United Autosports wraps up LMP3 title in Spa-Francorchamps
United Autosports wraps up LMP3 title in Spa-Francorchamps.
United Autosports has won the European Le Mans Series LMP3 Teams’ title while Alex Brundle, Christian England and Mike Guasch have secured the Driver’s LMP3 championship – with one race remaining.
United Autosports wraps up LMP3 title in Spa-Francorchamps.
United Autosports has won the European Le Mans Series LMP3 Teams’ title while Alex Brundle, Christian England and Mike Guasch have secured the Driver’s LMP3 championship – with one race remaining.
Results
Eight top-10 placings, that included seven podiums and three wins, have now been achieved following the latest race in Belgium today (25 Sep) while the #2 Ligier of Brundle/England/Guasch has not finished lower than third in the five races run to date.
Drivers
Brundle/England/Guasch have accumulated 108-points, 30 points ahead of its nearest rival, and with a maximum of 26 points on offer in Estoril, the trio cannot be overhauled. Bell/Boyd/Patterson now lie seventh in the championship standings, their own championship aspirations having been blighted by sheer bad luck in earlier races this season.
Brundle
“It’s a mega feeling to win the LMP3 title – it’s a massive and fully deserved achievement by the team. It’s only nine months or so since United took delivery of its first LMP3 car – so what an awesome job they’ve done. The team has delivered a perfect race after perfect race for us. If we’ve not had the fastest car, then great strategy has brought us into contention” (Alex Brundle).
England
“Coming back to motor racing after a long time away, to win the LMP3 championship in my ELMS debut season and United’s maiden ELMS campaign, is simply unbelievable. We’ve been faultless all year – the drivers and team haven’t put a foot wrong which is why we’ve had five podiums out of five races. Our aim today was to wrap up the title which we accomplished meaning we can now head to Estoril under no pressure” (Christian England).
Guasch
“It’s a very nice feeling being an ELMS LMP3 champion! I started the year not knowing Alex or Christian but obviously knew the team well from 2010-11. It has been a wonderful year with the three drivers and the team all working very hard to keep us at the front. This race was no different. We were unfortunate with the Safety Car that gave the eventual winners a big lead but we had ourselves a good race car. Being such an ultra-competitive series makes it even more satisfying to take the title” (Mike Guasch).
Prototype Cup
Before the final round of the ELMS in Portugal next month, United Autosports competes in a one-hour British Prototype Cup event (8-9 Oct). The Prototype Cup has adopted the rules and regulations set out by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), an organisation that runs the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). United Autosports will enter three Ligier JS P3 sportscars in the Snetterton race.
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