2017 SYNOLOGY GT3 CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 2 - Daytona Road

2017 SYNOLOGY GT3 CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 2 - Daytona Road

Hi all, Round 2 update for those who follow it

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JANUARY 26, 2017

For the second round of the 2017 Synology GT3 Championship we move to Daytona Road Course to see if Eero Nomm can continue his impressive start to the Championship. After dominating round 1 at Phillip Island and crossing the line 18 seconds clear of fellow Bushfink driver Scott Brazier, the rest of the field had its work cut out this week. Reigning champion Ben Hackeson only managed 19 laps in round one before retiring and Craig Parkes came home 25th in a disappointing start to the season for last years top two. Parkes is one of 5 drivers making the jump to the Mercedes AMG GT3 for round two, taking a 15 point penalty in the process but looking to improve for the rest of the season.

After the iRacing Daytona 24 hour race last weekend we follow suit and go under the lights for this weeks race, qualifying also changed back to the usual format of lone sessions to help ease the congestion on track. For the rest of the season each driver will only have 4 laps to secure their place on the grid and attempt to avoid the carnage into T1.

Bodin Solutions lead the team championship after the first round with Replace Base second followed by Seagate, Acorn Printing & Synology while TMS Motorsport lag in 6th place after scoring just 76 points overall at round 1. What is interesting, albeit only after one round is the team standings, with many members commenting that the teams were too top heavy favoring Synology and TMS Motorsport. Time will only tell if the BOSRA team allocation system produces fair results across partner teams with the added unknown element of privateers such as Nomm taking an early lead.

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2017 SYNOLOGY GT3 CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 2 - Daytona Road