FIA GT Championship

Balfe Motorsport all set for German round

Balfe Motorsport hopes to continue its good form in chasing down the Gruppe M Porsche cars in the GT2/G2 class after their good performance in Brno at the end of June, where they won in their class and finished second to one of the Gruppe M Porsche cars in the joint GT2/G2 classes.

The Oschersleben Motorsport Arena will be a brand new circuit to Shaun Balfe, Jamie Derbyshire and the team. However, Shaun looks forward to the challenge: “From what I’ve seen, the track layout should suit the Mosler, just like Brno did. The fact that we haven’t seen the circuit before doesn’t really worry us, as it has been that way for much of the season. It just means we have to get to grips with it as quickly as possible during the free practice sessions and keep working on getting quicker over the whole weekend”.

The team and drivers did not take part in the Proximus 24 hours of Spa and therefore had a large break. “I know that the guys in the team are ready to get back to racing and I am keen to get back behind the wheel of the car again”, Balfe said. “Hopefully we can continue our pace from the start of the season and maybe spring a surprise during the race on Sunday”, he added.