Tough times for Henry Joslyn
Rising star Henry Joslyn endured a difficult weekend at Monza after heading to Italy for the second meeting of the GT4 European Series season.
Having made the switch from single-seaters for his 2026 racing programme, Henry kicked off the campaign with a top ten finish on the opening weekend of the year at Paul Ricard at the wheel of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Sweden GR Supra GT4 EVO2 he is sharing with Maximilian Boström.
The pair then headed for Misano for the first meeting of the new GT4 Italian Series, scoring a pair of wins on a weekend that was used to prepare for a return to the circuit in the European series later in the year.
That double success meant confidence was high heading to the high-speed Monza circuit but the impact of the Balance of Performance system used in the series was evident during practice as the #29 Toyota ended up outside the top 20 on the times.
It would be a similar story in qualifying, with Henry having to settle for 33rd place on the grid for race one and Boström 26th quickest in the second session used to determine the grid for race two.
Henry took the start of race one and a storming opening lap saw the Toyota rocket up the order to the fringes of the top 20, with the young Briton rising up to 19th spot within four laps.
In warm conditions, the Toyota then started to suffer from overheating issues, which undid all of Henry’s good work as he slipped back down the order towards the rear of the field.
A safety car period provided the opportunity for the car to cool and Henry went back on the attack to climb to 21st before handing the Supra over to Boström for the run to the flag, and he would gain further ground as the pair secured a 15th place finish.
Boström then took the start of race two and battled his way forwards from 23rd to 17th in a chaotic opening stint before coming in for the mandatory driver change.
Henry climbed back behind the wheel and was seeking to gain further ground before an unfortunate incident on track forced him to bring the car back into the pits to retire.
Focus for Henry now turns towards the event at Spa at the end of the month.
“Heading to Monza we felt confident about fighting for some strong results, particularly on the back of a successful outing in the Italian series at Misano,” he said.
“Unfortunately, we could see from practice that we didn’t quite have the pace we were hoping for and it meant we were on the back foot going into qualifying and were further down the grid than we expected for both races.”
“The start of race one was really good and I was able to fight my way through the pack but then the car started to get hot and we dropped back towards the rear of the field. To recover back to 15th was a positive, but race two was disappointing as we got caught up in an incident that forced us to retire.”
“They weren’t the results we were hoping for from the weekend but we’ll put it behind us and look to come out fighting when we head to Spa.”