Last weekend saw the Download Festival 2018 at Donington Park, and my annual visit to the circuit to listen to rock music rather than motor racing that usually takes me to the circuit. This year, the festival clashed with the BTCC round at Oulton Park, so rather than my normal three days at the festival,…
The May Day Bank Holiday weekend saw the Donington Historic Festival 2018, and unlike the BTCC rounds there last weekend, the event saw glorious sunshine for the competitors, the spectators, and the various car clubs who spent the weekend at the circuit. The Donington Historic Festival is always a superb event, and I have posted…
Last weekend saw the BTCC Donington Park Rounds 2018 as the British Touring Car Championship made its way to the Leicestershire circuit. Thursday saw a test day for some of the support series, and the timetable for the weekend included the usual Renault Clio Cup, British F4, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Ginetta Juniors, and the Porsche…
The BTCC visit to Leicestershire this weekend included the British F4 Donington Park Rounds 2018 as the support events joined the British Touring Cars. The teams had some testing as the circuit on the Thursday before the racing started on a rather cold and damp Saturday. As normal, the series lived up to its reputation…
The BTCC visit to Leicestershire at the weekend included the Renault Clio Cup Donington Park Rounds 2018 as part of the Touring Car support package. Saturday’s qualifying session was cold and wet, but saw plenty of action on the track, and it was James Dorlin who topped the times from Jack McCarthy, with Bradley Burns…
The BTCC visit to Leicestershire at the weekend included the Ginetta GT4 Supercup Donington Park Rounds 2018 as part of the Touring Car support package. Harry King topped the qualifying times from Angus Fender and Charlie Ladell, and it was Ladell who took the win from Team Hard’s Carl Boardley, with Fender in third. Boardley…
Today saw the BTCC Media Day 2018 at Donington Park, and as has been the standard format in recent years, the day saw the teams launch their cars in the morning and a series of interviews, followed by a public access test session in the afternoon. The day started overcast and wet, with the rain…
Today saw the British Superbikes Pre season test 2018 at Donington Park. Events at Donington were cancelled at the weekend given the amount of snow on the ground, and although the track was now cleared, there were still little white piles to be seen around the circuit. It was cold, and there were a few…
The British GT Donington Rounds 2017 were advertised as the “Donington Decider” with the series going down to the last weekend of the year to decide the championships. The series, as normal, had support from the BRDC British Formula Three championship, the Volkswagen Cup, the Mini Challenge, the Ginetta GT5 Championship, the Ginetta Racing Driver…
The Donington Decider, as it was billed, of the British GT series at the weekend saw the Volkswagen Racing Cup Donington Rounds 2017 at the Leicestershire circuit. Going into this final event, the championship was still open, so this would be the Donington Decider, as it was for several series. Qualifying saw Stephen Johansen take…
The British GT trip to Leicestershire last weekend included the Mini Challenge JCW Donington Rounds 2017 as the finale of that series, although with Brett Smith already having taken the title as well as driving in the BTCC for half the season, this was not the deciding round like it was for so many of the…
The Donington Decider for the British GT series weekend included the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club+ Donington 2017 rounds. It’s impressive how many Ginetta racing series there are, and the British GT series support package includes two Ginetta events, the GT5 Challenge and the Ginetta Racing Drivers Club+. The series is intended to be a progression from…