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Audi, McLaren and Mercedes share the honours during GT Cup opener

DONINGTON PARK

MSVR

1-2 APRIL

James Wallis did the double in the GT Cup opener at Donington Park, with the honours across the weekend shared between Audi, McLaren and Mercedes.

Hugo Cook triumphed in his Cook Racing Audi R8 GT3 in Saturday’s sprint race, which was disrupted by a bizarre collision between reigning British GT champion Ian Loggie and Lucky Khera. Cook built a 3.5-second lead over Wallis’s Drivetac Mercedes-AMG GT3 before the incident occurred with seven minutes remaining.

Khera was in an all-McLaren 720S GT3 battle for third with Morgan Tillbrook as he came up to lap Loggie, who appeared to be

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