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Marcus Simmons

BTCC Donington Park: Cammish time unbeaten as rain hits FP2

Ford Ashley Sutton Ash Sutton Motorbase Performance Tom Ingram Toyota Berkshire BMW FP1 Hyundai

With the Berkshire-domiciled Yorkshireman’s Ford Focus ST already southbound on the M1 en route back to Motorbase Performance’s Kent premises after his hefty FP1 shunt, the second session began with angry black clouds looming beyond the Melbourne loop.

Times had got down to around a second away from the early-morning session as competitors built up speed, but then the rain arrived, precluding any further improvements.

Cammish had set two laps good enough for the fastest time in FP1, the best of them 0.402 seconds clear of the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of Tom Chilton.

FP1 had already been red-flagged midway through when Mikey Doble suffered a line lock on his front brakes, causing his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra to make contact with the barriers at Redgate.

There was more drama upon the resumption: championship leader Ash Sutton looped his Motorbase Ford into a spin at the Old Hairpin, and a minute later reigning champion Tom Ingram’s Excelr8 Hyundai revolved through the gravel at the same turn.

A left-rear wheelhub failure on the Hyundai had caused the wheel to become detached – while that harmlessly hit the tyre wall, Ingram was forced to park on the grass on the exit.

The corner remained under waved yellow flags for the rest of the session, under which Cammish set the best of his two quick laps, indicating that no one has really got close to their potential yet.

Sutton ended up third in the times ahead of the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Corolla of Ricky Collard, four-time champion Colin Turkington’s West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport, and Rory Butcher (Speedworks Toyota).

Ashley Sutton, NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST (Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images)

Rounding out the top 10 were Sam Osborne (Motorbase Ford), Aron Taylor-Smith (PMR Vauxhall), Jake Hill (WSR BMW) and George Gamble (Speedworks Toyota).

Gamble, on his local track, had set the quickest time in FP2 when the rain arrived, 0.031s ahead of former team-mate Adam Morgan’s WSR BMW, with Dan Rowbottom third in his Motorbase Ford.

The cars then re-emerged on wet-weather tyres until the end of the session, which was interrupted by a red flag when Daryl DeLeon suffered a vibration and was forced to stop his Team Hard Cupra between McLeans and Coppice.

Butcher set the quickest time on the grooved Goodyear tyres, over 0.6s clear of Sutton.

BTCC Donington Park - Practice Results

FP2

Driver Info

Cla	Driver	#	Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	G. Gamble George Gamble Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	42	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	1'34.836		75.123
2	A. Morgan Adam Morgan Team BMW	33	BMW 330e M Sport	11	+0.031	0.031	75.099
3	D. Rowbottom Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32	Ford Focus ST	12	+0.298	0.267	74.888
4	S. Jelley Stephen Jelley Team BMW	12	BMW 330e M Sport	11	+0.418	0.120	74.794
5	C. Turkington Colin Turkington Team BMW	4	BMW 330e M Sport	14	+0.570	0.152	74.675
6	A. Taylor-Smith Aron Taylor-Smith CarStore Power Maxed Racing	40	Vauxhall Astra	10	+0.689	0.119	74.582
7	J. Hill Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	24	BMW 330e M Sport	13	+0.860	0.171	74.448
8	D. Lloyd Daniel Lloyd Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils	123	Cupra León	12	+1.088	0.228	74.271
9	A. Watson Andrew Watson CarStore Power Maxed Racing	11	Vauxhall Astra	9	+1.158	0.070	74.217
10	M. Crees Michael Crees BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	777	Cupra León	6	+1.403	0.245	74.028
11	A. Moffat Aiden Moffat One Motorsport with Starline Racing	16	Honda Civic Type R	10	+1.596	0.193	73.880
12	M. Doble Mikey Doble CarStore Power Maxed Racing	88	Vauxhall Astra	8	+1.955	0.359	73.606
13	N. Halstead Nick Halstead BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	22	Hyundai i30N	12	+2.042	0.087	73.540
14	T. Chilton Tom Chilton BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	3	Hyundai i30N	11	+2.694	0.652	73.048
15	J. Edwards Jade Edwards Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	99	Cupra León	10	+3.371	0.677	72.545
16	J. Butel Jack Butel Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	96	Cupra León	10	+4.083	0.712	72.023
17	R. Butcher Rory Butcher Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	6	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	+5.979	1.896	70.668
18	A. Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116	Ford Focus ST	12	+6.607	0.628	70.231
19	J. Cook Josh Cook One Motorsport with Starline Racing	66	Honda Civic Type R	9	+6.900	0.293	70.028
20	T. Ingram Tom Ingram BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	1	Hyundai i30N	9	+7.083	0.183	69.903
21	D. Patterson Dexter Patterson Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	17	Cupra León	10	+8.246	1.163	69.114
22	R. Pearson Ronan Pearson BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	14	Hyundai i30N	10	+8.743	0.497	68.782
23	S. Osborne Sam Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77	Ford Focus ST	9	+8.756	0.013	68.774
24	R. Collard Ricky Collard Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	37	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	12	+8.958	0.202	68.640
25	D. De Daryl De Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	18	Cupra León	8	+11.166	2.208	67.210
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FP1

