Richardson Racing to make Ctoft ginetta GT return

Grantham-based Richardson Racing will make a welcome return to the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup this weekend at Croft (18/19 June), albeit with a reduced presence in the G50 class.Brother and sister pair Andrew and Louise Richardson were forced to miss the previous round of the season at Oulton Park earlier this month as a result of damage picked up at Thruxton in May, which couldn’t be repaired in time for the trip to Cheshire.However, hard work from the Richardson Racing team – made up entirely of volunteers and university students – has ensured that Andrew will be able to rejoin the grid this weekend in the North East as he looks to improve on his seventh place in the championship standings.Andrew has already finished on the G50 class podium three times this season and will hope for more success on what will be his debut at the Croft circuit, located in the North Yorkshire countryside near Darlington.“It’s the second circuit in a row that I’ve not raced at before so I’ll try and look at some of Louise’s onboard footage from last year in the Ginetta Juniors so I can get a feel for the circuit before I get there,” he said. “To say I’m looking forward to being back in the car this weekend is a bit of an understatement. It was hard to watch Oulton Park on the TV, especially when the conditions were wet as I think we could have come away from there with some strong results. However, it’ll be good to get back on track this weekend and hopefully we’ll come away from Croft with a good haul of points.”Younger sister Louise will unfortunately miss the Croft weekend as the team continues working on the rebuild of her car, which was extensively damaged in a start-line accident in the final race at Thruxton.The damage picked up in the incident led to the car being stripped back to the bare chassis before being sent back to Ginetta’s state of the art factory in Garforth near Leeds to be re-jigged.Once the rebuild of the car is completed, Louise – who has also been sidelined by glandular fever – will rejoin Andrew on the grid when the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercar campaign resumes at Snetterton after the summer break.The opening Ginetta GT Supercup race of the weekend will run over 15 laps and is due to start at 16:30 on Saturday (18 June). Two further races, one of ten laps and a second of 15 laps will then take place on Sunday (19 June) at 12:50 and 16:00 (schedule changes permitting),

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