR effort of Rubins Vaquinhas and Pedro Bastos Rezende another P1 finish in Am for their efforts whilst the #28 Araujo Competicao secured two steps up the bronze podium with a class win for drivers Vasco Oliveira and Franciso Carvalho.

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