Muscat racing driver Ahmad Al Harthy’s campaign at the Total 24 Hours of Spa came to an unfortunate end when his Oman Racing Team car got involved in an accident late on Sunday.

Despite a minor issue with the No44 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 at the start of the endurance race on Saturday, Ahmad and team-mates Stephen Jelley and Michael Caine mounted a great recovery as they strived for a top-10 finish.

The team was performing admirably when, at around 02:00am local time on Sunday, Ahmad had to take swift action to avoid contact with the McLaren car in front of him that had lost control. The car went onto the grass and rammed into the barriers. 

“It was a really unfortunate accident”, said a frustrated Ahmad, “We know these things can happen in motorsport. 

“There was nothing I could do. Although there’s a lot of work to be done on the car, Motorbase (the crew behind the Oman Racing Team) is the team you want in your corner. They’ll get everything sorted out for our next race.”

While disappointed with the early end to the fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Series, 32-year-old Ahmad took a lot of positives from Spa. 

“I was happy with my pace. I think we could have had a top 10 finish. These things happen though.”

Germany’s Nurburgring will host the fifth and final round of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series on September 20-21.