The secret’s out and we are soooo ready for racing in 2021!
At last! We’ve had to keep our secret under wraps for a while until it was safely with us. A REALLY hard secret to keep with something this exciting but…
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The team are back home after the one day GT Cup round at Oulton Park. The toughest challenge of all the circuits in the championship. It was the first outing in Lamborghini Huracan for Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert at Oulton Park and with mixed weather reports we were grateful for a dry test day to get to grips with the car around the hugely technical and unforgiving circuit. The team were delighted to have Jon Harrison back in the team having not raced with the team since 2018 and the last time he had raced at Oulton Park. Very brave at 69 years old! He was co piloting the Marcos Mantis with Charlotte Gilbert who has never raced at the circuit and was last there in 2001 with British GT but missed out on the race after a mechanical failure. We knew the race would be tough to maintain over all championship lead that we have been so keen to protect but Lucky Khera who has joined their class in the Ferrari 488 was tough to beat and Lunn and Gilbert had to settle for two 2nd place finishes. Jon Harrison and Charlotte Gilbert were happy to take 3rd place in a wet first race in the GTB class and 3rd again for the afternoon’s dry race. Sam and Richard Neary earned themselves a 2nd and a 1st place in their Mercedes AMG GT in GT3 which now puts them 3 points ahead of us in the over all championship with 3 rounds remaining. We’ve done well to hang on to it for this long but haven’t given up on getting it back. Next round is at Silverstone GP 14/15th August. Thanks though to @samnearyracing for his impromptu coaching and data analysis for the Marcos drivers. Charlotte found 2 seconds with a best lap of 1.45.7 in the afternoon’s dry race and Harrison a full 5 seconds faster over the weekend. #oultonpark #gtcup
We are so pleased to have friend and long-time team driver Jon Harrison make a return to Topcats after a few years away from racing. He will be joining Charlotte Gilbert back in the Marcos Mantis for this weekend’s GT Cup round at Oulton Park (brave place to make a comeback!) and this too will be the first time Charlotte has driven there since 2001! We are pleased that Jensen Lunn, who was unsure if he would be fit following a recurring knee problem is in good shape to join Warren Gilbert in the GTC Lamborghini Huracan for the race. #GTCup #GTcars #MarcosMantis #OultonPark #msvr #britishgt #lavair #papermountain
What a weekend!! We got a clean sweep! 4 race wins out of 4, pole and fastest laps following some stunning driving from Jensen and Warren and faultless attention from the Topcats Racing team keep them leading class GTC and the GT Cup Championship over all! You can watch all the racing from the weekend at Snetterton by visiting the GT Cup Facebook page or use this link https://fb.me/e/2fodRGnf1. Throttle opening issues following a front end bump with another car in Charlotte’s earlier sprint race put paid a decent result for Steve Glynn and Charlotte Gilbert for the weekend as Glynn had to pit stop several times to resolve the issue before handing over to Charlotte who was able to finish the race without further problems. Glynn, having to adapt to such a visceral car, learnt so much and we hope to see him back in the car for the next round. We think he likes a challenge! Thank you to all at Bute Motorsport GT Cup for growing such a wonderful championship, attracting the likes of David Brabham and along side the awesome Brabham BT62 with whom we got to spend a bit time whilst sharing pit garages! Lovely guy! #GTCup #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghinihuracansupertrofeo #lamborghinisquadracorse #Snetterton #MSVR #lavair #gtracing
A fantastic day yesterday for team Topcats! A win win for Jensen and Warren in the Lamborghini Huracan in GTC they took the spoils for ITG the sprint and feature race to stay ahead in both class and in the championship overall and still maintaining the points gap ahead of the team ABBA Neary Mercedes AMG GT3. Steve Glynn got experience the cut and thrust of what is now a massively competitive championship and found over 3 seconds on his laps during his Saturday sprint race and brought the car across the finish line incident free. Charlotte started the afternoon’s feature race and managed to weave her way through a frenetic and incident filled opening lap and move up into P14 in the pit stops. Handing over to Steve Glynn, there was a delay with a starting issue for the car losing the earlier progress made but giving Steve more experience in the car ready for Sunday’s quali and races. Race programme : race starts 12.20 and 3.30pm. One of the photos is a gentleman who wanted to have his photo taken with Charlotte. A famous former England cricketer and TV presenter, we are told! 😂 #GTCup #MSVR #Snetterton #Lavair #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracansupertrofeo #Marcos #gtcars
Topcats Racing are delighted to welcome back 2015 Britcar Champion, Steve Glynn, who has confirmed he will be sharing the drive with Charlotte Gilbert in the Marcos Mantis for the GT Cup Snetterton race on 5/6th June. Steve won the Britcar championship in 2015 with Topcats Racing after they took over the running of his Sagaris GT car at the start of the race season. It will be Steve’s first time back in the Marcos after his one outing in the car when he shared the drive with Warren Gilbert. Steve has spent a few years out of the race seat since winning the title. He should settle back in well as both the TVR and Marcos share the same power unit and require similar driving inputs. i.e. no gadgets or driver aids! We wish the driver pairing all the best for the race weekend! #TVR #Marcos #GTCup #snettertoncircuit #msvr #gtracing #gt
