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Donington Park - Rounds 12, 13, and 14 |
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Donington Park :: :: July 16th and 17th ...... |
| Qualifying :: :: After qualification on Friday due to a busy race weekend alongside the WTCC qualification sorted itself out as follows: 1 Gary DUCKMAN (Seat Leon), 2 Jann MARDENBOROUGH (Nissan 370Z), 3 Adrian CHURCHILL (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 4 Josh COOK (Renault Megane), 5 Bryan HEITKOTTER (Nissan 370Z), 6 Kevin GEORGE (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 7 Dan MALONE (Seat Leon Cupra), 8 Joseph GIRLING (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 9 Thomas CARNABY (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 10 Maurice HAYDEN (Renault Megane), 11 Ryan BENSLEY (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 12 Steve JOHNSON (Vauxhall Astra VXR), 13 Joe MCMILLIAN (Seat Leon), 14 Josh WAKEFIELD (Fiat Abarth), 15 Robert GILMORE (Fiat Abarth), 16 Phil BOLAND (Skoda Fabia) Race One :: :: Duckman started from pole and led into Redgate, but had Churchill’s Astra VXR in his wheeltracks as they plunged down the Craner Curves. Playstation Scholarship winner Jann Mardenborough was into third in his Nissan 370Z, with Josh Cook’s Renault Megane, Joseph Girling’s Astra and Dan Malone’s Seat Leon following line astern. The lead duo made an early break with Duckman just holding on until the Old Hairpin on lap three. “I Just went wide and Adrian was through, “he explained. Cook began to lose ground on the third placed Nissan too. “He was cutting corners and bringing mud onto the track and I was first to find it. I wasn’t happy at all,” he said. Although Girling had started well, he vacated fifth on the second lap, “I went Rallycrossing at the Old Hairpin, but no damage,” he explained. Malone and the Astra’s of Tom Carnaby and Kevin George had gone by before he rejoined. But Carnaby was struggling with brakes and a power loss. “I waved Kevin through on the third lap, as I had no brakes. Having no power wasn’t a problem until it stopped raining, but it was no good having power without brakes,” he explained. “I pitted after two more laps, foot to the floor,” he added. Cook had continued to chase Mardenborough for third until lap eight, “I had been using kerb at McLeans, but the Nissan had covered it in mud and I lost the front end and was on the grass. I just skirted the gravel but kept going slowly to rejoin,” he explained. But Malone, George, Girling and Bensley had all gone by before he rejoined. There were no such problems at the front though, “I had the pace and managed pull a gap on Gary for a breather before my brakes and tyres went off,” said Churchill. The gap had grown to 2.8secs before Duckman came charging back. At the flag the winning margin was reduced to 0.754secs, “I ran out of laps, but happy with second,” said Duckman. “That was hard work with the extra ballast, at the end I was going into corners, not knowing if I had any brakes,” Churchill added. Mardenborough retained third and Malone consolidated his hold on fourth over George. “I can’t be disappointed with that,” said Malone. “It was good and I finished higher than I started,” George added. Girling held onto sixth, with Cook regaining seventh from the brakeless Bensley on lap nine. Steve Johnson’s Astra also pipped Bensley on the final lap, “the brakes were the wrong way round and the boost had gone, but we sorted the suspension,” Bensley explained. “I had a bit of contact, then caught Ryan and overtook him at Coppice, but went through the gravel and tried again more successfully on the next lap,” said Johnson. Josh Wakefield had the edge in the Fiat Abarth duel, over Robert Gilmore and Phil Boland completed the finishers in the Myerscough College Skoda Fabia on its race debut. Joe McMillan retired the family Seat on his debut and Maurice Hayden was also a casualty, “changed from fifth to fourth but got second, dipped the clutch and finished in the gravel at McLeans chasing Girling, driver error,” Hayden concluded. RESULT 1 Adrian Churchill (Vauxhall Astra VXR) 12 laps in 21m15.027s (135.45kph); 2 Gary Duckman (Seat Leon) +0.567s; 3 Jann Mardenborough (Nissan 370Z); 4 Dan Malone (Seat Leon); 5 Kevin George (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 6 Joseph Girling (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 7 Josh Cook (Renault Megane); 8 Steve Johnson (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 9 Ryan Bensley (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 10 Josh Wakefield (Fiat Abarth). Fastest Lap: Churchill 1m44.978s (137.978kph/85.29mph). Class winner: Josh Wakefield. Race Two :: :: Churchill had the legs of Duckman into Redgate, but Cook made a flying start from seventh on the grid to slot into third, from Girling, Malone and Carnaby. Duckman was soon onto Churchill’s tail and pounced when the championship leader went wide at the Old Hairpin. “The tyres were still cold,” Churchill