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TF Sport gunning for glory in the Ardennes

TF Sport knows it has a fight on its hands as the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup action gets underway in Round 5 of the championship at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium (23-24 September). Last time out, TF Sport secured a strong podium position but left Circuit Paul Ricard fully aware that it was a race it could have won. With one victory and two further podium positions to its credit so far this season, the top step of the podium is the objective for the British-based outfit. TF Sport leads the GT3 Le Mans Cup Teams' standings by 15 points from SMP Racing with two rounds remaining at Spa and Estoril in Portugal, while Euan Hankey and Salih Yoluc are second and aiming to close the ten-point deficit to the leaders of the Drivers' Championship. "There are now only two races left in the campaign for us and we know from our experience in British GT that it can and probably will go down to the wire," stated TF Sport Director, Tom Ferrier. "Obviously we got the result we wanted and won the British championship and we need to get out ourselves into the position to do the same in the hugely competitive Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup. "We made some mistakes at Paul Ricard and we know we have a tough competitor in SMP Racing, but, equally, the #34 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 is a very well sorted car and we have two great drivers in Euan (Hankey) and Salih (Yoluc). We need an error-free race – we know racing is racing and anything can happen – and when it all shakes out we expect to be in a position to challenge for the victory to ensure that we are in contention for both titles at the finale in Portugal." Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup qualifying gets underway at 11.55 CET and the race itself is scheduled to begin at 17.30 on Saturday 24 September.