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View Garage• RJN Motorsport Nissan 370Z takes second class victory in a row
• Successful racing debut for the GT3-specification Nissan GT-R
• GT Academy graduates on a roll in 2011
The Blancpain Endurance Series event at Magny Cours in France this weekend produced a top set of results for the racing models of two Nissan Sports Cars and continued the great progress of one of Nissan's GT Academy graduates.
The RJN Motorsport Nissan 370Z, driven by 2010 GT Academy graduate Jordan Tresson, along with Alex Buncombe and Chris Ward, took the GT4 victory and extended the teams lead in the championship. With one more race to go at Silverstone in October everything is now set for an exciting season finale.
Alex Buncombe took the start from fourth place in the GT4 category in the Nissan 370Z and made light work of two of the cars ahead of him. After a few laps he was up to second place, chasing down the leading Lotus. Jordan jumped in next for his run.
"Our race pace was actually better than we expected," said Jordan. "I didn't know exactly where I was in relation to the competition during my run so I just pushed as hard as I could. My stop came around the half-distance mark and we had a one-minute lead by then so that was great! After my run Chris got in for the run to the flag. The only real drama we had was having to do a splash and dash as for some reason we didn't take on enough fuel during one of the stops. There was a safety car period near the end which cut our lead right back from 45 seconds to just a few seconds so we had to be very careful."
"We made it though and we were very happy to take another win," continued Jordan. "We now have an 18-point lead in the championship, which is a great position to be in going into the last race at Silverstone. I'm very happy for all of the team as this is another great result for us."
