Routec Racing’s BMW Compacts won a dramatic Birkett Six Hour Relay, taking the lead from sister team the BMW Triers in the final 30 minutes at an unseasonably warm Silverstone.
The Handicap trophy, as ever, was the premier prize at the endurance classic and the Routec Compact squad was the seventh different leader to appear on the half-hourly bulletins. Not among them, however, were previous double winners The Three Amigos, which also fielded Compacts, as the crew had for their 2019 and 2020 successes. Paul Hinson had a heavy off at Copse, causing one of six safety car periods, while multiple Hot Hatch champion David Drinkwater’s version regularly overheated, leaving Adam Read to do much of the driving.
