Podium place at opener for Century pair

CENTURY Motorsport pair Ravi Ramyead and Charlie Robertson bagged a podium finish as Donington Park staged the opening round of the British GT4 Championship.

The Fenny Compton-based duo were handed a five-second post-race penalty but maintained their second place, 13 seconds behind race winner Jack Brown and Marc Warren.

Warren took the chequered flag with a controlled drive in the Optimum McLaren. He had opened up a gap of almost 10 seconds over his pursuers before a full course yellow and resulting safety car wrecked his work.

Raymead had been steady in second only to lose a place to the rapid Lotus of Aiden Neate who had secured pole only to start from the back of the grid due to a parc ferme infringement. A brave move into the chicane saw him overtake the Century BMW just before the yellow flags came out.

The leaders pitted together but Brown rejoined comfortably ahead and eased clear – via a fastest lap – to score his second Donington win in as many seasons. Ramyead, meanwhile, swapped with Robertson who maintained the pair’s comfortable second place despite picking up the five-second penalty for contact under the yellow flags.

Ed McDermott and Seb Morris drove a largely flawless race to complete the overall podium and secure British GT’s first-ever Endurance Cup victory in their Team Parker Racing Mercedes-AMG.

British GT returns in three weeks’ time for its blue riband, three-hour enduro: the Silverstone 500.