CSRO's Caribbean GT3/4 Championship enters Round #3...

Round three goes to Fuji Speedway in CSRO's CGT3/4 Championship. Fuji Speedway is located at the foothills of mount Fuji in Oyama, Sunto District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It features a capacity of 110,000 while holding an FIA Grade 1 license. The facility was built in the 1960s and was originally managed by the Mitsubishi Estate Co. It was then acquired by Toyota Motor Corporation in 2000. The circuit hosted the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix of 2007 after an absence of nearly thirty years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit owned by Honda. After Fuji Speedway hosted the 2008 race, the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka for races from 2009 onward. The circuit saw several changes over the years which saw the latest change being done in 2005. This present layout is 4.563 km (2.835 mi) long and has a total of sixteen turns. Its race lap record is currently held by Brazilian Felipe Massa with a time of 1:18.426.

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At the end of the Free Practice Session, the following times were acquired by competitors in both classes.

GT3

Guyana John Greene was back at the top of the timing charts in his Bentley Continental GT3 with a total time of 1:36.212. He managed to do so within 63 laps and acquired a top speed of 283.53 Km/h after his setup configurations. Jamaican Kurt Moss was back on the grid this week after missing out on Round #2. He managed a time of 1:36.659 which saw him in the second position after a total of 30 laps and a top speed of 279.33 Km/h. In third was Guyanese Marlon Younge in his Bentley Continental GT3 after missing out on the first two rounds of his championship running due to unforeseen circumstances. He managed to drop that time within 109 laps and 281.17 Km/h, a clear indication that he was putting in work to learn that car. Coming off of his race win in the last round was Guyanese Oswyne Wilson in the fourth position with a time of 1:37.846 in his Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo. He did so within 29 laps at a top speed of 277.77 Km/h. Rounding up the top five was Jamaican Michen Wallace in his McLaren 720s GT3 with a time of 1:38.124 in only 11 laps and at a top speed of 275.19 Km/h.

GT4

Guyanese Raul Partab was back at the top of the timing sheet in his Alpine A110 GT4 with a time of 1:44.405 within 12 laps at 252.13 Km/h. Following closely behind was newcomer Jamaican Michael McNamee who has been longing to make his debut on the Racing scene after joining CSRO for some time now. he managed a time of 1:45.698 in his Alpine A110 after 31 laps. He managed to reach a top speed of 248.19 Km/h. Sitting in third was Jamaican Sebastian Palmer after a brief hiatus with a time of 1:47.764 in his Audi R8 LMS GT4. He managed to drop that time within just 3 laps at a top speed of 243.11 Km/h. The fourth saw Jamaican Jevaughan Edie with a time of 1:48.384 in his Mercedes AMG GT3 within a total of 25 laps at a top speed of 244.88 Km/h. And to wrap up the top five was Jamaican Joshua Brady in his Audi R8 LMS GT4 with a time of 1:48.662. He managed to do so within 15 laps and attained a top speed of 242.71 Km/h.

See the full classification below:

Free Practice Timing Sheet for Round #3 of CGT3/4 Championship

Tonight's event goes live on our YouTube channel (here...) from 6 pm Jamaican time/ 7 pm Easter Caribbean Time (-4UTC).

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CSRO's 2022 August CGT3/4 Round #2 Recap...

This past weekend, the Caribbean GT3/4 Championship took to the historical Nürburgring Circuit for its second round of the series. The event saw some major changes to the grid and a major shakeup towards the end of the race.

Qualifying saw the promoted GT4 driver, Trinidadian Declan Daniel taking pole position in his McLaren 720s. Within the twenty minutes, he managed to place eight laps and accomplished a time of 1:56.598. In the second spot was Guyanese Oswyne Wilson in his Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo with a time of 1:56.723, just .125 of a second to Declan's. In third was newcomer South African Morné Du Plooy in his Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo with a time of 1:56.891, some .168 of a second behind Oswyne. In fourth was Guyanese John Greene in his Bentley Continental GT3 with a time of 1:57.030 to place him some .139 of a second behind Morné. And to round off the top five in qualifying was Trinidadian Dominic Charles in his Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo with a time of 1:57.169 to sit him some .139 of a second behind John. See the full results below:

Qualifying Results for Round #2 of the CGT3/4 Championship

It was Guyanese Oswyne Wilson with the whole shot at the race start to take that first position away from Trinidadian Declan Daniel. Declan then came under pressure from Guyanese John Greene as the South African Morné Du Plooy would fall down the order and see sixth position after a horrible start. The race proved to be action-packed and even more surprising towards the end. I'll leave that for you to watch in our Extended Highlights Video below. See the official classification results and our extended highlight video of the event below:

Race Results for Round #2 of the CGT3/4 Championship

Extended Race Highlights for Round #2 of the CGT3/4 Championship

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CSRO's Caribbean GT3/4 Championship enters Round #2...

