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Second-place for Balfe after dramatic encounter at Spa
There are usually drama’s of one sort or another when the British GT Championship visits the Belgian Spa Francorchamps Circuit, and this year was no exception.
Lincolnshire racer Shaun Balfe had been eighth quickest in his qualifying session with the Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.
“The track was almost fully dry, except for the pits straight and La Source Hairpin, so we were all on slicks. I finished the session a bit frustrated, as there was time to come, which I proved next morning in the warm-up, going a whole second quicker,” he said.
Co-driver Adam Smalley then took the car over for the second session, and with 14th best time, they were ninth on aggregate. “It was Adam’s first ever qualifying session at the Spa and he got caught up in some traffic,” Balfe added.
Sunday’s race was scheduled over two hours, with Balfe lining up for the two-hour race on the fourth row of the grid.
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