BARWELL BOUNCES BACK AS BALON AND MITCHELL PREVAIL

British GT’s reigning double champion Barwell Motorsport had looked less than its usual imperious self in 2022’s early exchanges. Not only did the team lose its rapid defending champion duo Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind on the season’s eve, its fellow equally rapid pairAdam Balon and Sandy Mitchell had a tricky Oulton Park opening double-header, claiming just two points.

Yet Balon and Mitchell bounced back in the best way last weekend by winning British GT’s showpiece Silverstone 500 from pole. Yet drivers and team had to be immaculate to do so, to fend off a strong McLaren challenge particularly