Tonight we go racing for the second time in our Caribbean GT3/4 Championship. Since our last event at the top of the week on the 7th, the competitors have been taking their machines around the infamous Nürburgring. The track is a 150,000-person motorsport complex and is located in Nurburg Germany. Its Gran Prix track was built in 1984 and is 5.148 km (3.199 Miles) in length. It has a total of twelve turns and is currently being used by major organising bodies for various events including the FIA WTCR Race of Germany, DTM and TCR Europe to name a few. It was last used in F1 for the Eifel Gran Prix of 2020 where Max Verstappen claimed the track record with a 1:28.139 in his Red Bull Racing RB16.

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As the week is coming to an end, so marks the end of the competitor's free practice session. The free practice session is where the competitors have access to the race track to test and tune their cars over the course of six-plus days. But it didn't begin without some controversy. There were reports of competitors from Mercedes and Audi, in particular, making complaints to the CSRO's Technical Authority over the Balance of Performance (BOP) of the Bentley Continental GT3. The Authority has since made some changes to the Bentley by adding more restrictions to that manufacturer which seemingly brought the times down even closer to competition.

GT3

Trinidadian Declan Daniel after being promoted up from GT4 managed to place his McLaren 720s GT3 on the top spot with a 1:56.971. He did it in 26 laps with a top speed of 244.24 Km/h. Following some .056 of a second behind was Jamaican Kurt Moss in his Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo with a time of 1:57.027. He managed to do it within a total of 61 laps and 248.97 Km/h. In third is Guyanese John Greene seemingly falling back at the Nürburgring in his Bentley Continental GT3 after CSRO's Technical Authority intervened due to complaints from rivalling teams reaching them earlier in the week. John posted a time of 1:57.069 to sit some .042 of a second behind Kurt Moss. He did the time in a total of 23 Laps and his max speed recorded was 250.18 Km/h which is the fastest speed recorded so far. In the fourth position was Trinidadian Dominic Charles who again did not seem up to par with the rest of the field in his Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3 as he only managed to post a 1:57.188 that sits him some .119 of a second behind John Green. He managed the time within 33 laps and 242.23 Km/h. To round up the top five in GT3 was Guyanese Oswyne Wilson in his Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo with a time of 1:58.309 which sits him some 1.121 seconds behind Dominic Charles. He managed to do it within 38 laps and 248.45 Km/h. Competitor Sean Lee does not plan to compete and as such his time will not be officially recorded.

GT4

Within the GT4 class, there was a very shallow turnout as many of the competitors from Jamaica were not going to be present as they attended their local race meet today. Those who were present managed the following. A newcomer to the CSRO family, South African Morné Du Plooy topped the timing charts in his Alpine A110 GT4 with a time of 2:07.339 as he was placed there for evaluation. He did so within 14 laps and 223.29 Km/h. Guyanese Raul Partab challenged his time and was very close to taking the top spot with a 2:07.486 in his Alpine A110 GT4 Car. That sits him some .147 of a second behind Morné with it being some in some 33 laps and of him reaching a top speed of 223.09 Km/h. In third was Jamaican Jayden Harrison in his Aston Martin Vantage GT4 car with a 2:09.878 that sat him some 2.392 seconds behind Raul in 68 laps and at 224.45 Km/h, clearly the fastest top speed attained in GT4. Rounding up the GT4 classification was Jamaican Jevaughan Edie in his Mercedes AMG GT4 car with a 2:15.177. Edie did not really set a competitive time as he did not plan on competing today as well.

Free Practice Timing Sheet for Round #2 of CGT3/4 Championship

Tonight's event goes live on our YouTube channel (here...) from 6 pm Jamaican time/ 7 pm Easter Caribbean Time (-4UTC).

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