Moderator's Report
SUMMARY
An imperious drive by Hristo earned him top spot on the podium. Ken once again proved the quicker cars are competitive despite the hefty pit stop penalty, bringing his Lotus home in second place. Fulvio completed the podium in his Cooper.
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Lap 3 - Abbey - James Rye, Bernie Darwin, Michael Turner and Rick Nauman.
Bernie and James were having a titanic battle, swapping places down the Hangar Straight, and fighting wheel to wheel through Stowe and Club. Neither driver was willing to yield and as they approached Abbey contact was made and they were both sent into a spin. Michael and Rick collided with Bernie’s stationary Cooper. Fortunately all drivers could continue.
Having just tried to out drag Bernie down the straight from Club, James had not yet seen Bernie’s Cooper in his mirrors and consequently could not be sure he had made a clean pass. Bernie was determined to out-brake James but he could still see the BRM and hence should have realized that he had not achieved the necessary 100% overlap at turn-in required to claim the corner outright. This was clearly a contested overtake where neither driver had won the corner and neither was willing to yield. Michael and Rick tried to avoid Bernie’s stricken Cooper but there was nothing they could do to avoid contact.
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Lap 30 – Becketts - Donnie Yourth and Jack O’Ferrall
Compared with his own performance on previous laps, Jack brakes very early for this corner. Donnie wasn’t expecting to close the gap so quickly and in an effort to avoid contact drove off the track into the fencing. Donnie could continue but unfortunately his car was damaged and he was off the pace for the rest of the race.
Donnie showed exemplary sportsmanship in taking extreme measures to avoid contact. There was no malicious intend on Jack’s part, he was not trying to “brake test” Donnie.
