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Andy Meyrick
“Really disappointing weekend for us. We have the pace worthy of a podium and it was very unfortunate today that we were unable to restart the car. The team did a fantastic job all weekend and I wish for their sake we’d have been able to prove the team’s ability and the car’s performance with a good result.”
September 17, 2017, Nürburgring, Germany – Having enjoyed previous successes at the iconic German track including the fourth-place finish with Team Kolles in the Audi R10 TDI LMP1 at the 2009 Nürburgring 1000km and the second-place with Bentley M-Sport in the Bentley Continental GTS at the 2015 Nürburgring 3 Hours, Andy Meyrick was hopeful of adding another podium with Bullitt Racing and the McLaren 570s GT4 during the weekend’s season finale of the GT4 European Series Northern Cup.
From the outset, the weekend looked like it could produce the desired result with Meyrick in P2 at the end of the two practice sessions. Race 1 did not go as planned however. Starting in his 28th qualifying position, Pattrick was working his way through the field before contact on the fourth lap caused an early end to the day for the Bullitt Racing team and a day of no driving for Meyrick.
Unable to get the clear lap needed in qualifying to make the most of the Bullitt Racing’s McLaren 570s GT4’s speed, Meyrick started Race 2 in 20th position. Meyrick put on a fighting performance though and made his way through the field pitting in fifth after a very successful stint. Unable to restart due to a technical issue with the car, again the day ended early for the team.
Showing the speed and performance during practice and in the first half of Race 2 deserved of a good result, it was a disappointing European GT4 Series Northern Cup season finale. However, the team return to the track in two weeks to join the European GT4 Series Southern Cup in Barcelona aiming to secure a better outcome. In the meantime, Meyrick is back with Eric De Doncker and Motorsports98 in the Ligier JS P3 for the Spa-Francorchamps Round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup next weekend.