| TANDY
CLAIMS MAIDEN PORSCHE SUPERCUP VICTORY
12 July 2010:
In front of home crowds at Silverstone, former Formula Ford
frontrunner and JTR team boss Nick Tandy yesterday fulfilled the
dream of his first victory in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup. At the
wheel of Konrad Motorsport's Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the Supercup
rookie won the sixth round of the season with a 5.572 second
advantage over René Rast (Germany).
The decisive moment
on the 5.898 kilometre Grand Prix track came already at the start.
Tandy made the most of his pole position and beat a hard-charging
Rast to the first corner. Setting one fastest race lap after the
other, the local hero pulled away from the rest of the field.
"What a
race," said Nick. "The opening phase was tough but
became easier towards the end. The start was quite tight and I had
to pull out all stops to keep René behind me. Over the first two
laps he kept up the pressure, but afterwards I was able to pull
away somewhat and in the last laps I saw on the huge screens
lining the circuit how my team-mate Patrick secured third place.
What a day for Konrad Motorsport!" |
