BTCC Donington 06

[Hazard]

First practice Results are in

Giovanardi fastest

1 - Giovanardi - VX Racing / Vauxhall Astra SH - 1:13.219
2 - Collard - WSR / MG-ZS - 1:13.257
3 - Turkington - WSR / MG-ZS - 1:13.392
4 - Shedden - Team Halfords / Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.416
5 - Neal - Team Halfords / Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.540
6 - Jordan - Team Eurotech / Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.569
7 - Smith - VX Racing / Vauxhall Astra SH - 1:13.688
8 - Chilton - VX Racing / Vauxhall Astra SH - 1:13.754
9 - Turner - Seat Sport UK / Seat Leon - 1:13.840
10 - Plato - Seat Sport UK / Seat Leon - 1:13.945
11 - Murray - Quest / Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:14.004
12 - Leggate - Tech-Speed / Vauxhall Astra Coupé - 1:14.740
13 - Hughes - Kartworld / MG-ZS - 1:14.871
14 - Pinkney - Motorbase Performance / Honda Integra Type-R - 1:15.406
15 - Bell - Geoff Steel / BMW 320i E46 - 1:15.943
16 - Smith - InFront / Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:16.519
17 - Marsh - Farecla / Peugeot 307 - 1:17.433
18 - Jones - Xero / Lexus IS200 - No Time
19 - Kaye - Synchro / Honda Civic Type-R - No Time

[Dani Filth]

uu . nice one from Gio ..
and Murray is quite close in his Alfa

[Hazard]

Second Session:

1 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.256
2 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:13.320
3 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:13.336
4 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat Leon Cupra - 1:13.356
5 - Rob Collard [7] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:13.399
6 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:13.456
7 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.489
8 - Jason Plato [4] - Seat Sport UK - Seat Leon Cupra - 1:13.635
9 - Eoin Murray [17] - Murray Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:13.643
10 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:13.939
11 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:14.463
12 - Jason Hughes [28] - Kartworld Racing - MG-ZS - 1:14.874
13 - Fiona Leggate [82] - Tech-Speed Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - 1:15.148
14 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:15.333
15 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i - 1:16.036
16 - Mark Smith [66] - In-Front Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:16.646
17 - Adam Jones [21] - Xero Competition - Lexus IS200 - 1:16.860
18 - Richard Marsh [16] - Team Farécla - Peugeot 307 - 1:17.157
19 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R - No Time

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Qualifying Results

1 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:12.548
2 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:12.661
3 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:12.784
4 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:12.813
5 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:12.844
6 - Rob Collard* [7] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:12.932
7 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:12.936
8 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:13.159
9 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat Leon Cupra - 1:13.185
10 - Jason Plato [4] - Seat Sport UK - Seat Leon Cupra - 1:13.187
11 - Eoin Murray [17] - Murray Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:13.207
12 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:13.830
13 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R - 1:13.882
14 - Jason Hughes [28] - Kartworld Racing - MG-ZS - 1:14.529
15 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i - 1:14.766
16 - Fiona Leggate [82] - Tech-Speed Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - 1:15.071
17 - Adam Jones [21] - Xero Competition - Lexus IS200 - 1:15.209
18 - Mark Smith [66] - In-Front Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:16.600
19 - Richard Marsh [16] - Team Farécla - Peugeot 307 - 1:17.369

* Collard due a six place penalty

[Hazard]

Seat looking troubled. Jordan 4th!

[touringlegend]

Good effort from Mike Jordan - well done to him.

Seat did say they would be disavantaged here due to the straights though it may be a different story come the race. The GP loop would have been better for the Leon I guess.

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

Good effort from Mike Jordan - well done to him.

Just back, A fair good effort indeed, he lost the most of the 2nd session this morning.

Dave Pinkney had a mis-fire in both the 1st and 2nd session and hats of to Synchro Motorsport and James Kaye who did his first flying lap of the day during qualifying due to an elctrincal fire at the start of the 1st session, which ruled him out of both that and the 2nd session

[Hazard]

Race One Result

1 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
2 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS
3 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
4 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
5 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
6 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
7 - Jason Plato [4] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León
8 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R
9 - Rob Collard [7] - Team RAC - MG-ZS
10 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R
11 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R
12 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León
13 - Eoin Murray [17] - Quest Racing - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000
14 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i
15 - Jason Hughes [28] - Kartworld Racing - MG-ZS
16 - Adam Jones [21] - Xero Competition - Lexus IS200
17 - Mark Smith [66] - In-Front Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000
18 - Richard Marsh [16] - Team Farécla - Peugeot 307 - Retired
19 - Fiona Leggate [82] - Tech-Speed Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - DNS

[Hazard]

And an insane second race! Some activity for the stewards for sure, maybe some amendments to this result even (felt like I was watching a V8 Supercar race!)

