Nissan had a promising during yesterday's GT1 World Championship Qualifying Race. All four of the automaker's GT-R racers ended up in the top 10, with both Sumo Power GT cars ending in the top five.
A pair of collisions occurred early in the race, with the second bringing a premature end to the races of three cars. Luckily, all the Nissans were to avoid any fallout from the incidents.
Speaking afterwards, Warren Hughes, the driver of the no.20 Sumo Power GT, commented: “I'm very happy. Over the course of the weekend, considering how GT-R unfriendly Sachsenring is, we probably got the absolute best result we could have done, short of the top three cars in front of us failing.”
“Fourth is a very positive result here in Germany on this track," said Hughes' co-driver, Enrique Bernoldi. "As Warren mentioned, the track conditions were different today than yesterday, and in my stint in the car I really felt the effect the circuit was having on tyre wear. I was struggling to maintain position, and was put under severe pressure by the no.3 Aston Martin, but then he ran into trouble, which gave me some breathing space. That's the kind of luck you need in racing sometimes!”
Round five of the GT1 World Championship, at Silverstone, will take place on the weekend of the 4th – 5th June, 2011.
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