Archive for the ‘2007 Season’ Category
Mix Fortunes for Bryant at Brands Hatch – One Good Finish
For the double header of one hour races rounds though, the team was looking to be back to its battling best and the omens were good: after a truly dreadful British summer so far Brands Hatch was bathed in warm sunshine, with a 28 car entry attracted to the fabulous Grand Prix circuit.
- Categories: 2007 Season
- Tags: Brands Hatch GP
Oliver Bryant switches from Tech 9 Motorsport to Damax
British GT Championship contender Oliver Bryant has switched from Tech 9 Motorsport to Damax and will drive the team’s Ascari KZ1R with fellow BRDC Rising Star Phil Keen.
- Categories: 2007 Season
- Tags: Damax
Oliver dominates HGTCC at Silverstone
It was a real family affair in the Charterhouse Heritage GT Car Challenge at Silverstone on Saturday (11 August) during the British F3/GT meeting. While Grahame and Olly Bryant scored a resounding win in the 45-minute race in their Morgan +8, three more father and son combinations packed out the top five finishers.
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: Silverstone
Disappointment at Thruxton for Oliver Bryant
The Ascari had been forced to run an even harder tyre compound than usual at Thruxton due to concerns about safety from the tyre manufacturer. This made the car very difficult to drive over the fast and bumpy turns of the Thruxton circuit.
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: Ascari, Thruxton
Fourth Overall on The Tour Britannia
Oliver Bryant shared a 1976 Lotus 7 Twin Cam with friend Joe Twyman in the 2007 race and rally tour of Great Britain. The tour took place over 3 days and took in Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Mallory Park and Oulton Park in addition to numerous rally stages and hill climbs.
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Mallory Park and Oulton Park, The Tour Britannia
Troubles for Bryant in the Silverstone 24 hrs!
Oliver Bryant competed in the Britcar 24hrs for the third time. He was driving a Marcos Mantis fitted with the mighty LS7 Corvette engine. This power was to cause trouble though.
Oliver was sharing driving duties with father Grahame, Howard Spooner and Laurence Bilton. Oliver lined the ill-handling car up 13th on the 60 car grid with a 2m01.6s lap. During night qualifying, Howard Spooner left the circuit with a puncture and grass filled the radiator overheating the engine. A new engine had to be located and installed in the car. This was completed with 5 minutes to spare and Oliver took the start and ran within the top 10 until the first of a series of problems began.
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: LS7 Corvette engine, Marcos Mantis, Silverstone 24 hrs
Bryant shows excellent form in Mosler
For the final round of the 2007 British GT Championship, Oliver partnered Stuart Hall in a Mosler MT900R GT3 car. The car was fantastic in the wet and Oliver was 2nd quickest in the damp practice on Friday. Oliver setting a time 2 tenths quicker than Stuart’s. On Saturday morning in another damp practice, the […]
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: British GT Championship, Mosler, Mosler MT900R GT3
OLIVER TO DRIVE DODGE VIPER IN BRITISH GT
22 year old BRDC rising star Oliver Bryant has signed to drive with Team RPM in a Dodge Viper GT3 Competition Coupe alongside Nick Foster in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. Team RPM won the championship last year and are pleased to have Oliver on board.
- Categories: 2007 Season, News
- Tags: BRITISH GT, DODGE VIPER
Uniroyal Funcup 25 Hours of Spa 14/15 July 2007
Oliver Bryant was invited to drive for Team Tiger in the annual 25 hour VW Beetle Funcup race on the Belgian Formula One circuit.
- Categories: 2007 Season
- Tags: SPA
POLE POSITION, WIN AND FASTEST LAP IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Oliver competed in the 1 hour GT and Sports Car race at street circuit of Pau in the Pyrenees region of southern France.
Driving a 1964 AC Cobra with his father Grahame, he claimed pole position by 0.5s on a very wet circuit from Simon Hadfield.
- Categories: 2007 Season, Fastest Lap, Race Wins