The second round of the TRB-GT at Monza saw well-managed victories for tfullbrook16 and SJH3991 in the G2 and G3 classes. Both drivers made up for missed opportunities in the opening round at the Red Bull Ring to control their respective classes and take the championship lead.

Bolstering the grid for the race were four new entrants, Fredeliciousx and Doggo_McWoofbork bring a brace of Honda NSXs to the G2 class and Almarioneko and PurplePetrol13 add Lexus and Lamborghini names to the G3 category, the series now boasting a healthy grid of 15 entries.

G2 CLASS: tfullbrook16 untouchable as new entrants ignite podium battle

Nissan's tfullbrook16 made up for the difficulties of the opening round at the Red Bull Ring to take a lights-to-flag victory, with a 32 second lead at the line over Lexus driver theDarrylx and Honda's Doggo_McWoofbork, the latter securing a TRB-GT podium on their debut.

The podium also saw the first time all three G2 manufacturers have shared the rostrum.

tfullbrook16 took pole with a lap of 1min 38.885 seconds on his final attempt, despite the Brit holding provisional pole from the first batch of laptimes he was forced to go on a second Soft tyre run as title rival theDarrylx closed the gap on Medium tyres.

Debutant Honda driver Fredeliciousx took his first TRB-GT point with an impressive third on the grid, 1.190 seconds slower than pole.

At the start tfullbrook16 would hold onto his position into the tight first chicane, and quickly sought about extending a gap at the front of the field, leaving the chasing pack outside of slipstream range.

The Nissan driver hit pitlane on lap 15 to exchange his Soft compound tyres for Mediums which would easily see him to the end, and effectively managed G3 traffic to win by over half a minute. It was not a trouble-free run for the now championship leader, after running through the first chicane on lap 23, the Brit was lucky to avoid the Honda of Clemsie_McKenzie.

Running the reverse strategy, theDarrylx had a relatively lonely race in second, steering clear of the battle for the final podium spot. The Dutchman was lucky to escape with only minor damage on lap 18 after a mid-corner bump from Aston Martin's noiseyMP7.

The final step on the podium was claimed by Doggo_McWoofbork after a race-long battle with Lexus driver d-morgan16. After running three-wide with Fredeliciousx at the start of the second lap, the pair were locked together for the entirety of the opening stint.

McWoofbork, on the Medium tyres, made a move into the Variante della Roggia on the eleventh lap, but a mistake out of the second Lesmo a lap later allowed d-morgan16 back past. The Brit would then pit on lap 14, swapping from Softs to Mediums.

The Lexus driver would hold a five second lead over McWoofbork after the Belgian made his mandatory visit to pitlane on lap 18, but the tyre advantage allowed the latter to close the gap and on lap 22 made a repeat of his move earlier in the race to secure his podium slot.

McWoofbork would finish the race with the fastest lap of the event, setting a 1min 38.852 second lap on his 20th tour, three-hundredths quicker than the pole time.

Fredeliciousx rounded out the G2 class in what he admitted was a great first TRB-GT appearance in a largely "practice" orientated event, a handful of mistakes stopped the British driver from contesting for the podium.

G3 CLASS: SJH3991 claims first win ahead of no holds barred fight

SJH3991 drove a controlled race to claim his first TRB-GT victory after narrowly missing out on a win in the opening round of the season at Red Bull Ring.

The Mercedes AMG driver lead the G3 Class from lights-to-flag, after securing pole with a lap time of 1 minute 47.629 seconds, over three tenths faster than second placed Clemsie_McKenzie in the Honda NSX.

Main title rival Haff16 took third on the grid but the British Mercedes AMG driver was hoping to make the alternate Medium-Soft strategy work in his favour, and repeat the HF Impala Racing's success from the Red Bull Ring.

SJH3991 made a clean getaway, and was able to get clear of any threat from Clemsie and Haff16 who swiftly became engaged in a spectacular battle.

The pair exchanged blows countless times in the opening sector of the lap, thanks to the long start/finish straight allowing the Honda to slipstream and pass the Mercedes, before the latter would repass around Curva Grande and into the second chicane. Haff 16 even pulled off a rather robust move into Lesmo 1 on lap eight.

At the end of that lap Clemsie made a mistake into the Parabolica turn, and Haff16 looked to have secured the position until the Brit hit trouble at the first chicane, running into the gravel trap and suffering damage.

Haff16 hit pitlane come the end of lap nine to make his mandatory swap, and would have to take the Soft tyres all the way to the end to stand any chance of taking the podium.

The stop triggered race leading SJH3991 and now second placed Clemsie to react, and the duo pitted within the next three laps for a new set of mediums.

