Clio Cup: Silverstone Predictions

[Jonny Apex]

Two more races this weekend after the excellent pair we got at Thruxton.

Can it get any more exciting? Or clean and honest?

How often do we hear of a driver (Jonathan Fildes) insisting the other driver (Daniel Buxton) should keep his win? For those of you who don't know, Fildes admitted to the clerk he'd put Buxton onto the grass coming into the chicane - that's why Buxton had to straightline it.

A terrific sporting gesture and one that has got him noticed ...

I still think Buxton will be difficult to beat at Silverstone, though.

[racingdick]

Dry day nice level playing field


1 17 BUXTON 1:35.204 85.04 6 2:12.489
2 9 MURRAY 1:35.293 0.089 84.96 12 1:38.179
3 14 DAVIES 1:35.374 0.170 84.89 11 1:35.468
4 12 WILKINSON 1:35.390 0.186 84.87 12 1:35.672
5 5 PEAD 1:35.583 0.379 84.70 13 1:35.628
6 22 FILDES 1:35.761 0.557 84.54 12 1:35.761
7 16 MARTIN 1:35.803 0.599 84.51 11 1:35.804
8 10 BUTLER-HENDERSO 1:35.958 0.754 84.37 12 1:36.476
9 11 WATERWORTH 1:36.180 0.976 84.18 12 2:13.652
10 3 ADCOCK 1:36.374 1.170 84.01 12 1:44.513
11 15 BRACKENBURY 1:36.460 1.256 83.93 12 1:41.578
12 27 JOHNSON 1:36.508 1.304 83.89 12 1:36.662
13 4 GEORGE 1:36.560 1.356 83.84 13 1:37.100
14 8 ONSLOW-COLE 1:36.770 1.566 83.66 11 1:37.026
15 77 CULLUM 1:36.779 1.575 83.65 11 1:37.613
16 2 GRIFFIN 1:37.636 2.432 82.92 11 3:47.358
17 29 MAGUIRE 1:37.861 2.657 82.73 11 1:43.060
18 7 LLOYD 1:40.188 4.984 80.81 12 2:00.801

[AndyF]

Originally posted by Jonny Apex


How often do we hear of a driver (Jonathan Fildes) insisting the other driver (Daniel Buxton) should keep his win? For those of you who don't know, Fildes admitted to the clerk he'd put Buxton onto the grass coming into the chicane - that's why Buxton had to straightline it.

A terrific sporting gesture and one that has got him noticed ...

It's great to hear something like that these days!!

[Jonny Apex]

Isn't it just.

Rockingham and two races this weekend. I remember well the last time they competed there, in the 2001 winter series. There were only a dozen cars on the grid, but what a pair of races!

Many congratulations to Jonathan Fildes on his first Clio win at Silverstone. Shame for Buxton in the first race. He was leading but then had a repetition of his brake problem from qualifying. The second race brought something extra special out of Buxton. From the last row of the grid (he'd failed to set a time in qualifying because of the brake problem), he finished third. Superb to watch.

With Fildes bound to be on a high after his Silverstone win, this weekend could be very interesting.