REIGNING British GT3 Silver-Am champs Lewis and Stewart Proctor have sharpened their claws for the brand new season with a four-day check at Portimao in Portugal.
The Aberdeen son-and-father pairing piled on the miles of their Greystone GT McLaren 720S GT3 automobile, pictured beneath, forward of the primary spherical of the British GT at Oulton Park in April.
Lewis was delighted with the progress they made and might’t await the motion to start. He mentioned: “It was a very stable check and good to blow the cobwebs off. The workforce at Greystone GT are nice and I can already really feel it’s a great dynamic right here.
“We had lovely climate on the primary day that gave us numerous alternative to check out the new-compound tyre we’ll be operating this yr, however it rained on the second day. We obtained Stewart some good mileage within the wet-to-dry circumstances so he might really feel the crossover level with the tyre.
“That’s going to be essential when now we have these circumstances throughout the season – and we'll, as a result of we race within the UK. I’m very proud of the way it’s all gone.”
In the meantime, Highlander Lewis Williamson will make his British GT debut after signing up with 2 Seas Motorsport. The 32-year-old former Blancpain GT Sequence Endurance Professional-Am champ will line up with James Cottingham in a Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Williamson, who was born in Dundee earlier than shifting to Inverness, is a former McLaren Autosport Younger Driver of the 12 months and has loved success in single-seaters in addition to endurance racing.
His CV consists of podiums on the Suzuka 10 Hours, Bathurst 12 Hours and Spa 24 Hours. Isa Al Khalifa, 2 Seas Motorsport co-owner, mentioned: “They're each extraordinarily fast, confirmed race winners and I feel they will be a tricky pair to beat.”
● Former Scottish Mini ace Josh Hislop has set his sights on the Ginetta GT4 Supercup after agreeing a take care of Staff Onerous. The younger star, from Portlethen, close to Aberdeen, has loved success in a Ginetta within the GT5 Problem.
He mentioned: “Stepping as much as GT4 stage has been my purpose for some time and I’m over the moon that we’ve been in a position to make it occur. I can’t wait to leap within the automobile for spherical one at Silverstone.”