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  • Bentley Team M-Sport and What happened at 24-Hours of SPA Event

    The two Bentley Continental GT3 vehicles, that competed at the TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa this weekend were forced to retire from the race. But there are good news for all Bentley lovers out there! The whole team demonstrated incredible race-winning pace and even #84 of Bentley Team HTP successfully completed the race and placing P5 in class.

    Everyone, who watched the show will tell you about the bad track conditions throughout the opening hours of the race. The bad weather forced #8 car with the team of Maxime Soulet, Maxi Buhk and Andy Soucek and vehicle #7 with team members Guy Smith, Steven Kane and Andy Meyrick to pit under the long safety car periods. But this is not all. At the end of the pit late they were held, which took the racers several priceless minutes. However, both vehicles and teams scored some impressive results and they even marked some of the fastest laps in this year’s edition of the race. Eventually Bentley team climbed up the order back in the top 20. Not that bad, right?

    SEE ALSO: Bentley Team M-Sport Prepares for a Touch Race

    So, shortly after 23:00 local time vehicle #7 made an overtaking move past a shower competitor just to be forced off the dry line and on to the wet part of the track. This resulted on losing control and hitting the barrier. Unfortunately for the team, the vehicle couldn’t go back on the track and had to retire. On the other hand, vehicle #8 continued the race with impressive confidence and speed, altering between P2 and P5. At dawn, the vehicle with Maxi Buhk in the vehicle, challenging for P4 suddenly was forced to retire due an electrical failure.

    However, both teams do not lose hope and motivation and prepare for the final round of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series, where Bentley Team M-Sport will compete in a three-hour race over the weekend of 19th-20th September.

    We wish them luck and many successful races!

    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA
    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA
    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA
    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA
    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA
    2015 Bentley Continental GT3 at 24 Hours of SPA

    Source: Bentley 

  • Bentley Team M-Sport Prepares for a Touch Race

    Bentley Team M-Sport is impatient and confident for the race

    Bentley Team M-Sport is heading to Belgium with a single idea in mind: to win the tough challenge of 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series: the TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa. Bad for the competitors, in this case Spa doesn’t mean a hot room for relaxation, but a tough and hostile track and a 24-hours marathon. But the competitors not only will have to be as fast as possible, but also will have to get a large volume of points, given in special occasions. And this year’s event is a special for Bentley team, because they will try to be better than in the 2014 race, where the two vehicles suffered misfortune, but still managed to finish. This means, that it is time for motivation, passion and desire to win.

    For the 2015 season Bentley Team M-Sport will race with four Continental GT3 vehicles: two from Bentley Team M-Sport and two by the Bentley Team HTP customer outfit. Furthermore, Bentley Team M-Sport will include drivers Guy Smith, Andy Meyric and Stevben Kane in vehicle #7, while #8 will be piloted by Maxi Buhk, Andy Soucek and Maxime Soulet.

    And while the team confidently prepares for the event, there is a sold-out program to Bentley customers, that includes an on-track parade of Bentley vehicles, including the Continental GT3-R just before the start of the tough 24-hour race.

    So, what’s the plan? On Thursday, 23rd of July Bentley team will have to do four sessions, that include a Free Practice, Pre-Qualifying, Qualifying and Night Qualifying. The duration of all four activities is between 1 and 1:30 hours. On the next day, the 24th of July the Bentley team will compete for the Super Pole and the race itself starts on 26th, Sunday in 16:30.

    We wish good luck to the Bentley Team M-Sport and we all hope, that they will have numerous occasions for celebrating.

    Source: Bentley Motors, Inc