for Isaac Tutumlu and Barzani Racing Team made a great debut in the International GT Open. Why is this relavent on our board i hear you ask.. Well Tutumlu is the son of Michael Laudrup's agent and his car proudly has our Swan logo flying proud on the wings. Driving his Porsche 997 GT3 R with Kurdish flag colors, Tutumlu was 4th fastest in the second qualifying session, in wet conditions once again, and meaning a 2nd row on the starting grid. As usual the experienced Spaniard GT driver made a great start and shortly after Autorlando´s Porsche was leading the race after overtaking no less than three cars. âMy start was quite good, first on the very first lap. I tried to push as hard as possible but soon the Aston Martin caught and passed meâ, Tutumlu explained afterwards. During his stint, Barzani Racing Team´s driver was in top-5 places both overall and class. However when track conditions improved, Super GT cars managed to overtake Tutumlu and Deverikos, the Greek finishing the race also in good style: 11th overall and 6th in GTS class. âMaybe our Porsche is quite competitive in dry or full-wet conditions, but when tracks is like that today, something like fifty-fifty it isn´t an optimal environment for us. I focused on driving as quick as possible, and I´ve achieved it, always among top five placesâ, said, but pointing out that ânow in my mind I´ve just good things. Not just the track and the car were unknown for me, but my team and teammate as well, so⦠I don´t think the season opener could have been any better for us. Now, we´re going to Portugal in two-weeks´ time, I´ve already raced at Algarve track and Autorlando has a successful history there, so it looks promising
