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A very successful weekend overall for team Topcats! With both the team’s Marcos Mantis GT cars entered, it was the usual pairing for Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert in the championship contentious No 3 car and Charlotte Gilbert, in just her 4th race in 5 years. To get Charlotte out in all 4 races of the weekend, Jensen stepped up to partner Charlotte in the 50 minute enduros where he would do first stint in the no. 3 car, hand over to Warren and then 2nd stint in Charlotte’s car at her pit stop. Jensen and Warren picked up full points in their races to close right down on the gap to current GTB leaders Clayden/Randon in the Team Hard Porsche. Jensen shone in his first sprint race and Warren recovered from a miraculous 107mph double spin, rejoined the track without stopping and carried on after being hit by the Saxon BMW as he overtook for which they were penalised and Warren still managed to win the GTB race! Charlotte had her best day on the Sunday after Saturdays sprint race was marred by a blown engine which meant she had to miss the afternoon endurance race. Sunday, however, gave her the chance to put in a good showing after making a flying start and holding position to take 3rd in GTB. With more seat time Charlotte really got into the groove for her first stint in the Endurance race, making up several places and able to tag onto the back of the train of 4 cars in which Jensen was engaged in battle at the front! With the pit stop window now open, respective seats were swapped and Warren took over from Jensen and was gaining on the Porsche, Jensen took over from Charlotte but disappointment for both cars as Jensen retired with a mechanical problem followed shortly by Warren, who by now was back in the lead, suffering with a broken throttle cable with just minutes until the chequered flag. As he had completed the required percentage of the race he was still able to take points and still closing in for the title lead at the end of the weekend. #GTCup #Marcos #MSVR # GT #DoningtonPark #GTB #GTRacing
Superb day for Jensen Lunn and Warren Gilbert after 2 x P2 finishes after starting P9 overall but full points as P1 was invitation. This means we have at least closed the gap on the Claydon/Randon Team Hard Porsche which is leading the championship overall after the teams non finish at Snetterton. Charlotte Gilbert started 4th in class and fifteenth overall. She made a great start and managed to make enough places up to file in line behind the sister Marcos through Redgate. However, out braking to avoid collision with another car resulted in a spin at the hairpin before coming back onto the pit straight. From last and about 20 seconds down, Charlotte made a great recovery drive to catch the Frankland Porsche and then the Motus Ginetta and closing in on the rest of the pack despite an engine problem and a small oil leak that was getting onto the rear tyres and causing them to lock up under braking. The problem was diagnosed as a piston ring failure so a late night for the boys with an engine out and another one in for tomorrow. #GTCup #Donington #MSVR
What’s Jensen doing in my car?! Well, he’s decided to share the race weekend not only with Warren in the No.3 car but share my car too so I am now racing for the whole weekend rather than just a sprint race. He will jump out of Warren’s car in the enduro race where I will pit and he will takeover my car. He’s a nutter! #GTCup #MSVR #DoningtonPark
What a treat
Testing Donington. #GTCup
Very proud of our boys today! Both Hugo Gilbert and Remy Gilbert made a big leap forward in only their second race meeting. As novices they have to start at the back of the grid with the other novices, many of whom are already on their sixth race to graduate to join the other drivers further up the ranks. It was fantastic to see Hugo show controlled natural aggression and really get stuck in with some fantastic battles that he refused to relinquish as well as making fantastic starts in all the heats and the final. He really didn’t hold back. Remy, of a more gentle nature will need a bit more time to get to grips with the cut and thrust of such competitive and relentless racing. He got swamped at the race starts so made hard work for himself to make his way back up to the pack which he did. Really it was Hugo’s day today. Really impressed with him. He finished 19th overall of 34 drivers and 2nd in novice class having overtaken more drivers than anyone else in the final! Remy finished 24th which too was a fantastic achievement bearing in mind that the majority of the racers have been racing for years.
