Malibu Porsche + Winton Raceway + Lockie Marshall

While most teenagers were heading down to the beach in the week between Christmas and New Year,  Lockie has been busy preparing for his first test in Porsche Carrera Cup car at Winton Raceway.  Thanks to the generous support of  Xavier West,  from Malibu Motor Sport,  Lockie was able to familiarise himself with the operation of the left hand drive Porsche racer that Xavier has been campaigning in the Porsche GT3 Challenge during 2012.   With Xavier’s guidance,  Lockie was able to come to grips with the potent Porsche machine and by the end of the day was laying down some very respectable lap times.   

Xavier runs through the start procedure with Lockie 

 

Very different to the F3 car

 

On the throttle out of Turn 2

 

Lockie’s first impressions of the Porsche were that it was a very well balanced car and had tons of grip and fantastic stopping  power.     As it was Lockie’s first drive in a closed car he was amazed at how hot the cabin got even with the engine being in the rear.    During the day the Porsche was all but the fastest car on the track with the exception of a Lamborghini racer being prepared for next years Australian GT Championship.    

With Lockie’s sights firmly set on racing in the Carrera Cup in 2013 he is working hard on attracting sponsors who would like to be part to the Porsche series and take advantage of the extensive television coverage the series gets on the 7 Network as the prestige category  supporting the V8 Supercar Series.

Lockie would like to acknowledge Xavier and Scott and the rest of the team from Malibu Motor Sport for their support organising the test day.  

Malibu Motor Sport is supported by Malibu Boats  Australia,  a company famous for their range of high quality ski boats and wakeboarding boats.   Check them out at www.malibuboats.com.au