As the first half of the race unfolded, not only did Campbell-Walter consolidate his position, he also pulled out a comfortable margin of four seconds over the third-placed JRM Racing Nissan GT-R of Peter Dumbreck by the time the pit-stop window opened half-way through the race.
Unfortunately, both Nissans were to arrive in the pits together, which meant that #22 was so close to the front of #21 that, when it was time leave, Brabham had to be pushed back a few feet to enable him to get round Dumbreck's stationary GT-R. The resulting five-second delay meant that the Australian joined the race in third and was now behind the two Lamborghinis.
Although an opportunity to reclaim second place arose due to a pit-lane infringement for the leader, the All-Inkl Lamborghini was just far enough ahead to rejoin the race ahead of car #21 and Brabham remained in third.
As the one-hour race drew to an end, it was apparent that Braham was closing on the two leading cars, but it wasn't quite enough to make an impression.
“After Silverstone, I'm very pleased with the way things have gone this weekend," Brabham admitted, "We were able to keep out of trouble in both races and, other than the pit-stop in the Championship Race, things have gone according to plan.
"Jamie did a great job in the first stint and I was able to push towards the end of mine, but there was little chance of catching the Lamborghinis ahead of us, so fourth in race one and third in the second is a good result to take away from the weekend.”
Third was indeed an excellent result on a track that was thought to be one of the least suitable for the GT-R, and allowed Sumo Power to repeatd the podium it achieved at the same venue last year.
“I think that to come away with a fourth and a third is a good outcome for us at this circuitteam manager Hiroki Furuse confirmed, "We did not come here thinking we would beat the Lamborghinis, but we almost did! The whole team has worked really hard this weekend to get the cars up to speed and keep them running and I'm delighted to see Jamie and David have a much more successful time of things.”
