Big Bentley wins at Silverstone!

Second race and first win for what must be one of the most unlikely race cars ever, the big Bentley Continental GT3.

The M-Sport prepared bruiser, driven by Guy Smith, Steven Kane and Andy Mayrick went head to head with the Mclaren 12c GT3 and beat it straight up on speed.   Very impressive.

Continental Thunder

The Bentley Continental may be the most unlikely of platforms for a GT3 race car but the M-Sport built cars  did quite well in their competition debut,  both cars finishing in the top ten at the Blancpain GT series opener at Monza.

The big Bentleys literally hulked above the smaller Mclarens and Ferraris but, surprisingly they often had the advantage under braking.  They were certainly not the pushover you would have imagined such a huge car might be and they certainly could take a hit.

Cool

I'm a sucker for any beautifully photographed and edited clip. This one was shot, like so many others these days, entirely using a DLSR camera, in this case a Canon 5D by Al Clark of Trackday Films.

205.48 mph on ice in a convertible is not bad either...end of post