It turned out to be something of a routine afternoon’s work for Team NZ Motorsport during the final round of Asian Le Mans 2017/18, the ‘4 Hours of Sepang’, which took place last Sunday. Graeme Dowsett, Will Bamber and late stand-in driver, Alif Hamdan, combined superbly in the cockpit to get the job completed in the GT Cup class.
That P1 result – when the maximum points score it brought in its wake are added to the maximum points also claimed during the penultimate round, held at Buriram’s Chang International Circuit three weeks ago – delivered the Drivers’ and Teams’ championship titles in ‘GT Cup’, one of four racing classes that make up this season’s Asian Le Mans Series.
“I started and finished today’s race and it went really smoothly,” commented Dowsett. “The car was going really good, really strong, I did a little bit extra time than I originally planned, so that was great. Big thanks to Alif for joining the team, he did a great job, he got little bit hot but it’s been a while since he’s driven a car like that. Thanks also to our supporters who came to the race, we really appreciated their support and we hope they enjoyed the experience.”
This time last year the team finished as ‘GT Cup’ championship runners up in Asian Le Mans Series, so to go one better this time around and nail down the two titles was a good way to finish off the season, albeit a ‘season’ that wrapped up just five weeks into the year and that leaves the team free to gear up for their main programme.
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