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DARK SECRETS: 4 | Vintage Vibes

Why TOCA is right to avoid parity tweak in Sutton BTCC domination

It’s around 10am on Saturday 22 April at Donington Park. The first British Touring Car Championship free practice session of the season is nearing its end. The rhythm of rasping BTCC cars bombing downhill through the Craner Curves to the Old Hairpin is becoming almost hypnotic. Suddenly, a blue-and-yellow projectile…

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BTCC Donington Park: Butcher wins as last-lap drama hits Lloyd

Lloyd had started his Team Hard Cupra Leon from pole position and led the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of Tom Chilton, who was soon given a five-second penalty for an out-of-position start.

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BTCC Donington Park: Ingram turns the tables on Sutton in race two

Ingram worked his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N ahead of the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST of Sutton on the fourth lap of 14, and stayed in front until the end of the race.

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BTCC Donington Park: Sutton wins opener as Ingram pips Hill

The three-time champion worked his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST around the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of reigning title holder Tom Ingram on the second lap, and disappeared into the distance.

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National novelties: LEC F1 car and 500cc F3s tackle Brands Hatch backwards

LEC back out from the cold: Aurora Trophy battle

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Motorcyclist dies after hitting wall in crash with car near Donington Park

Police have released a statement

Nottingham Post

Lowes to remain with Kawasaki in 2024 WSBK season

The news of Lowes’ one-year contract extention was announced ahead of his home event at Donington Park on July 1-2, round six of 12 of the 2023 season.

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Why Redding looks to be nearing the end of the road with BMW

Redding’s second World Superbike season with BMW is rapidly turning into a major disappointment. After failing to score points at Barcelona, Redding managed a meagre seven points in the most recent round at Misano. That puts him way down in 15th in the riders’ standings ahead of his home round…

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Download Festival at Donington Park: this 20th anniversary of the rock-fest was a smasher

From Metallica to Nova Twins, the rock get-together showcased heavy metal’s changing of the guard

Evening Standard

The revived initiative imported from Japan brings fans closer to motorsport

“And, if you look to your right, you’ll see a GT3 car in its natural environment”. OK, so no one actually said that to this writer’s knowledge, but it certainly wouldn’t have been an out of place statement at Donington Park last weekend.

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Video: 2 Seas Mercedes sails to British GT victory at Donington

Jonny Adam and James Cottingham became the first pairing to claim two wins in British GT this season, their success allowing them to regain the lead in the championship as just 12 points cover the top four crews.

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New Aggregate Industries surface at Donington Park helps smash lap records

Some 6,500 tonnes of asphalt were removed and replaced over a 22 day period

Birmingham Post

BSB offer Max Wadsworth update following Donington Park incident

Max Wadsworth was involved in an incident during Sunday's Supersport warm-up

Belfast Live

BSB riders rally behind Lee Johnston with Donington Park gesture

Fermanagh rider Lee Johnston suffered serious injuries following a crash at the North West 200

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Mar-Train Yamaha Racing’s Jack Kennedy 'itching to get back' racing

Kennedy back in action as Bennetts British Superbike Championship returns at Donington Park

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Sharp stuns with British F4 victory from 20th as BTCC supports get under way

For all the impressive drives during his domination of British Formula 4 last year, Alex Dunne never scored a win quite like one Louis Sharp achieved at Donington Park last weekend. Starting 20th on the fully reversed grid for race two, Sharp’s expectations were low. Yet he kept his head…

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BTCC Donington Park: Chilton wins bizarre wet second race

The Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N benefited from being one of those to pit at the end of the green-flag lap for wet-weather Goodyear tyres when rain made the going slippery.

Nottingham Post

Live M1 traffic updates amid delays near East Midlands Airport due to traffic for Donington Park

National Highways officials are warning drivers to face delays in the area

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Hill and Turkington excited by ‘intense’ BTCC qualifying shootouts

Until now the shootout format has been used on a largely experimental basis, but for this season it will feature at five of the 10 rounds; the first two events at Donington Park and Brands Hatch, along with Oulton Park, Knockhill and Silverstone.

Birmingham Post

Radical Motorsport moving HQ to Donington Park

Track cars include the 654 bhp RXC Spyder and 500 bhp RXC GT3, as well as the road-legal Rapture

Autosport

Radical to open new corporate headquarters at Donington Park

The move to the former Formula E building next to the main entrance of the Leicestershire circuit is the result of Radical's continued expansion with the prototype manufacturer enjoying strong sales of new models such as the SR10 and has launched an upgraded version of its popular SR3.

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Adam joins Cottingham at 2 Seas for British GT campaign

Factory Aston Martin driver Adam will partner Cottingham at five of the seven events this year, but will have to miss the Silverstone three-hour race in May and the Donington Park finale in October due to clashes with the European Le Mans Series.

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How two sim racers won a national championship

Against the odds, sim racing content creator Jimmy Broadbent and motorsport competitor turned Esports professional Gordie Mutch won the 2022 Praga Cup. Here's how they pulled it off

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How two sim racers won a national motorsport championship

How sim racing content creator Jimmy Broadbent, and motorsport competitor turns esports professional Gordie Mutch, won the 2022 Praga Cup.

Manchester Evening News

Download Festival 2023 acts confirmed as fans fume at ‘lazy’ lineup

Metallica, Slipknot and Bring Me the Horizon will top the bill at Donington Park next year

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