Cycling Ace Continues To Impress As He Aims For Le Mans Start

OLYMPIC cyclist Chris Hoy remains on course to make his Le Mans racing debut, despite narrowly missing out on the points in the penultimate round of the 2014 British GT Championship.

His Nissan GT Academy Team RJN GT-R finished the weekend’s British GT race at Brands Hatch in 11th place, although this was an improvement on a mid-grid 16th place starting position for the two-hour race.

Sharing the car with 2011 Nissan GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough, Hoy started first and battled to 11th place before handing the car over to the GP3 Series and Le Mans racer for the race to the flag.

Although just finishing outside the points, the team remained upbeat. Team Principal, Bob Neville, said: "The positive we can take from today is the fact that Chris has a 100 per cent finishing record in British GT and that is half the battle won.

"He continues to build his experience and we continue to be impressed by how he has applied himself to the task. He made a great start today but just a couple of errors cost him four places. Jann did a stellar job as always but we just couldn't find the grip today and finished outside the points."

The final race of the British GT Championship takes place in two weeks time at Donington Park.

By Press Association reporters