Two solid finishes for Archie Hamilton

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20th June 2010

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Croft, North Yorkshire

 

TWO SOLID FINSHES FOR ARCHIE HAMILTON 

 

Race 1:                    Qualified Overall: 12th    ProAm1: 5th
Finished: OA: 11th       PA1: 4th  

Race 2:                    Qualified Overall: 12th    ProAm1: 5th
Finished: OA: 11th       PA1:5th

 

Archie Hamilton (19), from Basingstoke scored two solid finishes today but
despite closing the gap to fourth in class to just two points was
disappointed with his race results.

 

Saturday's qualifying didn't go according to plan when traffic and timing
hindered Archie's fast laps when his tyres were at their best.  The
consequence was starting fifth in ProAm1 class, from the grid of 12, for
both races.

 

Race one saw a good start for Archie and he challenged Ahmad Al Harty on the
opening lap to gain a valuable class place. Archie was then holding onto
Tony Gilham ahead for the first five laps but from that point his car's
handling and tyres dropped off and he had to hold his position as best he
could. Race two was a similar struggle without the performance that he
needed to challenge the cars ahead. Having been pushed wide at the first
corner having made up ground he couldn't make any progress through the field
and took his points for fifth place leaving him just two points from fourth
in the ProAm1 table.

 

Archie Hamilton:

"After the glory of podiums at Oulton Park and Le Mans in the last two
weekends this has been a really disappointing event. I know that it can't
always go my way but having got close to a class win I really wanted it to
happen today. I'm certainly happy to be getting the points but have to look
forward to Snetterton to get back on the podium. It's a track I like so I'll
be training hard and working on set-up to get back to where I want to be."

 

Archie's next event takes place at Snetterton, Norfolk on 7th and 8th
August. For further information and high resolution images please contact
Pippa Neilson, 07968 564660 or pn@squashlimited.com.

 

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