Thomas Krasonis scored crucial points at the NASCAR GP UK, the third doubleheader of this season, which took place at the Brands Hatch circuit.
The three-day event got off to a strong start for the 2025 OPEN Champion, as he set the all-time record on a dry track at Brands Hatch (48.285 seconds) during Friday’s free practice sessions. On Saturday, the weather made things very difficult for the competitors, as conditions were mixed, with intermittent rain, while at times it would stop raining and the track would dry out. Qualifying took place in the rain, which affected Krasonis, as the car’s setup was not ideal. However, he managed to qualify for the Superpole, where five drivers fought a fierce battle with their times all within the same tenth of a second! In the end, Thomas posted the seventh-fastest time.
Saturday’s race was equally taxing for the Greek driver, as the heavy rain everyone had been expecting never came. The result was that the already high tire pressures the team had chosen for Krasonis’s car increased even further. So, while he gained several positions after the start and found himself in fourth place, the tires overheated and their performance plummeted. He finished in 7th place, but after Ercoli was disqualified, he moved up one spot in the final results of Saturday’s race.
Because he was unable to set a good time on Saturday due to tire pressure issues, Thomas started from 12th place in Sunday’s race. However, he got off to a great start and, taking advantage of his speed on the dry track, moved up to 6th place. After Ercoli retired, though, he gained another position and ultimately finished 5th. The race, however, was extremely difficult, with numerous collisions, as a result of which Thomas’s car sustained significant damage to its aerodynamic components, causing performance to drop again in the final laps
After the third race weekend, Thomas Krasonis is in 6th place in the V8GP standings with 166 points.
This season, Thomas Krasonis is competing in the V8GP class—formerly known as PRO—driving the No. 13 Chevrolet Camaro for the championship-leading Belgian team, PK Carsport.
Costamare Shipping Company is a sponsor of Thomas Krasonis’s efforts in the NASCAR Euro Series.

Although the three days of racing at Brands Hatch didn’t turn out the way he wanted, Thomas Krasonis never gave up and was vindicated. A podium in Sunday’s OPEN race was exactly what he needed before the summer holidays, and ahead of what is expected to be an impressive season finale!

“The truth is that luck was not on our side at Brands Hatch on Saturday. Nothing went as we had planned and as we wanted it to, with the consequence that we were unable to continue the winning streak we had built up in the first races of the season. But there are such things as that in racing. It’s just that sometimes things go wrong, as it happened to us on Saturday,” Thomas Crasonis said, adding: “All these years in the NASCAR Euro Series we have learned to never give up. That’s what we did at Brands Hatch and we were vindicated by the result of Sunday’s OPEN race. It was a very important podium, especially because of the conditions under which it came. Stability is key.”

Crasonis made it clear that “already Brands Hatch is a thing of the past. After the cancellation of the Dutch race, we have more than two months to go until the next race, at Most in the Czech Republic. We’ll recharge the batteries by taking a few days off and keep going strong, because there’s no room for relaxation. Our goal is to go into the playoffs as high in the standings as possible and to do that we need to stay totally focused. We are now out of Joker’s, so we need to finish as high as possible in Most!”

He concluded: “I want to once again thank my sponsors, Costamare and Dodoni, the Medical Centre for providing me with medical services, my team PK Carsport, my coach Alon Day, Paul Tyba who is responsible for my physical condition and of course all my mechanics.”

The next NASCAR Euro Series race is scheduled for the weekend of 29-31 August at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic.

The first two race weekends of this year’s Championship went extremely well for Thomas Krasonis, who climbed the podium in both Spain and Italy in both classes in which he competes.

The 23-year-old driver has been preparing intensively for the third race of the year, under the guidance of Paul Timpas, and is ready for the big challenge ahead of him. Brands Hatch, after all, is one of Thomas Krasoni’s favourite circuits, and he has competed in many races there since his championship days with the Citroen Saxo in Great Britain.

“We have put behind us what happened in Spain and Italy. That’s what we have to do after every race, as there is no room for relaxation. Brands Hatch is a favourite destination. It may be a short track, but it’s a particularly demanding track and doesn’t allow you to relax for a second, as the laps are very fast. I’ve always enjoyed driving at Brands Hatch and I can’t wait to be back on the track again,” the Greek driver stresses.

He adds: “The very good start to the season, the victories and the successive podiums fill us with confidence but also with a lot of responsibility. With my coach, Alon Day, we plan every move, we study each track very carefully and I want to believe that in Great Britain we will continue our series of victories and podiums. We are following our five-year plan closely, going step by step and we want to pick up points that will take us into the play-offs to challenge for this year’s titles.”

And he concluded: “Everything that is happening this year could not have come true without the support of the people who are on our side. I want to thank my sponsors, Costamare Shipping Company and Dodoni Dairy, who are doing their utmost to ensure that this journey continues to be a success. The Athens Medical Group for their continuous medical support before and after every race, the Antenna Group, who brings the action from all the NASCAR Euro Series races to every home and of course everyone who supports our effort.”