14th-Dec-25, 12:18 PM
BTCC Qualifying
With James joining us, we had 22 cars for a huge WHO BTCC grid. They'd be four qualifying groups and then five step-up finals for each of the three races. Thankfully we have a well-oiled mechanism in place to get the cars ready, ID-ed and on the start line without losing too much time.
Each qualifying group included one of the top four in the championship - Alex taking a big 11-point lead over Andy into the second trio of races. Oliver was six points behind Andy and one ahead of Mike - and all four drivers would have a significant power reduction in qualifying and Race One to act as success ballast.
Despite the power disadvantage, Alex grabbed pole with a rapid 13:099 second lap, Mike was second, Andy third and Oliver fourth - and they would be the automatic qualifiers for the A Final...
Some drivers had qualifying sessions to forget, but two step-ups from each final would give opportunities to move up the field and into the points.
BTCC Race One
The twenty-two cars were sorted into their five finals...
Pete and Stephen moved up from a close E Final - Duncan and Daniel missing out, with Simon finding his feet in the WHO BTCC field and Kev's Civic retiring with engine issues. The first championship point goes to fifteenth place - third in the D Final - and it was John who bagged it on his return to the BTCC grid. He missed out on the step-up - Rob and Matthew finishing first and second...
Rob continued his move up the field with second place in the C Final, just behind Terry. Five cars finished on the lead lap. There was no stopping Rob in the B Final and he followed Jeremy to the line and secure a third successive step-up. The two of them lapped all the others...
Rob was best of the rest in the A Final, getting ahead of Jeremy early on and tailing the four championship leaders as they pulled away in close formation. Alex had the early lead before Mike muscled ahead - a clean race for the white BMW meant no-one got near him. Alex cruised home in second, while Andy had to fight to get ahead of Oliver and clinch the final spot on the podium...
Here are the full results from Race One...
Alex stretched his lead in the championship to 15 points, but Mike was now just two points behind in third...
Alex - 77 points
Andy - 62 points
Mike - 60 points
Oliver - 54 points
That was lunch and some welcome downtime before the afternoon session.
With James joining us, we had 22 cars for a huge WHO BTCC grid. They'd be four qualifying groups and then five step-up finals for each of the three races. Thankfully we have a well-oiled mechanism in place to get the cars ready, ID-ed and on the start line without losing too much time.
Each qualifying group included one of the top four in the championship - Alex taking a big 11-point lead over Andy into the second trio of races. Oliver was six points behind Andy and one ahead of Mike - and all four drivers would have a significant power reduction in qualifying and Race One to act as success ballast.
Despite the power disadvantage, Alex grabbed pole with a rapid 13:099 second lap, Mike was second, Andy third and Oliver fourth - and they would be the automatic qualifiers for the A Final...
Some drivers had qualifying sessions to forget, but two step-ups from each final would give opportunities to move up the field and into the points.
BTCC Race One
The twenty-two cars were sorted into their five finals...
Pete and Stephen moved up from a close E Final - Duncan and Daniel missing out, with Simon finding his feet in the WHO BTCC field and Kev's Civic retiring with engine issues. The first championship point goes to fifteenth place - third in the D Final - and it was John who bagged it on his return to the BTCC grid. He missed out on the step-up - Rob and Matthew finishing first and second...
Rob continued his move up the field with second place in the C Final, just behind Terry. Five cars finished on the lead lap. There was no stopping Rob in the B Final and he followed Jeremy to the line and secure a third successive step-up. The two of them lapped all the others...
Rob was best of the rest in the A Final, getting ahead of Jeremy early on and tailing the four championship leaders as they pulled away in close formation. Alex had the early lead before Mike muscled ahead - a clean race for the white BMW meant no-one got near him. Alex cruised home in second, while Andy had to fight to get ahead of Oliver and clinch the final spot on the podium...
Here are the full results from Race One...
Alex stretched his lead in the championship to 15 points, but Mike was now just two points behind in third...
Alex - 77 points
Andy - 62 points
Mike - 60 points
Oliver - 54 points
That was lunch and some welcome downtime before the afternoon session.
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