After storming the Magenta Porsche 911 GT3 R #85 to pole in Saturday’s qualifying session, Sarah seized the initiative at the start of the four-hour race and took to the lead in the early stages comfortably ahead of the #63 Iron Lynx entry.
She had to make a decisive move on the #57 Kessel Racing, which hadn’t pitted and was therefore in the lead, on a Safety Car restart during her stint. She got by to take to the front again and with the #57 on ageing tyres holding the pack behind, she was able to open a comfortable gap before handing over to Rahel after her double stint.
Rahel was measured during her time on the track to also complete an hour and a half of racing. She was able to comfortably control the gap to the cars behind before handing over to Michelle for the final part of the race with a very healthy lead.
However, Michelle came to a halt at the pit exit with a technical issue just after getting in the car, which disappointingly brought the Iron Dames’ day to a premature end after a heroic effort to control the race from the front.
SARAH BOVY: “It is really tough to not finish the race today and to not pick up any points because I think everybody did the job in the car and outside of the car. I want to thank everybody for the hard work and what we saw today is very promising for the rest of the season.”
RAHEL FREY: “We can all be very proud of our performance on track, it was faultless and it was fast. We made very good steps; the car was in brilliant shape. We win together, we lose together, and we will definitely come back stronger at Le Castellet for the next round.”
MICHELLE GATTING: “It is a very unfortunate way to finish this race. Sarah and Rahel both did amazing. A lot of lost points for the championship but the potential is here. There are still many rounds to go and we have a lot of positives to take.”
