Multispares Racing rewarded for big rebuild
One of the big winners to race at Sandown this weekend is Multispares Racing, as it is on the pace after a massive rebuild following a scary accident.
The GT4 Australia debut of the Multispares Racing Mustang of Ryan Hansford and Aaron Cameron appeared to be a fairytale at Queensland Raceway.
Hansford was fighting for the overall lead in addition to Silver Am, only to aquaplane and spear head on into the pit wall at high speed.
The sickening impact was so severe that the car pinballed off the wall and carried enough speed to travel across the entire infield.
However, after initial fears, the small Multispares Racing team of “builders” not only rebuilt the Mustang in time for the next round at Sandown this weekend but also managed to squeeze in a test day last week.
The Mustang was rebuilt from the firewall forwards and both drivers rewarded them by being in the top two across Friday practice.
In the opening qualifying session, Cameron secured sixth on the grid and third in Silver Am.
Rylan Gray took pole in the Mustang by a huge half-second over Ryder Quinn and Matt McCutcheon.
In Q2, Max Geoghegan in the McLaren denied George Miedecke sweeping the poles in the Miedecke Motorsport Mustang, while Hansford was 10th, but on Silver Am pole.
To simply be on track and be on the pace after a big effort puts a massive smile on the face of Multispares Racing’s team principal Brett Peters.
“It has been absolutely amazing,” he told Auto Action.
“We are still a very small team, but have a great bunch of people.
“To have rolled the car out and come out perfect at the test day is just brilliant.
“We are here and it is fast without any loose nuts and bolts, so just pleased.
“We have kept things pretty simple (for Sandown) and Aaron and Ryan are providing great feedback with an experienced engineer.”
Peters revealed that despite the horrific aftermath, the damage was not as bad as feared.
“When you have big shunts in racecars sometimes they are worse or not as bad as you think and this one was not as bad,” he said.
“Being based on a production car the whole crumple structure did its job because it went nose in that took a lot of the forces out.
“It was just one rail that had to be straightened and replaced. There were still a lot of carbon fibre and expensive parts, but it was better than what we feared.
“At QR we had people saying cut the whole front body off and new body shells, but we saw it was repairable and quickly.”
With qualifying out of the way, GT4 goes racing at 13.20 AEST.
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