O’KEEFFE Hoping for Mixed Weather at Sandown

RAM Motorsport Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup driver Dylan O’Keeffe believes the predicted changeable weather conditions for this weekend’s sixth round of the championship at Sandown will be an advantage.

O’Keeffe’s comments come off the back of a successful test at the Melbourne venue last month, which included both wet and dry running in the RAM Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup car, supported by Dexion.

“Normally if it rains on a test day, we’d be complaining but in this case we decided to make the most of it and complete some sessions in the wet, and it actually turned out to be very useful,” O’Keeffe said.

“We learned a lot about how this new car behaves in the wet and the type of setup changes we need to make to maximise its performance. It gives us a lot of confidence we can be on the front foot if it rains.”

O’Keeffe launched himself right into championship contention in the previous round at The Bend, where he took his third podium finish in the last four rounds and moved up to second in the standings.

“We made up a lot of ground on the championship leader at Tailem Bend, so we need to keep that momentum going and set ourselves up for a big attack on the title in the last two rounds at Bathurst and the Gold Coast.”

All this weekend’s Carrera Cup sessions will be shown live on Fox Sports and Kayo.

Carrera Cup Round 6 Schedule
Friday, 19 August

9:40am – Practice 1 (20 min)

12:30pm – Practice 2 (20 min)

3:20pm – Supercars co-driver session (30 min)

Saturday, 20 August

9:55am – Qualifying (10 min)

2:45pm – Race 1 (18 laps)

Sunday, 21 August

9:20am – Race 2 (31 laps)

2:20pm – Race 3 (18 laps)