Not much in the way of positives to take from the penultimate round of the SUPER GT season at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand. As a result, we’ve dropped from 8th to 12th in the points after an incomplete performance. The weather played its part throughout the weekend, with heavy rainstorms typical of tropical South […]
The final Suzuka 1000km was the race everyone wanted to win, and we were no different. All things considered though, finishing 8th wasn’t a bad result for the Gulf Porsche after a long, exciting race in front of a packed house full of adoring Japanese fans. We were slow off the mark all weekend, and […]
What could have, should have, would have been. It was one of those weekends at Sugo, where you can feel the pressure building and for every step forward, you take two steps backwards. In an interview with Radio Sport (listen here) before the weekend, I said “I’ve got a really good feeling, but you never […]
Okayama, Japan. Kiwi Jono Lester is ‘fizzing’ after scoring a maiden podium at the opening round of the 2017 Autobacs Super GT Series in Japan. In only his second ever Super GT race, 27-year old Lester & Japanese team-mate Kyosuke Mineo climbed from fifteenth on the grid to a third place podium, driving the Gulf […]
When things don’t work, disasters tend to form out of nowhere. It looked good for New Zealand’s Jono Lester, teaming up with the rapid Blancpain Champ, Liam Talbot. It didn’t go their way and when AstroTurf plays a big part in your retirement, you know luck was not with you. Still there is exciting things […]
Following the success at Suzuka as part of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series, Jono Lester and Yasuyuki Uchida took a win and second place. The duo now lie second on the six round Championship with a new track – the Thai Buriam track. A track that Lester recognises as so new that there isn’t […]
The second round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series took Jono Lester to the Japanese Suzuka circuit. After his successful debut in the Championship last time out, the New Zealander was looking forward to the legendary circuit, having achieved great results there in his past Asian racing life. It was also a race that […]
