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Time of India
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Jake Dennis grabs podium in GT World Challenge, shares hilarious slip-up during champagne celebrations
Jake Dennis (Instagram) Jake Dennis wrapped up Formula E Season 11 and, instead of taking a breather, he headed straight to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He participated in the GT Challenge as part of the Paradine Competition team and ended up on the podium. Dennis has now shared a glimpse of the podium celebrations from the GT World race. Jake Dennis shares a glimpse of the hilarious celebrations at GT World Challenge Jake Dennis grabbed a podium spot at the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Sharing a bunch of pictures and videos after the race on Instagram, Jake Dennis wrote, 'Always good fun being back with the @ guys! Darren takes the highlight of the weekend with the podium stumble! Thanks for all your efforts and I'll see you all in Valencia!' The pictures showed Dennis and other podium winners sprinkling champagne when one of them slipped on the wet surface and ended up crashing into a chair. Though he wasn't hurt, he continued to laugh over the incident. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ColorsTV (@colorstv) Jake Dennis' fans were happy to see him on the podium. Reacting to his post, a fan wrote, 'The struggles must be contagious but what a brilliant drive yesterday! Pity about today's race though.' Another said, 'Congratulations on the podium — also, your 'struggle' is now passing on to your teammates I see.' One more commented, 'Summed up the past couple of weeks pretty succinctly, this one.' A comment also read: 'Great to see you on the podium. Well done.' Jake Dennis finished 7th in Formula E Season 11 World Championship Jake Dennis races for Andretti in Formula E and put up a decent performance in Season 11, which wrapped up in London recently. After claiming fourth position in the London E-Prix, Dennis wrote on Instagram, 'And that's a wrap! 15th to 4th is a great way to see off the season. Awesome race and some nice battles along the way. A thank you to everyone at Andretti for all their efforts — a roller coaster year, but we never stopped fighting. ' Dennis finished 7th in the 2025 Formula E Driver Standings. He won two podium spots in Formula E Season 11, one at the Monaco E-Prix and the other at the Berlin E-Prix. Also Read: Jake Dennis sums up season 11, shares moment with girlfriend Lexi Grace Boosey from London E-Prix Dennis and the other Formula E drivers will now return for Season 12, which begins with the testing season in Valencia in October. It will be the longest season ever, with 18 races to be held across 12 cities. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Belfast Telegraph
27-04-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Dan Harper thrilled to see gamble pay off after clinching second Silverstone success
A one-off appearance at round two of the 2025 British GT Championship was rewarded with a hard-fought win for the Paradine Competition duo at the Northamptonshire venue. Starting fifth, they placed their faith in an unconventional driver changeover strategy that relied on safety car periods and Full Course Yellows coming to their rescue, and not being held up by back markers, or those competitors taking part in slower GT4 machinery. The approach left them out of sequence with the rest of the GT3 field and meant Harper had to play catch-up for most of his stint. However, the 24-year-old produced yet another trademark driving masterclass, and with 26 minutes remaining, he moved into the lead as Kiern Jewiss served a drive-through penalty in his 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG. A nail-biting game of cat and mouse ensued, with Harper having to go on the defensive in his BMW M4 GT3 Evo in an effort to thwart Jewiss and his barrage of overtake manoeuvres. Despite being nose to tail as they started the final 3.661-mile lap, Harper did just enough to take the chequered flag first – by six-tenths of a second – and spark wild celebrations. 'The strategy was a gamble at the beginning – but we had seen in qualifying and Darren's opening stint that we weren't going to win this race on pace alone, so had to try something different,' reflected Harper, who returns to action at Laguna Seca in under a fortnight's time. 'The guys made that decision and it didn't always look like it was going to pay off, but we got some luck in our favour, which is something you will always need in a race like this. 'I knew it was Kiern behind me, and having raced with him during our Ginetta days, I was fully aware of what he is capable of. 'I know how good he is, so I was really under pressure. 'The guys in the garage were updating me every lap on the gap – I could see him coming. 'I was just praying that the GT4 cars would be kind to me – and on this occasion they were. 'I knew I just had to make the car as wide as possible whenever he got close to me,' he added. 'I think the BMW's strength is its ability to defend against other cars and first was not something I was going to give up easily.' Meanwhile, Chris Smiley opened his Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship account at Donington Park in strong fashion by scoring Independent wins in races two and three having brought his Restart Racing Hyundai home 10th overall earlier in the day.
