[BTCC] Donington GP - Round 22/23/24

[rdjones]

The BTCC rolls back in Donington for its 2nd visit of the year, this time on GP layout.

Timetable - https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...metable-v5.pdf

Noticeboard - https://www.barc.net/online_noticebo...-august-24-25/

TSL Timing - https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/243403

Supports come from The ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA, Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain and The Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy

[rdjones]

For the first time in 10 years I am going to be trackside for a BTCC round (sadly only Sunday only) and I am looking forward to it will be interesting to see what changed in that time.

The weather forecast isn't looking too bad hopefully we will get a good days racing.

[Evantra]

Best of all - no messing about with tyre compounds!

[SSmith]

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...d-22-08-24.pdf

Entry List

BTCC - 20
Official confirmation that Zelos will use his regular #45 as he makes his BTCC debut

PCCGB - 24 (11 Pro, 10 Pro-Am, 3 Am)
Regular Pro field. Lucca Allen (who raced in British F4 in 2017-2018 then raced single-seaters in Asia/Middle East + a couple of LMP3 appearances) makes his debut with Eden Race Drive in Pro-Am (presumably in the car Josh Malin raced with them at the start of the year). William Paul and Richard Hosking return in Am [incredibly all three Ams were within 0.3secs of one another in testing with Hosking the fastest of the Ams].

British F4 - 18
Smallest grid of the season thus far. August Raber re-joins the grid. Abbi Pulling and Nina Gademan are racing in F1 Academy at Zandvoort this weekend.

MINI Challenge Trophy - 24
A slightly smaller grid than in previous TOCA appearances may reduce the number of accidents in this series.

Porsche Sprint Challenge GB - 25 (9 RS Pro, 7 RS Am, 5 CS Pro, 4 CS Am)
Biggest grid of the season for Sprint Challenge. No changes from Croft in the RS categories. In CS Pro, Caitlin Wood makes her first appearance since Snetterton and former Ginetta racer Will Rochford makes his debut in the series.

[mick bennett]

BBC now showing rain showers both days. Nice field leveller!!.

[S griffin]

Looking forward to this one. The return to the long circuit last year really was a success and hope for great racing again. Especially with the championship so close

[Adamcas87]

Originally Posted by mick bennett

BBC now showing rain showers both days. Nice field leveller!!.

Let’s hope there’s not or donington have at least learned there lesson from earlier in the season

[ahobson98]

What lesson should they have learned? Donington is built on a hill, water flows downhill.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by ahobson98

What lesson should they have learned? Donington is built on a hill, water flows downhill.

They could have possibly created soakaways, if they hadn't already, in all the vulnerable places.

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

They could have possibly created soakaways, if they hadn't already, in all the vulnerable places.

I think they were created after the aborted GP construction. One was put in between Macleans and Coppice as a run off and also at the bottom of the Old Hairpin. Not sure if the hairpin on the GP loop was done. Only speaking from experience of the circuit.

[antnee]

A whole bunch of work was meant to be done over the winter but Mr Palmer decided to have the circuit stacked out with bookings and not give the track team any time to do the work.

There was a heated meeting after the earlier BTCC round.

[v8supes]

Dont worry about the rain, worry about the wind imo. Might lose your umbrella, tent or even hat.

[hen henths]

An exciting top 3, great to see Cookie on pole at last, Turks 2nd and well done to Doble in 3rd.
Sutton jumped ahead of Tingram on his last lap!

[tee.1s]

Originally Posted by hen henths

An exciting top 3, great to see Cookie on pole at last, Turks 2nd and well done to Doble in 3rd.
Sutton jumped ahead of Tingram on his last lap!

That corolla is slowly but surely getting more and more competitive. The end of this year, and 2025 will be very very fun...

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by tee.1s

That corolla is slowly but surely getting more and more competitive. The end of this year, and 2025 will be very very fun...

Happens every year though, it comes on strong at the end of the season and drops back again at the start of the next.

But should make for an interesting few races tomorrow.

[porsche962fan]

Hill 290
Tingram 289
Sutton 275

Turkington 246
Cammish 244

[Matt K]

Seeing how Turkington goes, I can definitely see him being well in the title fight come Brands Hatch, although he'd need near-perfect results. But that's not unrealistic.

[v8supes]

A terrible terrible hit in the Mini race. So glad everyone is ok.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by v8supes

A terrible terrible hit in the Mini race. So glad everyone is ok.

Crazy how bent the car was, as O’Neill said so lucky it was passenger side.

[porsche962fan]

WSR is just 2 wins away to match 888 as teams with most BTCC wins

[porsche962fan]

there goes Cammish's title hopes

[porsche962fan]

complete disaster for Tingram !!

Hill 305
Sutton 296
Tingram 289


Turkington 264

Cook 249
Cammish 249

[tee.1s]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

complete disaster for Tingram !!

Hill 305
Sutton 296
Tingram 289


Turkington 264

Cook 249
Cammish 249

Its a 3 horse race, with turks waiting in the wings. very exciting!!!!

[Matt K]

Yeah, going to be very exciting, and the Ash v Tingram battle was a nail biter. Shame about what happened to Tom.
I'm really happy to see Sutton being a bit more like good old Ash this weekend. Still the BMW and Hyundai seem a bit superior but possibly NAPA have finally started to move in the right direction.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by Matt K

Yeah, going to be very exciting, and the Ash v Tingram battle was a nail biter. Shame about what happened to Tom.
I'm really happy to see Sutton being a bit more like good old Ash this weekend. Still the BMW and Hyundai seem a bit superior but possibly NAPA have finally started to move in the right direction.

Assume Cammish will have a fairly easy win in R3 too… and his teammate creates chaos behind