What a finish to the season!!! I’m still full of adrenaline, and honestly, so proud of how me and my team stuck it out this weekend at Circuito Estoril in sunny Portugal. What started as a bit of a rocky, slow Friday ended up with a double-podium and second place in the class standings.

Friday.

Friday’s three test sessions felt a bit rough. After a long season, and with changes in track conditions and rubber, it took a little while to feel “right” at first. We struggled a little for rhythm, and it was one of those days where you know there’s potential, but you can’t quite unleash it. We were really digging in to work out the balance, the tyres, and how to get the most from the GTX-spec Ginetta G55, our flower laden #128.

But slowly, lap after lap, we were learning the nuances of the track and feeling the grip change sector by sector. By the end of the day I could already tell the car and the team were back in sync and it was starting to come together again.

Saturday

Qualifying wasn’t the smoothest, but there were important positives. In Q2 I went out and managed a lap of 1:42.866, putting us just a tenth from second in class. It was a really tight but really fun.

It wasn’t a pole position finish but it felt like promise. The car was responding brilliantly, the balance was there and the pace was there. I left the track Saturday evening feeling really optimistic with enough of a foundation to push for something special on Sunday.

Race Day. Sunday.

Race 1

I joined on my stint just behind class leaders, and when the race leader pitted next lap, I found myself back up to third in class and fifth overall. The challenge then was defence by keeping the sister Ginetta behind, then fending off an on-charge Ligier that was breathing down my neck. Looking at the traffic directly in front and right behind, while keeping my car stuck to the racing line was challenging but I kept calm, bided my time, and regained third in GTX once penalties had shuffled the order. I held on and we got on the podium. We were third in class and set up a great start to the final day.

Race 2

The second race was proper heart-in-mouth stuff. I started from fourth in class but made a solid getaway and jumped into third by turn-in. The first lap was chaotic as there was an early safety car but as soon as we went green on lap 3 I settled in and found a rhythm. When one of the GTX leaders suffered a puncture, I moved up to second in class, but the field was tight with the top four of us literally separated by just over a second.

As we approached lap 9, I was pushing hard and was dipping under the 1:44 barrier as I pressed the leaders. A late move from Trieux into Turn 1 didn’t connect cleanly, and I held my line and held my third place. Then came our pitstop. I stayed out an extra lap and once my stint ended Luca rejoined, and after navigating lapped cars and bit of drama late in the race, he managed to climb to second in GTX for us.

When the chequered flag fell on the weekend I realised we did it. Second place in class, and our second podium of the weekend. And second in the 2025 GTX championship. It was, and will be for a long time, a very proud moment for me.

Reflection.

This double-podium at Estoril feels like validation. We started the weekend unsure, a bit on the back foot, but through grit, teamwork and adapting to the car and the changing track conditions we ended the season on the highest possible note.

This is only my first full season in the GTX class with Tockwith Motorsport and to finish P2 in the championship feels like proof that I really belong here. We showed steady progression all year: from early learning tests, to stronger weekends like Jerez and Vila Real, to THIS at Estoril.

The battles were tight and the pace was there. And most of all I feel I kept growing throughout the weekend across tyre management, race craft under pressure, and consistency when it counts.

What’s next? 

My eyes are now firmly on 2026.

This weekend taught me a lot: how to fight, how to stay calm under pressure, how to trust my instincts. I head into the off-season motivated more than ever and I want to build on this, push for more wins, more consistency, and keep climbing.

Thank you to everyone who believed in me, to the whole squad at Tockwith Motorsport, our engineers, our sponsors, and all of you following at home. 

I can’t wait to show you what’s next.

#NeverLift 

 Gracie