Gulf win Le Mans endurance at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit, UK: Wetherby-based Gulf Retail are celebrating victory after its Gulf Courage-Ford defied treacherous conditions to take the class win in this weekends Silverstone 1000km day/night race. An international line-up of 47 cars and torrential rain ensured an action-packed event with spills, crashes and the safety car prominent during the first three hours.
The Gulf LMP2 Courage driven by Belgian Vincent Vose, Frenchman Claude-Yves Gosselin and Swiss-based Karim Ojjeh had qualified in 13th place - 5th in class - but wasted no time in setting about the field with Vose outstanding in the wet conditions and clever pit strategy a feature of the team's strong performance. The closely fought six hour endurance race was eventually won by the Audi R8 of Alan McNish and Stephane Ortelli with the Gulf Courage-Ford fourth overall, first in class and 2 laps ahead of its nearest rival.
For Gulf Retail, Richard Owen-Hughes comments; "the conditions were very difficult and this is another excellent result for the team and Gulf retail. At times it was difficult to see the cars through the spray and rain so achieving such a result is credit to the exceptional ability of all three drivers."
"The team has now taken back-to-back wins in the Le Mans Endurance Series, an excellent platform from which to demonstrate the quality of our lubricants under the most arduous of conditions."
The next race takes place at the Nürburgring. Germany, on 3rd/4th September.
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