Mark Eddy steered his Quarterback Shirts Lamborghini Gallardo to his first Australian GT Championship victory in race 3 of Round three at the ING Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix this afternoon.
The eight lap affair began with Hector Lestor taking the lead out of P1 for the first time over the weekend, with most drivers agreeing that P2 is the preferred position for the rolling start at the GP circuit.
Lestor was followed by David Stevens (Ferrari 430 Challenge) and Eddy with John Bowe quickly coming through the pack in his Ferrari 430 GT3 to claim 4th spot from his number 8 grid position.
The race then reverted to a safety car situation when the Dodge Viper GTS ACR of Darcy Russell and John Teulan’s Ferrari 430 Challenge made contact in the first chicane with a spectacular, but thankfully short oil fire the result for the Teulan machine.
Shortly after the re-start Stevens took the lead with Eddy also getting past Lestor with Bowe in close contact in fourth place.
Also charging hard up the field into 14th spot was John Kaias who at this stage had brought the Aston Martin DBRS9 up from its lowly 23rd grid position as a result of a DNF in yesterday’s race 2. The Astuti Aston Martin team had replaced a front suspension control arm on the big machine over night following an incident with the Bowe Ferrari.
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