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Rounds 5&6 30/31st May 2009 Rockingham - 'Double outright win for Olly Bryant'

31.05.2009

After the disappointment of electrical issues at Spa, Olly Bryant was looking for a decent result at Rockingham. This time Olly was sharing the Ginetta G50 Zytek with former Ginetta G50 GT4 class winner Joe Osborne....more

Promise and problems at Spa 8-10th May 2009

09.05.2009

Olly Bryant was joined by Andrew Smith in the Ginetta G50- Zytek for the British GT Championship races at Spa-Francorchamps. It was to be the car’s second ever race after a one-off Britcar race at Silverstone in the hands of Laurence Tomlinson and Richard Dean....more

Olly Bryant joins Barwell’s Ginetta G50Z-Zytek programme

17.04.2009

Multiple British GT race-winner, Olly Bryant, has joined the Barwell Motorsport Ginetta G50Z-Zytek programme for a minimum of four British GT series races. Bryant, 23, will campaign the car at Spa, Rockingham, Snetterton and Silverstone, and will be joined in the last three events by experienced international GT racer, Piers Johnson. Barwell is currently in discussion with a number of interested parties regarding the seat available in the G50Z alongside Olly at Spa....more

Another Successful Spa for Olly Bryant!

19.07.2008

BRDC "Rising Star" Olly Bryant returned from the annual Spa 6 Hour meeting with another Victory in the 2 hour GT race, sharing with his father Grahame in the famous AC Cobra, GPG 4C. The pair grabbed the win for the fifth year in a row, and they celebrated the win after a great weekend of racing for Olly and the car. Olly engaged in a battle with the similar cobra of Steve Hitchins for most of the race until Olly forced Steve into an error with 20 minutes to go, Steve spun the car at La Source allowing Olly to get through and pull away to take the win....more

Rounds 11 & 12 Brands Hatch GP 12/13th July 2008

12.07.2008

Brands Hatch started off well for Oliver who recorded the second fastest time in practice on Saturday morning with a 1m30.585s lap. Steve Clarke then qualified the car for Saturday’s race in P6 with his fastest lap of the weekend, a 1m31.542s. Oliver then engaged in an excellent fight for pole position with Allen Simonsen in the Ferrari F430. Oliver initially got pole, then Allen took it back on the following lap. Oliver then claimed pole with the first sub 1.30 lap time by a GT3 car on Avons around the Brands GP circuit with a 1m29.939. However this was then beaten by 22 thousandths of a second and Simonsen took pole with a 1m29.917s lap. Oliver’s lap time was 0.6s quicker than the next fastest Viper in P3 and he lined up on the front row in P2....more

Rounds 9 &10 Thruxton 28/29th June 2008

29.06.2008

The dry weather at Thruxton was a great start to the weekend after the rain of recent meetings. Oliver was driving the number 1 car this weekend alongside Steve Clarke. Saturday’s practice session was used to run in a new engine on the car and although short-shifting at not using 100% throttle, Oliver posted the 11th quickest time of the session on very old tyres with a 1m.18.075s lap. Steve qualified for race one with a time of 1m.17.312s which lined the car up 3rd on the grid. Oliver qualified in the more competitive session for race two and posted a time of 1m16.933 which put the car 10th for Sunday’s race....more

Rounds 7 & 8 Snetterton 7/8th June 2008

08.06.2008

After the torrential rain of Rockingham, Oliver was looking for some sunshine in Norfolk, unfortunately that did not arrive until the Sunday, resulting in very wet testing, practice, qualifying and race 1. The car worked well in the wet conditions and Oliver went out to bed some brakes in on Saturday morning and the car was 8th quickest....more

Rounds 5 & 6 Rockingham 24/25th May 2008

25.05.2008

Rockingham was a circuit that suited the Viper and Oliver posted the 7th quickest time in wet free practice, and fastest Viper. Nick qualified the car in 4th position for Sunday’s race but Oliver had a disappointing qualifying session for Monday’s race, ending up 15th. Oliver was forced to pit with a steamed up windscreen at the beginning of the session and he missed out on the fastest running, as the rain continued to pour the circuit became more a more flooded. Had Oliver found an extra second, he would have started 7th!...more

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