Ireland’s Nicole Drought and Sean Doyle took another podium finish in round five of the Britcar Endurance Championship at Oulton Park in Cheshire.

Driving the CJJ Motorsport Porsche 718 GT4 the Irish team mates made major steps forward as her experience continued to grow. 
 

Arriving at the circuit second in the class championship, just a few points off the lead, the pair was determined to take a top three finish, despite the arrival of many new teams to the series at this, the fifth round. The weekend started well with the Valluga run Porsche claiming second in class in qualifying- and sixth overall. 
 

It has been a year of "firsts" for Nicole and this time was to be her first ever time to start a GT race, as well as her first time to race at Oulton, but the Motorsport Ireland Ambassador aquitted herself admirably, holding second in class for her entire stint, before pitting to hand over to Sean Doyle. The team lost a place during the pitstop but came home third in class for another haul of championship points.


Nicole said: "I'm very happy with the weekend. I visited Valluga during the week and did some work on the Simulator with Sean and (Team Principal) Benji Hetherington. This was the first time I felt confident with the car and it showed in my lap times. If I can keep matching Sean in the car, I'll be very happy.“