Race Two Result

1 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
2 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
3 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R
4 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
5 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
6 - Eoin Murray [17] - Quest Racing - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000
7 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R
8 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS
9 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León
10 - Adam Jones [21] - Xero Competition - Lexus IS200
11 - Mark Smith [66] - In-Front Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000
12 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i
13 - Rob Collard [7] - Team RAC - MG-ZS
14 - Richard Marsh [16] - Team Farécla - Peugeot 307 - Retired
15 - Jason Hughes [28] - Kartworld Racing - MG-ZS - Retired
16 - Jason Plato [4] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León - Retired
17 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - Retired
18 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R - Retired
19 - Fiona Leggate [82] - Tech-Speed Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - DNS

Top 9 Reversed for Race Three.

Darren Turner will start from pole alongside Colin Turkington.

[touringlegend]

Crazy races - but I think Tim Harvey was right - none of those incidents can be blamed on malicious intent, just good hard racing which, erm, kind of went wrong.

I did cringe when I saw Collard heading off at the Old Hairpin though, incase that Astra was the target. How lucky is Matt Neal though!

[dj choc ice]

i screamed at the TV when tom chilton went off he looked quick as hell going through the craner curves and i hope the final race goes better for him if he races

[Oval_Junky]

Great commitment by all through the craver curves!

[Stuart Hill]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

Crazy races - none of those incidents can be blamed on malicious intent, just good hard racing which, erm, kind of went wrong.

Does that then make those moves legal???
in other words.... fine so long as no-one gets hurt??

[sib668]

bit of carnage at the start of the third race

[Stuart Hill]

Originally Posted by sib668

bit of carnage at the start of the third race

surprise, surprise!!

[Hazard]

What a wild race! I think we can call this one 'provisional'

Race Three Result

1 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS
2 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
3 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
4 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León
5 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
6 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch
7 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R
8 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R
9 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R
10 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i
11 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R
12 - Eoin Murray [17] - Quest Racing - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000
13 - Adam Jones [21] - Xero Competition - Lexus IS200

[flexible-flyer]

turkington won it fair and square. and he deserved it anyway, he made 2 great standing starts, 2 great restarts and built up a couple of big leads. and the last corner move was tit for tat. they cant take that away from our colin!

[Caramba]

Slightly dubious but just about Ok but some of the rest of the driving was a bit rock ape.
Even by BTCC standards that was like banger racing.

[FIRE]

Nice move by Turkington in last lap

[beau1]

Did'nt see anything wrong with that move by turkington at the end. Giovanardi just left the door open and then relized to late and turned in.

They were all a little bit insane today, it was incredable how many incidents there were in races 2 and 3. The rain just made it worse.

[Stuart Hill]

Originally Posted by beau1

Did'nt see anything wrong with that move by turkington at the end.

so running all-wheels on the grass (off the racing tarmac) is fine then?

no offense meant, just asking.

[Caramba]

They've got to tighten up on the driving standards - a bit of contact every now & then is one thing but it's the norm currently.

It's exciting on times but someone is going to get hurt unless its tackled.

[touringlegend]

I think Giovanardi was mad at the start with Turks but then realised he was a bit silly to not defend with the MG so close behind him. All seemed to be fine on the podium.

Originally Posted by Stuart Hill

Does that then make those moves legal???
in other words.... fine so long as no-one gets hurt??

Which ones ?

Tom Chilton lost it himself as far as I saw and Turkington was taking the racing line which was unfortunate for Tom as it left him no space.
Dave Pinkney - he ended up on the grass and off by himself.
Rob Collard / Matt Neal / Jason Plato - Matt Neal is an angel after all so nothing malicious would have happened here then ? Plato didn't have anywhere to go did he ?
Darren Turner / Turkington - looked like Turner lost it under braking from the pictures we were shown.

So what moves in your opinion were illegal ?

[beau1]

Originally Posted by Stuart Hill

so running all-wheels on the grass (off the racing tarmac) is fine then?

no offense meant, just asking.

None taken. Nah, i don't think that running driving with all wheel's is safe but the reason why i think he ended up going across the grass was because Giovanardi turned in early and hit him. It was'nt a perfect move i have to say some will think it was dangerous and he that he skipped the chicane to his advantage but others will say that Giovanardi did'nt defend well enough and turned in early when he relized where turkington was, so it's really a bit of a grey area. I just think there were worse incidents in the races than that which should be investigated. Something does need to be done though before it becomes ot the top and someone will get hurt.

[BootsOntheSide]

I don't think Colin did anything unfair - Fabrizio squeezed him to intitate contact. If Gio had gone through first as a result, I'd be suggesting that the win should be given to Colin. Agrred that Gio didn't seem angry once he spoke to VBH (maybe it was those come-to-bed eyes of hers).

The Collard-Neal-Plato incident in race 2 was a bit more questionable. Plato had nowhere to go to avoid Matt, but I'm not sure the contact between Matt and Rob was so unavoidable.

Anyone know why Fiona didn't race?

A few of the Indies really did well this weekend, Jordan and Murray in particular were a match for the works teams. A shame Eoin made a rookie mistake in the third race, but he'll learn from it.