BTCC 2009 - Donington Park - Rounds 7, 8 & 9

[VkmSpouge]

Qualifying Results:

1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m13.171
2 Andrew Jordan 1m13.241
3 Harry Vaulkhard 1m13.256
4 James Thompson 1m13.278
5 Jason Plato 1m13.365
6 Stephen Jelley 1m13.384
7 Rob Collard 1m13.493
8 Colin Turkington 1m13.573
9 Matt Neal 1m13.753
10 Jonathan Adam 1m13.795
11 Mat Jackson 1m13.836
12 Paul o'Neil 1m13.902
13 Dave Pinkney 1m14.343
14 Alan Morrison 1m14.464
15 Adam Jones 1m14.638
16 John George 1m14.783
17 Tom Chilton 1m14.796
18 Martin Johnson 1m14.980
19 Liam McMillan 1m15.072
20 Martyn Bell No Time
21 Dan Eaves No Time
22 Nick Leason No Time

Star of the session undoubtedly is Harry Vaulkhard for getting 3rd place. Great performance, especially considering he beat Jason Plato and Mat Jackson driving an identical car.

[MattL]

Giovanardi's Vectra failed to start after being weighed at the end of the session. He loses his times and will start from the back. Andrew Jordan inherits pole position.

[AndySpeed]

Giovanardi's Vectra failed to start after being weighed at the end of the session. He loses his times and will start from the back. Andrew Jordan inherits pole position.

Which puts Vaulkhard up to an excellent second position and a front-row grid slot! I hope he maximises that fully!

[stevevxr]

Well done Andy Jordan and Harry..... nice too see the chevy up there !!!

Roll on tomorrow !!!

[AndySpeed]

Eaves' bad luck continues. He will not be racing tomorrow owing to the team giving the spare engine to support Adam Jones.

[VkmSpouge]

A real shame for Dan Eaves. He had a good time at Brands Hatch but since then he has had some woeful luck.

[mattie007]

Well so far we have had:

1 - Neal - Vauxhall
2 - Collard - BMW
3 - Plato - Chevrolet

1 - Gio - Vauxhall
2 - Turkington - BMW
3 - Jackson - Chevrolet

So I predict!:

1 - Jordan - Vauxhall
2 - Jelley - BMW
3 - Vaulkhard - Chevrolet

[VkmSpouge]

Race 1:
1 James Thompson
2 Andrew Jordan
3 Matt Neal
4 Rob Collard
5 Harry Vaulkhard
6 Jonathan Adam
7 Jason Plato
8 Fabrizio Giovanardi
9 Adam Jones
10 Mat Jackson
11 Martin Johnson
12 Tom Chilton
13 Liam McMillan
14 Dave Pinkney
15 Martyn Bell
16 Alan Morrison
17 John George
DNF Paul o'Neill
DNF Colin Turkington
DNF Stephen Jelley
DNF Nick Leason
DNS Dan Eaves

James Thompson makes it seven winners in seven races! He completely dominated the race. Great racing behind him too.

Harry Vaulkhard getting a really good result in 5th, he clearly has good race pace too.

I feel really sorry for Paul o'Neill, on for another good result but spun out after contact with Jonathan Adam. I think it was merely a case of two cars trying to occupy the same piece of track at the same time.

I wonder what happened to Alan Morrison he was right up there just behind Adam Jones for a while but then he just fell back very quickly. He might have scored a point.

Well done to Martin Johnson too! 11th place and just shy of a championship point.

[AndyRAC]

Interesting race, some 'interesting' driving as well, okay the usual BTCC standards.

[Allyc85]

Really enjoyed that first race with lots going on and positions changing all the time. Gutted for oneil as he was driving superbly and hard luck for Jelley, I really cant see that coming out for the rest of the day.