Buggyra ZM Racing fall just short of victory in Estoril 12 Hours

The Buggyra ZM Racing crew of Aliyyah Koloc, Adam Lacko and David Vršecky endured a rollercoaster 12 Hours of Estoril, ending the weekend classified in second after fighting for victory in the fourth round of the Creventic 24H Series.

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Buggyra ZM Racing
fall just short of
victory in Estoril 12
Hours
The Buggyra ZM Racing crew of Aliyyah Koloc, Adam Lacko and David
Vršecky endured a rollercoaster 12 Hours of Estoril, ending the weekend
classified in second after fighting for victory in the fourth round of the
Creventic 24H Series.
The trip to the north of Estoril featured a
unique double-header style format, starting
with a six-hour points-scoring qualifying race
held on Friday afternoon, before the longest
continuous race of the season on Saturday, a
12-hour flag-to-flag encounter.
All three drivers showed strong pace throughout the weekend, which
totalled a staggering 18 hours of competitive racing across the two days
but fell short of the GT4 class victory.
Nevertheless, the team scored
more championship points ahead
of the final round of the year, the 24
Hours of Barcelona.
Precious little time separated the end of the qualifying race
and the 12 Hours on Saturday morning, which began at
11am local time.
From second on the grid, the #416
Mercedes held onto its position during
Lacko’s double stint and subsequently
moved into the lead of the GT4 class in
the second hour by just over eight
seconds.
That lead ballooned to nearly 20 seconds, as Koloc also did a double
stint, before the team encountered mechanical trouble in the eighth
hour, with Lacko at the wheel.
That forced the car back into the
garage where repairs were made
before it returned to the track, eight
laps down on the leading GT4 car.
All three drivers demonstrated a never-give-up attitude and continued
to push on in the remaining four hours, but a further overheating issue
in the car meant that Vršecky didn’t reach the finish.
Still, the car was classified as
runner-up for the second day
in a row.
“It was a pretty long and brutal day, there was a lot of action, and we lost a
wheel at one point,” Koloc said. “And then in the last 12 minutes, the car
stopped and apparently there was a fire.
So, we weren’t able to see the
chequered flag, so after 12 hours of
racing, it’s really disappointing. But it’s a
good experience for us, ahead of the 24
Hours of Barcelona.
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