THRUXTON ROUND - 2ND OUTING IN VIPER BRINGS BEST RESULTS OF THE SEASON FOR FOSTER AND REDWOOD| 27.08.07                   Thruxton was the venue for rounds 9 and 10 of the British GT championship and Redwood and Foster were driving their Team RPM Viper for the second time this year. Even though it was the pairs only 2nd outing in the new car, they qualified P3 for race one and P11 for race two. Race one saw Redwood start and take 2nd place on lap one. Then for the next 32 minutes Redwood battled to hold of the Aston Martins. With Bradley Ellis in the lead in the other RPM Viper, Redwood explained “My main focus was to hold off the rest of the field and give Brad and Alex a good lead. The battle with the Astons was great fun and I held onto second for over 30 minutes”. Redwood pitted in 3rd place after 32 minutes to hand to Foster who went on to have a great battle for 3rd, 4th and 5th, eventually taking 4th with only two laps to go. Both Redwood and Foster were on the pace in Race one and 4th was their best result to date this year. In the second Race Foster started and battled from 11th to 8th on lap one and then took 7th from Team mate Tim Harvey after 10 minutes. Foster handed over to Redwood after 30 minutes who soon pushed on and took the car to 4th. Then with just three minutes left, Redwood suffered a front left blow out and had to crawl around the entire lap to the pits. The unplanned pit stop resulted in the duo rejoining on the last lap in ninth place, Redwood explains “we had to push to the end because the Aston Martins were challenging me for forth. I could not let up, and it was just a shame that we had a blow out. There was no warning, the tyre just let go under braking for the complex. This weekend has been a big improvement for both of us and we have enjoyed challenging for podium places in both races”. Redwood and Foster are confident the rest of the season will bring more points finishes and are looking forward to improving the cars setup further. - ends - << back to news