2 Seas set for series debut today

TDT | Manama                                                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahraini-British motor racing team 2 Seas Motorsport get their debut campaign underway today in the GT World Challenge Europe’s Endurance Cup.

This weekend’s meeting is being held at Circuit Paul Ricard in France. It is the first of five rounds in the competition, in which they are racing in for the very first time.

It adds to their title-defence in the British GT Championship.

The round gets underway today with free practice at 10am and pre-qualifying at 4.05pm, Bahrain time.

Tomorrow, qualifying will be held at 10.45am, while the race is scheduled for 4pm, Bahrain time. 2 Seas are competing in the Golf Cup in the Endurance Cup of the championship.

Set to get behind the wheel of their #60 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo car is the crew of team co-owner His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Lewis Williamson of Scotland, and Martin Kodric of Croatia.

The 2 Seas trio showed their pace ahead of the season’s start after topping the timesheet in the third session of two-day prologue test, held last month also at Paul Ricard.

Calendar As part of the five-round calendar of the GT World Challenge Europe’s Endurance Cup, another prologue is scheduled on May 21 and 22.

It will be held ahead of the 24-hour race in Spa, Belgium, marking round two from June 26 to 30.

Round three will take place at the Nurburgring in Germany from July 26 to 28, and then the fourth and penultimate meeting will be held from September 20 to 22 in Monza, Italy.

The curtain-closer is then scheduled for November 21 to 23 in Jeddah.

HH Shaikh Isa, Williamson, and Kodric have all driven with the team across multiple other events. HH Shaikh Isa is a double champion in the Gulf 12 Hours, and he will be making his European race debut.

He is joined by former Autosport BRDC Award winner Williamson, who is back with the team having scored multiple podium-finishes in the 2022 British GT campaign.

Kodric is also returning with 2 Seas having been teammates with HH Shaikh Isa for their Gulf 12 Hours victories, and has also scored wins in GT Open and British GT events.