Clemsie emerged ahead of his Mercedes rival, but Haff16 would cast the final blow on lap 14, securing second place.

All this fighting allowed SJH3991 to escape at the front, with the Dutch driver holding a lead of over 10 seconds by the time he pitted, and despite running on the medium tyres for the second half of the race, was able to manage his lead to the checkered, taking his maiden win over Haff16 by six seconds at the line.

A mistake-free second half of the race allowed Clemsie to hold on to third, as podium competitors noiseyMP7 and Almarioneko suffered difficult races.

Corvette driver Luca_Valli came home in fourth place after enduring a race-long battle with the debuting Lamborghini driver PurplePetrol13 and Boost Brothers James_Larman.

The Argentine looked set for fifth place after a spin on lap 19, but the Lamborghini in fourth was forced to make a second stop on lap 20 for fuel, elevating the Corvette to one position shy of the podium

PurplePetrol13 climbed four positions in the race to score a healthy handful of points on his debut.

Porsche driver James_Larman took the flag in sixth after a busy race, ahead of Lexus' Almarioneko who recovered from a lap one incident to take seventh on his TRB-GT race debut.

The second Boost Brothers Porsche of Daveskater took eighth in class, holding off the struggling Aston Martin of noiseyMP7. The Dutchman looks to have the pace to be fighting for podiums, but is yet to find have a clean run in the two races so far.

Acclaimed_Guy did not finish after crashing heavily on lap three at the Lesmos.

R E S U L T S : R O U N D 2 : M O N Z A

1. tfullbrook16 (Nissan) [G2 Leader] 43min47.247s 26 Laps | 49 pts

2. theDarrylx (Lexus) [G2] +32.399s | 47 pts

3. Doggo_McWoofbork (Honda) [G2] +36.765s | 15 pts

4. d-morgan16 (Lexus) [G2] +42.981s | 28 pts

5. Fredelicious (Honda) [G2] +1min24.393s | 11 pts

6. SJH3991 (Mercedes) [G3 Leader] +2 Laps | 48 pts

7. Haff16 (Mercedes) [G3] +2 Laps | 47 pts

8. Clemsie_McKenzie (Honda) [G3] +2 Laps | 32 pts

9. Luca_Valli (Corvette) [G3] +2 Laps | 22 pts

10. PurplePetrol13 (Lamborghini) [G3] +2 Laps | 10 pts

11. James_Larman (Porsche) [G3] +2 Laps | 20 pts

12. Almarioneko (Lexus) [G3] +3 Laps | 6 pts

13. Daveskater (Porsche) [G3] +3 Laps | 12 pts

14. noiseyMP7 (Aston Martin) [G3] +3 Laps | 3 pts

15. Acclaimed_Guy (Porsche) [G3] DNF | 6 pts

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G 2: C H A M P I O N S H I P S T A N D I N G S

1. tfullbrook16 (Nissan) | 49 pts

2. theDarrylx (Lexus) | 47 pts

3. d-morgan16 (Lexus) [G2] | 28 pts

4. Doggo_McWoofbork (Honda) | 15 pts

5. Fredelicious (Honda) [G2] | 11 pts

G 3 : C H A M P I O N S H I P S T A N D I N G S

1. SJH3991 (Mercedes) | 48 pts

2. Haff16 (Mercedes) | 47 pts

3. Clemsie_McKenzie (Honda) | 32 pts

4. Luca_Valli (Corvette) | 22 pts

5. James_Larman (Porsche) | 20 pts

6. Daveskater (Porsche) | 12 pts

7. PurplePetrol13 (Lamborghini) | 10 pts

8. Almarioneko (Lexus) | 6 pts

9. Acclaimed_Guy (Porsche) | 6 pts

10. noiseyMP7 (Aston Martin) | 3 pts

T E A M S S T A N D I N G S:

1. HF Impala Racing (tfullbrook16/Haff16) | 96 pts

2. Boost Brothers (James_Larman/Daveskater) | 32 pts

C O N S T R U C T O R S

1. Mercedes (SJH3991/Haff16) | 95 pts

2. Honda (Doggo_McWoofbork/Fredeliciousx/Clemsie_McKenzie) | 63 pts

3. Nissan (tfullbrook16) | 49 pts

4. Porsche (James_Larman/Daveskater/Acclaimed_Guy) | 38 pts

5. Lexus ( theDarrylx/d-morgan16/Almarioneko) | 33 pts

6. Corvette (Luca_Valli) | 22 pts

7. Lambo (PurplePetrol13) | 10 pts

8. Aston Martin (noiseyMP7) | 4 pts