MOTORSPORT
Damien Smith
RACING LINES
M-Sport’s Conti GT has been built for a ‘budgetlevel’ one-make series
Aone-make race series for Bentley Continental GTs? It’s a step on from humble Ford Fiestas or Renault Clios. But that’s the proposition that was launched at Silverstone last weekend by the Bentley Drivers Club.
The car around which the new series is based is a Continental GT built by M-Sport, the powerhouse responsible for Bentley’s GT3 version, which proved a surprise smash hit on the race tracks following its launch in 2013.
This new 650bhp Continental, which went on static display at the BDC’s annual Silverstone race meeting, is designed to be driven on road and track. So racers won’t necessarily have to trailer their cars to meetings – although there’s always an obvious risk factor at play for those of such a mind. If you prang your prized Bentley while racing, how will you get home? Uber – or the helicopter equivalent, presumably.