Massive thank you to Croc Promotion @croc_promotion who had a very successful day with podiums in X30 junior and Mini for their team drivers as well as 1st and 2nd in the X30 novice class. Thanks also to Nick, our Croc Promotion engineer who went the extra mile to make sure the boys had their karts running at optimum performance! #madcroc #crocpromotion #whiltonmill #wmkc #X30Junior #iame
An exciting and nerve-racking weekend for Charlotte Gilbert after 5 years away from the race circuit. ‘Our wonderful team, Topcats Racing, gave me a beast of a car to race that didn’t miss a beat and for my race winning team mates Jensen and Warren in the sister Marcos. Thank you Brian, Danny, Kez, Paul and not least my radio/strat man, Darren Drinkwater @project_nordschleife , who gave me the mental boost I needed all weekend. With circuit stoppages I only managed 7 laps both in the wet and drying conditions during testing and then just a couple of laps having sat behind the safety car for the Saturday afternoon enduro race I shared with Co driver, Andrew Goord, Sunday was my day to prove myself with doing the practice, qualy and sprint race on my own, then starting the late afternoon enduro race where I would hand over to Andrew at the pit stop. I was really happy to qualify 9th overall, reminding myself having only competed in 4 races in the past 15 years and 5 years since my last race I wasn’t sure how I would do. I enjoyed every minute and really settled back into the car, even the out-psyching tactics from rival cars on the formation lap made me chuckle! With a dry race I knew the torque of my car should keep me ahead over the start line and I managed to pull away and finish the race 8th overall. For the enduro race we knew heavy rain was due for the race start and by the time we were on the formation lap it was torrential. I could just see as we came through Copse on the first lap but heading into Maggots it was a complete white out and I couldn’t understand why drivers were happy to come past me completely blind. Not willing to risk it I found some visibility on the Hangar Straight and I could come past a couple of the cars that had come past me. The conditions claimed a number of cars and then a serious crash to red flag the race but only after several insane laps on a flooded track! The only part of the weekend I really didn’t enjoy! Anyway, my two boys were quietly impressed although they are both eyeing up my seat!’ #GTCup #Silverstone #GT #Marcos
GT Cup race 1: Warren Gilbert P2 in class (4th overall). After a race long battle with the team hard Porsche, Warren had to settle for second place against a pro driver. Charlotte Gilbert finished 4th in class and 8th overall - her first race after 5 years. For the endurance Charlotte will start and hand over to Andrew Goord and Warren Gilbert will start the race and hand over to Jensen.
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At the end of qualifying Jensen put the car p2 in class and Charlotte is in p4. Jensen setting his best lap of the weekend and Charlotte only a couple seconds back in her first time back in the car in 5 years! A great performance by both. Writing this as son of Charlotte and Warren I am extremely proud of what my parents have achieved in these past few days. Dad setting a Marcos lap record and mum sitting in the car for the first time in a few years and only being a couple seconds off on a big track. Hats off to them! Just waiting for the first race to start at about 1:15.
Very wet race for the 50 minute enduro race this afternoon. Jensen Lunn started in the no. 3 Marcos and Andrew Goord took the start in the 99 sister car. Both drivers opted to pit straight away as the pit window opened after 20 minutes to hand over to their respective drivers, Warren and Charlotte Gilbert. Both drivers only managed 3 laps before the safety car was deployed with Warren running in P2 in class but demoted to P3 as the cars were picked up by the safety car. Andrew Goord, although in last position put in a very brave drive considering the Marcos’s are the only cars on the grid with no ABS, traction control or paddle shift in the most treacherous conditions. Most of Warren and Charlotte’s stints were behind the safety with only two laps left of the race to run when the safety car pitted. Charlotte did however manage to put in the cars fastest wet lap of the weekend so far on the last lap of the race. Oh, and Jensen won driver of the day! #GTCup #GT #Silverstone #Nodriveraids
Wow, Jensen! @jensengt74 4th overall and fastest lap for GTB! What an achievement. Hard work and determination has paid off. #GTCup #GT #SilverstoneGP #Marcosmantis #fastestlap
Roll ‘em out for race one!
Warren Gilbert @warrengilbertofficial sets a stunning lap of 2.09.148 at Silverstone GP circuit to sit 5 overall immediately behind the GT3 class cars and way ahead of his GTB rivals, setting the fastest lap ever in the Marcos. Jensen will race the 25 minute sprint at 12.50pm in the car he shares with Warren. Andrew Goord did the qualifying session and has acquitted himself well on his first ever outing in the Marcos No.99 having raced Radicals. Describing it as a ‘baptism of fire’ Andrew will do the sprint race and start the endurance race at 4.35pm with Charlotte Gilbert taking over at the pit stop. #GTCup #GT #Marcos #SilverstoneGP #gtbicyclesclub
Not many husbands can say they do this with their wife in their spare time xx
First practice done and both cars are home safely.
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