Further bad luck for SRT in Albi

In the past SRT had experienced bad luck on several occasions at the Albi circuit and this edition of the FFSA GT-meeting in the south of France did not run smoothly for the team based in Merchtem either. Twice a skid caused by a slower GT3 forced the retirement of the Maxime Soulet – Wilfried Mérafina duo.

"We’re going through a dark period this summer and it doesn’t look as though it has stopped. But surely somewhere it must come to an end", a highly disappointed Patrick Selleslagh told us after the second race. There is little time left for SRT before the following race, because next weekend the seventh meeting of the FIA GT is on the agenda in Brno, Czech Republic.

During the first qualifying session held on Saturday – for the B-drivers - Wilfried Merafina clinched a fourth place on the grid, half a second off pole, a result SRT could be well pleased with..

Initially the Saturday race went smoothly, all the more since the ever changing weather conditions, with rain during the second half of the race, were favourable for Maxime Soulet "We then took the lead, but unfortunately a drive-though put a spanner in the works. But even with that we hardly lost any time and up until two laps from the finish it still looked as though Maxime could claim victory.

But the wet conditions saw a GT3 skid off the track, nudge our car and that put an end to everything", Patrick Selleslagh related after the first race. "Victory wiped out, podium wiped out and highly unrewarding for my boys who have had to work so hard these last few weeks...."

On Sunday Maxime Soulet experienced some problems during the qualifying session due to a loosened bottom plate and the young Belgian hopeful had to be contented with the sixth best time.

"But on Sunday I took off with the bit between my teeth, especially after yesterday’s bad luck", he told us after the second race. "I was soon able to make up a few places and was well on the way to a podium place when a slower GT3, without brakes, hit our car. There wasn’t much the driver of the GT3 could have done about it, but for us it was another major blow. I just can’t understand it either..."

All the same SRT is left with limited time in which to fully prepare the Corvette C6.R for its following assignment. Next weekend, in Brno (Czech Republic) the seventh meeting of the FIA GT is on the programme.

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