Accidents spoil Akhil Rabindra's race in European GT4 Championship

The 24-year-old's team finished P15 after technical glitch in race 2 of the third round.

Akhil Rabindra, the only Indian on the European GT4 Championship grid, finished P15 in the Silver category with teammate Hugo Conde. He is racing for AGS Events Racing Team in the event. The Circuit Zandvoort, which also would play host to the much-awaited Dutch Formula1 Grand Prix later this year, hosted the race.

He is the only Asian to be picked for the prestigious Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy’s class of 2021. Akhil Rabindra has been selected for the third time in a row inching closer towards earning the coveted Academy driver contract. An incident-laden Race1 saw them finish at P13 in the Silver category and an overall P27.

Race 1 saw Akhil’s team completing 24 laps in 1:22:04.392. Race 1 was quite an eventful race facing temporary suspension following an incident involving the #32 United Autosports McLaren.

AGS Events Racing Team Finishes P15 in silver category

Akhil, who took to the steering wheel in Race 2 of the third round, made an impressive run to finish P15 in the Silver category. His team also finished overall P21 from a grid of 36 cars. Akhil completed 32 laps in 1:01:55.560 minutes. He started on a good note but an interruption forced him to slow down. Akhil had to slow down in the final few minutes due to a full course yellow and safety car situation.

Two separate incidents occurred where the race control neutralized proceedings after the #77 Team Fullmotorsport Audi went into the gravel. While at the same time the #11 Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW hit the barriers.

Akhil Rabindra Hopes for a Better Performance

Akhil Rabindra commented, "We could have done much better and are definitely not happy with our performance. There were unforeseen hurdles in both Race 1 & 2 which had a direct impact on our speed and finishing positions. We will have to keep working on our performance.

"We also must keep improving to ensure such indirect and unforeseen hurdles do not impact our positions drastically.”

Round 3 of the European GT4 Series saw AKKA ASP (Mercedes –AMG) in Pro-am and Silver and CMR (Toyota) in the AM Cup claim the top honours. The European GT4 Series now moves to Circuit Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium for Round 4. It will continue from July 28 – 31, 2021. The race will be LIVE on the YouTube Page of the European GT4 Series.

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