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England TSA
TheSixthAxis Racing logo
Full name TheSixthAxis Racing GT Team
Base England England
Team principal/s Cameron Brewster and James Kirk
Race drivers 58. England Matthew Williams
59. England Philip Morby
Test drivers Cameron Brewster
Vehicle Chevrolet Corvette
Tyres Michelin
GPVWC World GT Series Career
Début 2013 German GT Cup
Latest race 2013 British GT Cup
Races competed 2
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Podiums 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
2012 position N/A

TheSixthAxis GT is an English World GT Series team competing in the 2013 season. It is a division of TheSixthAxis Racing and to date the only TSA team to enter a GPVWC season. Its current race drivers are Englishmen Matthew Williams and Philip Morby with its test driver being team co-owner, Cameron Brewster. Williams and Morby both began their careers in Gentlemen's Racing Club touring car racing in Ford Focuses before making the leap to World GT.

History

2013

The 2013 World GT season was the first foray for TheSixthAxis Racing into GPVWC. Previously, the team had only taken part in two other series; the Gentlemen's Racing Club Touring Car Series and the Touring Pro Series Tom Onslow-Cole Clio Cup. Despite this, proven drivers Matthew Williams and Philip Morby were put into their car of choice (the Chevrolet Corvette) and were confident of a good half-season ahead of them. Team co-owner Cameron Brewster agreed to be the GT team's reserve driver if needed.

The first race TSA GT entered was the 2013 Nurburgring GT Cup. Qualifying proved to be a baptism of fire for the two drivers as neither had dealt with RFE weather before and a wet session left them in the lower end of the grid. The start saw Morby unfortunately get tangled up in a first corner incident, though the race saw much better results from Williams who after a hard fought race came home in 15th taking the team's first point on debut. The two drivers claimed that they were using Germany primarily as a "testing session" to gauge the quality of the field and themselves and were very happy to come away with a point.

For Britain, the team were looking much more competitive with Williams recording the eight best time in practice. The race however still proved difficult though overall was not too bad. Morby managed to beat his previous best finish by ten places to finish 17th whilst Williams still came home in 14th to bag another two points. Afterwards he claimed that the car "just lacked pace" though was still taking positives forward to Bathurst.

Complete World GT results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Vehicle Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Pos
2013 Chevrolet Corvette G MON
Italy
RBR
Austria
SPA
Belgium
NUR
Germany
SIL
United Kingdom
BAT
Australia
BRN
Czech Republic
IML
San Marino
WAT
United States
117 2nd
Netherlands Calvin Hermse 30 20 Ret 16
Italy Alessandro Puoti 16 5 DNS Ret
Norway Scott Sovik Ret
Finland Oskari Kantonen Ret
Australia Harley Hamnett Ret
Netherlands Ghovand Keanie 31 13 Ret
England James Johnson 2 3 4 11 1 3 8