Driver Info

Cla	Driver	#	Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	D. Cammish Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK	27	Ford Focus ST	8	1'33.670		76.059
2	T. Chilton Tom Chilton BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	3	Hyundai i30N	10	+0.402	0.402	75.733
3	A. Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116	Ford Focus ST	10	+0.590	0.188	75.582
4	R. Collard Ricky Collard Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	37	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	10	+0.606	0.016	75.570
5	C. Turkington Colin Turkington Team BMW	4	BMW 330e M Sport	11	+0.695	0.089	75.498
6	R. Butcher Rory Butcher Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	6	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	+0.758	0.063	75.448
7	S. Osborne Sam Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77	Ford Focus ST	10	+0.781	0.023	75.430
8	A. Taylor-Smith Aron Taylor-Smith CarStore Power Maxed Racing	40	Vauxhall Astra	11	+0.914	0.133	75.324
9	J. Hill Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	24	BMW 330e M Sport	12	+0.973	0.059	75.277
10	G. Gamble George Gamble Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	42	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	+1.052	0.079	75.214
11	S. Jelley Stephen Jelley Team BMW	12	BMW 330e M Sport	10	+1.147	0.095	75.138
12	D. Lloyd Daniel Lloyd Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils	123	Cupra León	10	+1.148	0.001	75.138
13	R. Pearson Ronan Pearson BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	14	Hyundai i30N	12	+1.158	0.010	75.130
14	A. Watson Andrew Watson CarStore Power Maxed Racing	11	Vauxhall Astra	9	+1.202	0.044	75.095
15	A. Morgan Adam Morgan Team BMW	33	BMW 330e M Sport	11	+1.391	0.189	74.946
16	J. Cook Josh Cook One Motorsport with Starline Racing	66	Honda Civic Type R	11	+1.448	0.057	74.901
17	D. Rowbottom Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32	Ford Focus ST	10	+1.621	0.173	74.765
18	D. De Daryl De Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	18	Cupra León	9	+1.633	0.012	74.755
19	M. Crees Michael Crees BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	777	Cupra León	10	+1.724	0.091	74.684
20	A. Moffat Aiden Moffat One Motorsport with Starline Racing	16	Honda Civic Type R	11	+1.736	0.012	74.675
21	M. Doble Mikey Doble CarStore Power Maxed Racing	88	Vauxhall Astra	6	+1.998	0.262	74.470
22	J. Butel Jack Butel Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	96	Cupra León	12	+1.998	0.000	74.470
23	D. Patterson Dexter Patterson Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	17	Cupra León	12	+2.003	0.005	74.466
24	J. Edwards Jade Edwards Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	99	Cupra León	10	+2.336	0.333	74.208
25	N. Halstead Nick Halstead BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	22	Hyundai i30N	10	+2.462	0.126	74.111
26	T. Ingram Tom Ingram BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	1	Hyundai i30N	7	+9.009	6.547	69.385
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