Drivex has started its 2013 season in the International GT Open in a positive way, with the season opener this weekend at Paul Ricard. Both drivers, Niccolo Schiro and Archie Hamilton, have finished into top-five places in the cumulative rankings at the end of the day.
In the morning session, the English-Italian pair completed twenty-two laps to set-up properly their Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 2012 for the second session. Their fastest time in the morning, 2:09.701, was clearly improved in the second free practice session and carrying out another strong effort with other twenty-two laps more under their belt. 2nd fastest overall, and being one out of five cars under 2:08 mark, Schir and Hamilton have claimed a lap of 2:07.920. In the cumulative ranking, Hamilton-Schir have been 5th.
Miguel Angel de Castro: This is very good start for us, and proving our hard work in the winter was in the right way. The first outing in the season is always a troublesome moment, because you dont where youre in comparison with your rivals. But our second place today in FP2, and 5th overall at the end of the day, is a good outset. But weve in mind just one thing,