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In another roller coaster race, Allan Simonsen climbed up to second place (after starting in seventh) before going off at the Parabolica. Yet he managed to get the Aston Martin DBR9 back on track and pitted, where Philipp Peter took over for the middle stint of the race.

“Allan put in a blistering 1st stint, making 3 places by the end of the first lap. Although he had a slight off at Parabolica whilst lapping a slower GT2 car there was no major damage done. Philipp’s pace was awesome and was pivotal in the race outcome” explained Team Principal Fenton Yeulett.

Allan Simonsen was delighted to get on the podium again. “After a brush with the tyres, a podium finish is probably more than we could have expected today. I was passing a Porsche in the Parabolica and crossed over, losing the front downforce and ran into the tyres.”

Having to fight back from further down the field, Peter nevertheless drove a brilliant race and got the car back up into third position before Simonsen returned for the final stint. Despite a late drive-through penalty, he held on to clinch the team’s second podium place in two races.

“You always strive for consistency and two podiums in two races shows that the team has that” commented Philipp Peter. “I’m happier with this result than at Silverstone because, in this race, we were chasing - and couldn’t have done anymore. The car worked well and the team put in some very quick pit stops which really helped get us up the field.”

The team picked up six more valuable Championship points, which gives the drivers 12 Championship points each and is the only car to have been on the podium in both races so far.

Gigawave’s Director of Race Technologies, Nigel Stepney felt it was down to a great team effort. “We’ve done it again, another third, which we’re delighted with. Both drivers put in fantastic stints and the boys had some great pit stops, which helped us to achieve this result. We are not totally sure about the drive through penalty but we’ve still made it onto the to podium.”

Yeulett concluded “this goes to show that Silverstone was not a one-off, we’ve performed brilliantly in both wet and dry conditions which gives us confidence to move forward to the rest of the Championship.”