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Mercedes duo dance through the rain to win

SILVERSTONE

BRSCC

18-19 JUNE

The UK’s heatwave well and truly ended at Silverstone on Saturday, as Wayne Marrs and Tom Jackson battled through a deluge to win the British Endurance Championship encounter.

Heavy rain prior to the start of the two-hour race left the Grand Prix layout covered in standing water, but polesitter Sacha Kakad was unfazed as he led the opening stages aboard the Simpson Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3, despite spinning

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