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1993 Donington GP 
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Snetterton

Snetterton, Great Britain

Date: 3/5/1993
Track length: 3.138 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 26, 21 at the restart
Finishers: 17

Pole position: Watts in 1.14,26
Fastest lap: Winkelhock in 1.14,80 = 151,18 kmh

Distance: 17 laps
Average speed: 145,11 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: FIA Class 2
Car info: 1993 Cars

 

Watts and his Mazda were the surprise polesitters; he shared the Yokohama front row with Winkelhock, with Leslie and Soper on row two. But Watts made a mess of his start and was beaten by Winkelhock. In an effort to save second he bumped into Soper, went off and hit the armco. Exit Watts, but behind him there was more drama: it all happened very fast, but it seemed Bailey punted Odor into Allam who spun and collided head-on with Neal. The latter was out just like Allam, Odor and Bellm - Neal and Odor more often than not part of the mayhem at any track it seemed.
The race was redflagged and restarted with 21 cars instead of 26 and it was Winkelhock leading Soper, Cleland, Leslie, Bailey and Hoy. This status quo remained for a few laps, then Leslie lost his temper and nudged Cleland off, who spun out and rejoined dead last - in the end he would finish tenth. Leslie’s action allowed Bailey and Hoy to slip by, while up front Soper pressured Winkelhock into an error: the German missed a gear (the BMWs still having a H-pattern gearbox while the front wheel drive competition had sequential gearboxes) and Soper took the lead. More troubles for Jo when he spun on oil, dropping him down to fifth. The fight for second wasn’t settled, Leslie fighting with the Toyotas. When Leslie became third behind Bailey and ahead of Hoy, that was the order in which they finished.

Overall result
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   6 BMW Motorsport Team / Schnitzer
BMW 318i E36		 Steve Soper, GB
 1996 L4   17 laps, 21.36,08 4 1.14,52 1.14,84  
2   21 Team Securicor Toyota / Tom’s UK
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Julian Bailey, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.37,72 9 1.14,85 1.15,21 Startline crash
3   79 Ecurie Ecosse
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 David Leslie, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.38,07 3 1.14,47 1.15,00  
4   2 Team Securicor Toyota / Tom’s UK
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Will Hoy, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.38,79 5 1.14,61 1.15,36  
5   22 BMW Motorsport Team / Schnitzer
BMW 318i E36		 Joachim Winkelhock, D
 1996 L4   17 laps, 21.41,81 2 1.14,34 1.14,80 Spun on oil
6   20 Park Lane Toyota Junior Team
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Bobby Verdon-Roe, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.42,59 12 1.15,35 1.15,41  
7   45 Peugeot Talbot Sport
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Robb Gravett, GB
 1994 L4   17 laps, 21.47,65 11 1.15,25 1.15,58  
8   24 Nissan Castrol Racing / Janspeed
Nissan Primera eGT		 Win Percy, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.51,40 10 1.14,97 1.15,66  
9   10 Park Lane Toyota Junior Team
Toyota Carina E GTI		 James Kaye, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.53,34 13 1.15,41 1.15,78  
10   3 Vauxhall Sport / Dave Cook Racing Services
Vauxhall Cavalier 16V		 John Cleland, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 21.58,10 6 1.14,72 1.15,26  
11   14 Roy Kennedy Racing with Sikolene at Halfords
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Ian Flux, GB
 1994 L4   17 laps, 21.58,91 21 1.16,29 1.55,87  
12 1 16 Sports Promotion Team Maxted
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Ian Ashley, GB
 1998 L4 Privateer 17 laps, 22.02,71 19 1.16,14 1.16,03  
13   46 Peugeot Talbot Sport
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Eugene O'Brien, GB
 1994 L4   17 laps, 22.07,64 22 1.16,38 1.16,53  
14 2 12 Pinkney Motorsport
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 David Pinkney, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 17 laps, 22.08,95 23 1.16,59 1.16,37  
15 3 27 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Alex Portman, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 17 laps, 22.09,83 24 1.16,63 1.16,66  
16   78 Ecurie Ecosse
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Harry Nuttall, GB
 1998 L4   17 laps, 22.09,96 20 1.16,27 1.16,11  
17 4 17 Tamchester Team Maxted
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Ian Khan, GB
 1998 L4 Privateer 17 laps, 22.12,98 17 1.16,04 1.16,09  
DNF   1 Renault Dealer Racing / GB Motorsport
Renault 19 16v		 Tim Harvey, GB
 1998 L4   15 15 1.15,81 1.16,09 Gearbox
DNF   32 Abbey + Abacus / Asquith Autosport
Mazda 323F		 Ian Cantwell, GB
 2000 L4 Privateer 12 25 1.18,24 1.16,36 Engine
DNF   19 Renault Dealer Racing / GB Motorsport
Renault 19 16v		 Alain Menu, CH
 1998 L4   11 14 1.15,48 1.15,92 Accident
DNF   26  
Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth		 Jim Wheals, GB
 1993 L4 Privateer 2 26 1.23,18 1.24,53 Engine
DNF/DNS   66 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Xedos 6		 Patrick Watts, GB
 1995 V6     1 1.14,26 no time Accident in first corner; did not restart
DNF/DNS   4 Vauxhall Sport / Dave Cook Racing Services
Vauxhall Cavalier 16V		 Jeff Allam, GB
 1998 L4     7 1.14,79 no time Startline crash; did not restart
DNF/DNS   23 Nissan Castrol Racing / Janspeed
Nissan Primera eGT		 Kieth Odor, GB
 1998 L4     8 1.14,80 no time Startline crash; did not restart
DNF/DNS   13 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Matt Neal, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer   16 1.16,02 no time Startline crash; did not restart
DNF/DNS   11 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Ray Bellm, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer   18 1.16,04 no time Startline crash; did not restart