The car is almost ready for Silverstone
Richard Williams and David Ashburn are facing a busy weekend at Silverstone, when they start their double season in both the FIA GT3 European Championship and the FIA GT Championship – both with Trackspeed and both with Porsches.
“We have now finalised our tyre contract for the FIA GT Championship, “ Richard said. “And we are really excited to be working Pirelli. We’ll be the only Porsche on Pirelli tyres, and it’s looking good. We will have a steep learning curve, but I’m looking forward to it. Having seen the timetable, I’m beginning to wonder when we’ll find time to breathe between qualifying and the races !
We hope to be competitive in the FIA GT3 European Championship, with the new Porsche 996 Cup S car, as the car seems to be very competitive and should be great round Silverstone. In GT2, we’ll have a steep hill to climb, especially as we have had no running. But we hope to give a good account of ourselves. One thing that will help is that we are both classified as non-professionals, so we won’t have the 35 kg that the professional drivers have. But it’s a bit of a leap into the unknown, with both the Championship and Pirelli. We’ll have to be on our toes and make sure we’re in the right place at the right time ! The level in GT2 is incredible this year; we plan to gain experience and get to grips with it, to be ready for the future. There’s a lot to do, but we’re up for it !”