What a weekend! A record breaking 46 cars on the grid for GT Cup at Brands Hatch GP Circuit. Competing against Europe’s finest GT drivers in the most spectacular array of current GT racing machinery! For Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert in the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo to secure GTC class pole in their first of two races for the one day Saturday event was something to behold and Charlotte Gilbert secured 4th in the hotly contested Class GTB, achieving her PB of 1.32.2 over last year’s outing. Considering the absence of any modern technology in the oldest car on the grid, her 1996 Marcos Mantis, she was well placed to put her car over halfway up the grid in 21st over all! It couldn’t have gone better for the Lunn/Gilbert duo as they outshone their class rivals to take the win and extend their lead in the championship overall! Charlotte struggled with grip on a very dirty and dusty track and a spin was enough to drop her down the order and lose what would have been P2 in class. Race 2 and both Topcats cars were not able to elude a spin each; Warren Gilbert working hard to build a big lead in preparation for the pit stop and hand over to Jensen, and Charlotte working hard as the solo driver of the car to control the ever increasing oversteer from her car! Jensen Lunn did a sterling job to secure P2 in class and maintain the overall championship lead whilst Charlotte had to settle for 4th in class. #gtcup #brands hatch #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #supertrofeolamborghini #lavair #marcos
What an epic weekend for Jensen Lunn, Warren Gilbert and the team! After a crushing win in the final GT Cup race of the day at Donington Park the duo are leading the championship overall from a record breaking GT Cup grid of 38 cars, packed with some of Europe’s finest pro drivers! A big thank you and bravo to Jensen and Warren and thank you to Vicky and the Lunn family and Aiden for their unwavering support! Final huge thanks to our fantastic team, Brian, Danny, Kez, Darren and Paul who are awe inspiring professionals that make our team second to none in GT racing. We are incredibly grateful to have them......and happy Birthday Brian. Cake tomorrow, we promise! #gtcup #lamborghinisupertrofeo #lamborghini #lamborghiniclub
Another win for Gilbert/Lunn in this afternoon’s sprint race! It might only be our first race weekend of the season but we are already building a healthy lead over our GTC rivals! Charlotte started mid pack for her race but contact damage forced her into retirement. Jensen and Warren hope to reinforce their position in the 50 minute enduro race at 5.30pm and Charlotte will aim for a recovery drive to bag much needed points now. #gtcup #Lamborghini #lamborghinisupertrofeo #lamborghinifab #lamborghiniclub #marcosgt #tvr #corvette #donington #msvr
Following on from yesterday’s class wins for both Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert in the GTC Lamborghini Super Trofeo and Charlotte Gilbert in her GTB Marcos Mantis and the afternoon’s 50 minute enduro the Lunn/Gilbert car finished the day joint leading the championship and Charlotte 7th overall in the championship! This morning Gilbert set his best qualifying lap for this afternoon’s sprint to secure pole by 1.2 seconds! Charlotte qualified P3 in GTB but could do with some new rear tyres! The lap times are incredibly close with a record breaking GT Cup grid of 38 cars! First race at 13.30hrs. #gtcup #doningtonpark #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghiniclub #marcosgt #tvr #wheelerdealers
Couldn’t have asked for more! Jensen Lunn won GTC and Charlotte Gilbert won GTB! It was a hard fought win for Charlotte after she had to start from the back of the grid after a failure of a rose joint in the track rod end in practice just before the start of qualifying. She made up 18 places from a record grid of 38 cars! She also set a PB which based on lap times puts her 20th on the grid for the start of the next 50 minute race which she will do solo. Jensen having started from GTC pole will start 10th overall and hand over to Warren Gilbert at the pit window. Very happy team!! #gtcup #gtracing #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghinisupertrofeo #lamborghiniclub #doningtonpark
Busy day racing in GT Cup at Donington and filming for TV! #gtcup #gtracing #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghinisupertrofeo #marcosmantis #marcosgt #doningtonpark
Official testing has started this weekend at Donington Park National Circuit for GT Cup. Everything running smoothly, two sessions left to go. A big grid of 38 will certainly be interesting. Wish us luck! #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghinisupertrofeo #lamborghiniclub #marcos #marcosmantis #gtcup #racing #donington #doningtonpark
We’re ready! .....we will be revealing the livery for the Topcats Lamborghini Huracan Evo that will be fighting for the championship in GT Cup in the hands of Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert this afternoon. You won’t be disappointed! 🔥🔥. #lamborghini #lamborghinihuracan #lamborghinihuracanevo #GTCup #gtracing #GTC #autosport #lamborghiniclub
So sad to hear this news today - and so hoped she would make it somehow. Warren and I were big fans of hers. We met her at Silverstone and persuaded her to have some photos taken with us. We really admired her and she made us laugh when she was on the telly before she even uttered a word. Hope she realised how much she was admired. RIP Sabine. X #sabineshmitz
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