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Jenson’s new team buttons up a McLaren win

OULTON PARK

MSVR BRITISH GT

1-2 AUGUST

The Jenson Team Rocket RJN McLaren squad hadn’t intended to enter the British GT Championship in 2020. But disruption following the coronavirus pandemic meant the team, co-owned by 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, switched its focus from the GT World Challenge Europe and last weekend scored a sensational British GT victory first time out.

The win by James Baldwin and Michael O’Brien not only underlined the pace of the McLaren 720S, but also showed that the Silver-Silver driver line-ups will be right in the championship mix against the Pro-Am

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