British Touring Car Championship - Donington Park July 2007
Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

This year's Donington Park Round of the British Touring Car Championship was as action packed as the previous round at Oulton Park 2 week earlier, Saturday was fine on the whole, but Sunday, torrential rain all day, the main difference from the previous round being the lack of accidents, apart from the Seat Leon's of coarse, The Renault Clio's behaved themselves, as did the Formula Renaults. In the British Touring car races Vauxhall seemed to be in trouble the most with engine problems, indeed the mechanics worked into the early evening on Giovanardi's Vectra  changing the engine after overheating problems.

Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

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Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

Jason Plato, The Rain Master in his Seat dominated the Sunday racing, winning two out of the three races, Gordon Shedden won race one, but a on form Plato took the Seat by the scruff of the neck and drove a superb second and third race, Plato  turning a small deficit in the championship into a healthy lead while other drivers struggled in the rain.

Fiona Leggate kept the Kart  world mechanic's busy throughout the weekend with a off into the tyres at the right -left chicane and again as she entered the old hairpin this time causing serious panel damage to the front, the car needing several new part, however when she was in the groove she could be seen to be mixing it with the rest in admirable style,
Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007
Seat Cupra          
Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

The Seat Cupra  Championship race was run in heavy rain, most of the cars ending up on the grass at turn one, Regate, 11 cars instantly out of the race after a three car accident turned into total carnage, the Race was red flagged and restarted 20 minutes later with only half the original field. Eventual race winner Jonathan Adams  beat Fulvio Mussi and Neil Waterworth, all driving for Total Control Racing.

 Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

Renault Clio Cup UK

          
Donington Park British Touring Cars 14th July 2007

The weekends Renault Clio Cup races were divided into two heats due to the large turn out of competitors,  Saturdays race was run in unusually dry conditions, this allowed for some close racing with few accidents. Rain again was the order of the day on Sunday, torrential rain saw the cars all over the place. Sundays race was won by Ben Winrow, 2nd Robert Lawson and 3rd Stefan Hodgetts.

 

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