Pole position:
Fastest lap: Newman in 1.22,29 = 165,86 kmh
Distance: 17 laps
Average speed: 163,12 kmh
Weather: Drying track
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1988 Cars
Andy Rouse did little wrong at Thruxton on Monday en route to another Dunlop British Touring Car Championship win. Once he had put down the early charge of Karl Jones, the Kaliber Ford Sierra RS500 driver disappeared into the distance to extend his class A lead over Jerry Mahoney who had muscled his way into third spot at the end of a race in which he had battled past both Guy Edwards and Mike Newman. While Jones held on for a superb second place, and Mahoney and Newman finished in the next two spots, Tim Harvey produced a good drive into fifth with Mike O'Brien's Holden sixth, unable to stop the more powerful Fords from breezing by. In class B, Roland Ratzenberger gave Alan Minshaw's team its first win of the season with a fine drive. Chased home all the way by Godfrey Hall's BMW M3, Roland had a failed tyre gamble by Prodrive to thank for the ease of his win. The Mobil M3s of Frank Sytner and Mike Smith both led the class early on but grooved slicks in the rapidly drying conditions proved a wrong choice and the duo didn't feature after lap five. Classes C and D went the way of John Brindley and Phil Dowsett respectively, the latter reinforcing his championship challenge. (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 | 17 laps, 23.42,49 | 1 | 1.21,75 | 1.22,49 | |
| 2 | 2 | 16 | Asquith/Duckhams Racing with Karl Jones Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Karl Jones, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 23.55,89 | 2 | 1.22,67 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 8 | Arquati UK Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Jerry Mahoney, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 23.57,38 | 3 | 1.22,73 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 14 | Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Mike Newman, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 23.57,41 | 4 | 1.22,92 | 1.22,29 | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Terry Drury Racing Cars Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Tim Harvey, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 24.23,04 | 5 | 1.23,07 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Alan Docking Racing/Autoglass Holden VL Commodore |
Mike O'Brien, GB |
4980 | V8 | A | 17 laps, 24.24,78 | 7 | 1.23,45? | ||
| 7 | 7 | 15 | Listerine Goode Racing Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Graham Goode, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 24.30,58 | 8 | 1.23,65 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 44 | Demon Tweeks BMW M3 |
Roland Ratzenberger, A |
2332 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 24.32,30 | 15 | 1.25,21 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 36 | John Maguire Racing - Godfrey Hall Ltd BMW M3 |
Godfrey Hall, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 24.35,25 | 16 | 1.25,68 | ||
| 10 | 8 | 20 | Soans Ford Main Dealer Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Graham Hathaway, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 17 laps, 24.39,18 | 10 | 1.24,04 | ||
| 11 | 8 | 21 | Kaliber Ford Team Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Guy Edwards, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 16 | 6 | 1.23,17 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 1 | Shell-Toyota-MIL Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
2954 tc | L6 | A | 16 | 14 | 1.24,86 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 33 | Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 |
Frank Sytner, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 16 | 11 | 1.24,34 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 32 | Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 |
Mike Smith, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 16 | 12 | 1.24,52 | 1.23,55 | |
| 15 | 10 | 10 | Industrial Control Services Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Robb Gravett, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 16 | 17 | 1.26,44 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 50 | Demon Tweeks VW Golf GTI 16V |
John Brindley, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 16 | 20 | 1.29,89? | ||
| 17 | 1 | 70 | TOM's GB Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 |
Phil Dowsett, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 16 | 19 | 1.29,79? | 1.30,08 | |
| 18 | 2 | 55 | John Maguire Racing-David Sutton Motorsport VW Golf GTI 16V |
James Shead, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 16 | 18 | 1.29,79? | 1.30,17 | |
| 19 | 2 | 63 | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Tony Crudgington, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 16 | 22 | 1.31,08 | ||
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Shell-Toyota-MIL Toyota Supra Turbo MA70 |
Vic Lee, GB |
2954 tc | L6 | A | 15 | 24 | 1.34,83 | ||
| 21 | 12 | 24 | Trident Motor Sport Ltd./The Campari Maserati Maserati Biturbo 331 B25 |
Nick May, GB |
2491 tc | V6 | A | 14 | 21 | 1.30,81 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Demon Tweeks Rover Vitesse |
Dennis Leech, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 14 | 13 | 1.24,70 | Differential | ||
| DNF | 19 | Baynard Cars Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Laurence Bristow, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 12 | 9 | 1.23,85 | Wheel studs | ||
| DNF | 77 | AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 23 | 1.32,31 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 39 | Terry Drury Racing Cars Ford Escort RS Turbo |
Lionel Wiffen, GB |
1598 tc | L4 | B | 25 | 1.36,29 | Engine | |||