Staying Power gives EB Porsche a Brands Hatch edge

Our friends at EB Motorsport had a good weekend at this year’s Brand Hatch Historic Festival, part of the 2013 FIA Masters Historic series. Masters Series events enjoyed full grids all weekend, with plenty of cars on track doing battle: just what the spectators wanted!

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EB’s terrific Guards Red Porsche 911 3.0 RS suffered a few irritating glitches, which ruled it out of two events, but the Light Yellow 911 RSR went well all weekend. The 3.0-litre Porsche 911 RSR couldn’t quite match the pace of the bigger-engined cars on the straights of the Brands Hatch GP circuit. A pair of Corvettes outqualified the EB Motorsport Porsche 3.0 RSR by just over a second for Monday’s racing.

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As ever, the real test was the race. All three cars in front of EB had issues, with one coming off the track at Paddock Hill bend. Meanwhile, defending Masters champion Mark Bates drove to his strengths, kept a consistent pace and finished a satisfying fourteenth overall, behind the uncatchable Lola and Chevron sportscars. EB Motorsport took another class win, and is back in the hunt for points.

The team now has a fortnight to prepare for the next event: Dijon Masters from June 14-16. Dijon is the fourth round of the 2013 FIA Masters Historic Championship. Hopefully the brothers can bring both cars home and keep clocking up the miles and the experience. We’re looking forward to racing with them again in Zandvoort this year.

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