British GT Donington 2017

British GT Donington Rounds 2017

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…

BRDC British F3 Donington 2017

British F3 Donington Park Rounds 2017

The British GT Donington Decider weekend included the British F3 Donington Park Rounds 2017, although given Enaam Ahmed’s performance this year, the title had already been decided. That, as always with British F3, did not stop the event to have plenty of exciting racing.   Ben Hingeley took pole in qualifying, ahead of Ahmed, with Chase…

Volkswagen Cup Donington 2017

Volkswagen Racing Cup Donington Rounds 2017

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…

Mini Challenge Donington 2017

Mini Challenge JCW Donington Rounds 2017

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…

BTCC Media Day 2017

BTCC Media Day 2017

It’s the BTCC Media Day 2017 at Donington Park with the ever popular British Touring Car Championship cars and drivers making their first public appearance of the season. The event sees a series of media sessions in the morning including driver interviews and the presentation of the cars, followed by a public access test in…

NGRRC at Donington Park, May 2016

NGRRC at Donington Park

I spent today (Saturday) watching on track action by the NGRRC at Donington Park in the glorious May sunshine.  The NG Road Racing Club started life as the North Gloucestershire Road Racing Club back in 1970 with a first race meeting at Gaydon in 1971.  The club has grown since, and this weekend sees plenty…