Donington Park saw another excellent weekend of racing from the British GT and F3 championships, with Barwell Racing in particular enjoying a superb weekend with their Aston Martin DBRS9s.
A great weekend for Barwell Motorsport
In round three of the Avon Tyres British GT championship, Guy Harrington and Ben de Zille Butler (#3 Barwell Motorsport Aston Martin DBRS9) took a well deserved win ahead of the Team RPM Viper of Alex Mortimer and Bradley Ellis.
At the flag Harrington held a 6.2 second lead over Ellis, who was defending hard against a very determined Jonny Cocker in the bio fuelled Aston Martin, but held on for a nail biting finish with a gap of just 0.236 seconds separating the two cars after the 60-minute race.
Ian Flux was flying in the second half of the race after taking over the Rollcentre Mosler from Kevin Riley, but a brake problem blunted his charge and he missed a podium finish by one place and 9.3 seconds behind Cocker.
Round four saw a Barwell Aston Martin one-two-three, but the race finished in a bizarre set of circumstances. Tom Alexander snatched the win from Paul Drayson, with Ben de Zille Butler passing David Jones for 3rd at the final corner.
Paul Drayson had a 17 second lead as the cars began the last lap but the #1 Aston Martin started to slow down on the run out of Coppice, which allowed Tom Alexander in the #2 Aston Martin to catch up. As Drayson sped up at Goddards the third placed Team Eurotech Preci Spark Ascari of David Jones had to take avoiding action which allowed Ben de Zille Butler in the #3 Aston Martin to nip through to take the final podium position.
In the GTC class the Beechdean Motorsport Ferrari of Aaron Scott and Andrew Howard achieved back to back victories.
Marko Asmer achieved the double at Donington
Marko Asmer dominated rounds three and four of the Lloyds TSB British F3 international Series, achieving two pole positions and two wins to take himself 34 points clear at the top of the championship leader board. Stephen Jelley raced to second in round three, with Greg Mansell scoring the first Mansell podium of the season.
In round four Niall Breen finished second with Jonathan Kennard third – the latter winning the Donington Park Raymond Mays trophy for top placed British F3 driver. Michael Meadows triumphed in the National class in round three with Sergio Perez second. The duo reversed positions in round four.
Donington Park also saw the second PH fan forum, with 20 PHers winning free tickets and taking part in a question and answer session in the Barwell Motorsport pit garage. We'll do it all again at the next round of the championship, so look out for the next competition for your chance to win.