Strong finish in Euro GT3 Endurance Pro Finale with VSR.

Sandy delivers strong finish in Euro GT3 Endurance Pro Finale in Barcelona with VSR.

Lamborghini factory driver Sandy brought his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Pro Cup campaign to an end with another strong performance in the three-hour season finale at the Circuit de Catalunya on the outskirts of Barcelona. The 25-year-old from Forfar partnered fellow Lamborghini factory drivers, Frenchman Franck Perera and Italian Loris Spinelli in the No163 Lamborghini Huracan EVO2 GT3 prepared by top Italian team Vincenzo Sospiri Racing.

“It was a tough weekend,” Sandy, personally-backed by Tunnocks and Dama Fortuna Premium Tequila, said. “The Barcelona circuit is renowned for being difficult to overtake on, and that proved to be the case again in this race. We had pace, but with all the cars and drivers so closely matched, overtaking and making progress through the field was difficult.”

Starting from 23rd on the 60-car grid, Perera took the opening stint which was dominated by a 29-minute Safety Car period following an incident involving two cars. It also triggered an unusually early round of pitstops, with Spinelli taking over the car after just 49-minutes and rejoining in 46th place.

The race went green again after 59mins and Spinelli gradually moved through the field as other cars pitted for their first mandatory driver change. In what proved to be a topsy-turvy race as a result of the early stops, when Spinelli entered the pits to hand the car to Sandy with 62mins remaining the #163 Lamborghini was 19th. When the Scot rejoined the circuit he was 28th.

Following another Full Course Yellow and short Safety Car period, Sandy worked his way through the field, taking the chequered flag in 21st place, just 0.452s off 20th. “Not exactly the result we wanted or had hoped for, but the race was essentially dominated by circumstances outwith our control following the lengthy, early Safety Car period,” Sandy said.

Sandy returns to action with VSR on the last weekend of this month when he contests the final double-header in the Italian GT Sprint Championship at Monza.