The two CRS Ferraris started the FIA GT race from sixth and seventh on the grid, with Antonio Garcia in No.55 and Rob Bell in No.56.  Bell got the jump on Garcia as the race went green and both drivers then settled into a very good race pace.  Garcia was the first to stop, handing over to Tim Mullen after 45 minutes.  Bell then pitted in No.56 and Andrew Kirkaldy took to the track.

The race was looking good at half-distance with both Kirkaldy and Mullen on maximum attack.  After making light work of passing another Ferrari, Mullen was chasing down a Porsche when he radioed in to say his water temperatures were rapidly rising.  

“I had a bit of contact with another car and that loosened my door,” said Mullen. “I had to keep trying to close it as I went along the straights, which I managed to do eventually but it knocked me out of my rhythm a bit.  I then caught a Porsche but as we went through the first chicane I was unsighted and clobbered the kerb.”

Unfortunately the kerb damaged Tim’s radiator and all he could do was come back to the pits and retire.