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BRITISH GTJames Dorlin is confident the cloud hanging
over him and Tolman Motorsport team-
mate Josh Smith will soon lift after missing
out on their debut British GT victory at
Spa for the third time in as many races.
Following engine woes while leading at
Silverstone and contact with a GT3 car at
Donington, Dorlin leapt from fourth to lead
at the start and Smith held the position
until the final lap, when Smith’s attempts
to defend from Tom Canning’s TF Sport
Aston Martin at the Bus Stop broke his
radiator and forced him to stop.
Their recent run of bad luck means
Dorlin and Smith are now realistically out
of title contention, more than 50 points
behind team-mates Jordan Collard and
Lewis Proctor. But Dorlin says he is not
going to allow himself to get despondent.
“The worst thing we can do is get ourheads down because then we’ll carry it
on for the rest of the season,” he said.
“There’s nothing anyone could have
done any different, it’s one of those
things but it’s frustrating to have to
say that three times in a row. For it to
happen on the very last lap is a killer,
but we know we’ve got the speed and
one day this cloud will be lifted.”OThree-time World Touring Car
champion Andy Priaulx made his British
GT debut at Spa alongside Sir Chris Hoy in
the Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang
GT4, finishing sixth in the GT4 Pro-Am
class. Priaulx enjoyed linking up with son
Seb, who retained his GT4 points lead by
finishing sixth overall, and managed to pip
the 18-year-old in their shared qualifying
session, but the younger Priaulx got his
own back by setting a faster lap in the race.
JAMES NEWBOLDDorlin seeks end to luckless run
Keen and Balon
have slipped to
second in the
standings after
Spa retirementALL PICS: JEPKEEN AND BALON ‘NEED TO
RESET’ AFTER LOSING LEAD
52 AUTOSPORT.COM 25 JULY 2019