explained. Having just gained the lead Duckman found himself delayed by the entry of the safety car for two laps, while Mardenborough and Gilmore had their cars recovered. From the green flag the top three all began to consolidate their positions, but having built a cushion of 1.7 secs quite quickly, Duckman couldn’t afford to relax as Churchill kept the pressure on right to the flag. “It’s such a hard circuit for brakes, but pleased with it and everything ExcelR8 have done for me,” said Duckman. Churchill had also pulled out over five seconds on Cook by the flag to consolidate his championship lead. “I had no brakes left at the end though,” he commented. “I would have preferred it to rain again as it evens out the power,” reckoned third placed Cook. Malone and Carnaby both charged after Girling following the safety car and both got by within a couple of laps, with Malone then pulling clear to secure fourth, before a late charge brought him within in a whisker of catching Cook at the flag. Bensley also demoted Girling a lap later, before they all moved up when Carnaby retired. “The brakes were getting hot, no fluid so I pulled off at Redgate as it was foot to the floor again,” Carnaby explained. Bensley finally settled in fifth with George just having the edge over Girling for sixth, having shared a couple of exchanges in the closing laps. “I had a good start but then ran out of brakes too,” said Girling. “I had a rubbish start, to get off the line with no one getting past would be nice,” George added. US Playstation Scholar Bryan Heitkotter brought his Nissan home eighth, with Hayden and Johnson completing the top ten. “The set up wasn’t right and couldn’t make any progress,” said Hayden. With Gilmore out on the first lap, Wakefield was the only Fiat Abarth survivor, followed by Boland’s class B Skoda. RESULT Race Two: 1 Duckman 11 laps in 20m58.992s (125.73kph); 2 Churchill +0.754s; 3 Cook; 4 Malone; 5 Bensley; 6 George; 7 Girling; 8 Bryan Heitkotter (Nissan 370Z); 9 Maurice Hayden (Renault Megane); 10 Johnson. FL: Duckman 1m44.484s (85.70mph). CW: Wakefield. Race Three :: :: The reverse grid handed George pole, but it was Churchill that emerged from a chaotic first corner, heading Cook, Duckman and Heitkotter. George had run wide and made contact with Bensley, who also clipped Churchill’s rear corner. Both George and Bensley then retired to the pits. “I got squeezed and the contact broke the trackrod end,” said Bensley. Heitkotter was into fourth, with Malone being pursued by the duelling Carnaby and Girling for fifth. Although Duckman made it past Cook for second on lap two, initially he made no impression on Churchill’s lead. But Malone’s chase was over on the second lap, “I went off on the Craner Curves, lifted but found the gravel at the Old Hairpin,” he explained. As the rain began to fall again the lead gap began to close and having run nose to tail out of the Melbourne Hairpin on lap six, Duckman made his move into Redgate. But Churchill was back ahead down the Craner Curves, before Duckman was ahead again through Schwantz Curve. It stayed fairly close to the end, with Churchill right on Duckman’s tail through the Esses with a lap to go. They were side by side from McLeans to Coppice for the final time, but Churchill slipped onto the kerbs at the Esses which proved decisive for Duckman. “It was a great battle with Gary, but my steering had gone at the end,” said Churchill. “Awesome, my best ever race, slippery, enjoyable but dangerous too and I could see Adrian sliding all over the place,” added the victorious Duckman. Cook was a fairly solitary third, “It was quite boring, but had no warmth in the tyres at the start with only one green flag lap,” he said. Heitkotter consolidated his hold on fourth, but behind the Carnaby and Girling duel continued until lap seven, when Carnaby slid off at McLeans, but still managed to rejoin in sixth. Mardenborough piled the pressure on the recovering Carnaby and finally got the better of him with a lap to go. Johnson was eighth, followed by the Fiat Abarth’s, which had a number of exchanges before Wakefield finally broke the tow and pulled out over two seconds on Gilmore in the final laps, for his third class win of the weekend. Boland made it home one lap down, with Hayden the final finisher. “I punctured at the start and had to pit, it had been fine on the warm up lap,” said Hayden. RESULT 1 Duckman 11 laps in 20m26.452s (129.07kph); 2 Churchill +1.420s; 3 Cook; 4 Heitkotter; 5 Girling; 6 Mardenborough; 7 Thomas Carnaby (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 8 Johnson; 9 Wakefield; 10 Gilmore. FL: Churchill 1m45.434s (84.93mph). CW: Gilmore. Published by Peter Scherer (with assistance from Lynda & Emily Scherer) for the BARC Production Touring Car Trophy, July 19th, 2011 |
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Some pictures from Donington Park. |
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Donington Park 2011 Results ...... |
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