Pole position: Soper in 1.13,53
Fastest lap: Rouse in 1.14,20 = 152,79 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 150,59 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1988 Cars
There was no denying the strength of feeling between the Andy Rouse and Eggenberger camps at Donington on Sunday. A series of races, culminating in the now-infamous Tourist Trophy result, had left the two Ford teams with as much in common as chalk and cheese. Donington was to be the showdown - Eggenberger's last chance to put the upstart Englishman in his place, and Rouse's chance to put one over on the works team yet again. After practice the honours lay with Steve Soper, after the duo had jousted for pole position right until the chequered flag. It seemed to be going all his way in the race too, leading for the first nine laps. However, Rouse shadowed him all the way before slipping past and forging into an unassailable lead. For the third time in four meetings, Andy had the upper hand and there was nothing that the combined talents of Soper and Eggenberger could do about it. But there was more to the race than just that, Chris Hodgetts taking a startling third overall in his Sierra, having had the cheek to even consider taking the lead on lap one while Mike Newman and Guy Edwards had a controversial coming-together on lap 20 which dropped the latter to sixth place. Although Frank Sytner again won class B for BMW, Rouse's overall triumph takes the championship battle all the way to the line at Silverstone on October 2. (MN) |
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Touring Cars class A-D
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| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
| 1 | 1 | 22 | Kaliber Ford Team Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.05,79 | 2 | 1.14,20 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Eggenberger Motorsport/Texaco Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Steve Soper, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.07,63 | 1 | 1.13,53 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Brooklyn Motorsport / Mr Tomkinson Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.18,07 | 6 | 1.14,48 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 14 | Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Mike Newman, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.34,33 | 4 | 1.14,36 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 15 | Listerine Goode Racing Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Graham Goode, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.38,40 | 5 | 1.14,48 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Kaliber Ford Team Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Guy Edwards, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.41,28 | 8 | 1.15,59 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 16 | Asquith/Duckhams Racing with Karl Jones Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Karl Jones, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.50,61 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 20 | Soans Ford Main Dealer Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Graham Hathaway, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.56,60 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | Arquati UK Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Jerry Mahoney, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 25.59,85 | 12 | 1.15,86 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 7 | Alan Docking Racing/Autoglass Holden VL SS Commodore |
Mike O'Brien, GB |
4980 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 26.01,47 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 33 | Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 Evo |
Frank Sytner, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 26.02,15 | 11 | 1.15,56 | 1.16,73 | |
| 12 | 2 | 32 | Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 Evo |
James Weaver, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 26.04,08 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 44 | Demon Tweeks BMW M3 Evo |
Roland Ratzenberger, A |
2332 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 26.07,01 | 14 | 1.16,72 FL | ||
| 14 | 11 | 19 | Baynard Cars Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Laurence Bristow, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 20 laps, 26.09,81 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 36 | John Maguire Racing - Godfrey Hall Ltd BMW M3 |
Godfrey Hall, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 19 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 34 | Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 Evo |
Lionel Abbott, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 19 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 12 | 26 | ECM Vehicles Delivery Ltd Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Ray McDowell, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 19 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 1 | Shell-Toyota-MIL Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Mark Hales, GB |
2954 tc | L6 | A | 19 | 20 | 1.18,78 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 55 | John Maguire Racing-David Sutton Motorsport VW Golf GTI 16V |
James Shead, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 19 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 1 | 70 | TOM's GB Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 |
Phil Dowsett, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 18 | 25 | 1.22,43 | ||
| 21 | 2 | 77 | AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 18 | 26 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 48 | Specialist Cars Aberdeen Ltd VW Golf GTI 16V |
Andrew Jeffrey, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 18 | 24 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 69 | MIL Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
John Llewelyn, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 18 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 14 | 24 | Trident Motor Sport Ltd./The Campari Maserati Maserati Biturbo 331 B25 |
Nick May, GB |
2491 tc | V6 | A | 14 | 22 | Pit stop (loose turbo pipe) | ||
| DNF | 50 | Demon Tweeks VW Golf GTI 16V |
Alan Minshaw, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 17 | 27 | 1.21,78 | Out of fuel | ||
| DNF | 63 | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Tony Crudgington, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 9 | 28 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Terry Drury Racing Cars Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Tim Harvey, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 5 | 3 | 1.13,94 | Engine | ||
| DNF | 36 | John Maguire Racing/FFB Electronics BMW M3 |
David Sears, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 2 | 17 | Gear linkage | |||
| DNS | 30 | Brodie Brittain Racing Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 16 | Engine | ||||
| DNQ | 31 | Brookside Garage Alfa Romeo 75 V6 3.0 |
Jon Dooley, GB |
2959 | V6 | B | 30? | |||||
| DNQ | 74 | North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Barbara Cowell, GB |
1598 | L4 | D | 31? | |||||