2019 Motorbase Performance Team Interviews

David Bartrum - Motorbase


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The Oman Racing Team made history during a thrilling final round of the 2014 Avon Tyres British GT Championship as the first ever holders of the Oman Automobile Association licence to win the highly coveted GT3 Teams' Championship title. (14 September)
In a sensational two-hour race, Ahmad Al Harthy led for the first hour in the #4 Oman-backed Aston Martin Vantage GT3 but in a fiercely competitive second half of the race the car's 75kg weight penalty and a 15-second pit stop penalty proved just too big a handicap as Michael Caine brought the car home in fourth. One place behind, after a tremendous performance from both drivers, was the #5 Oman car in the hands of reunited pairing Liam Griffin and Rory Butcher.
The result was enough for Al Harthy and Caine to be named Vice Champions in the drivers' championship while the Motorbase Performance-run Oman Racing Team celebrated the end of its first season running the Aston Martin marque as Teams' Champions. Butcher also secured a top ten championship spot, claiming ninth in the drivers' standings after an excellent debut season in British GT.
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