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Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 09 Race 7 & 8 Oulton Park
Bridgman wins Carrera Cup GB round seven at Oulton Park [Saturday 30 May 2009]
Tim Bridgman claimed his third win of the season with a commanding victory in round seven of the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Oulton Park today (Saturday 30 May 2009). In pro-am1 Robert Lawson battled to the head of a tremendous contest, while Karl Leonard won pro-am2, as well as taking a mighty fourth place overall.
Michael Caine (Motorbase Performance) got the jump on Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) off the line, but Caine's lead lasted only until the Island Hairpin on lap one when Bridgman dived for the inside. As the cars touched, Caine was forced wide and was instantly pushed back to fourth place by Red Line Racing team mates James Sutton and Tim Harvey. "The car wasn't right after that," said Caine, who settled into fourth as the leading quartet started to edge away. After the race, Bridgman was penalised three championship points over the first-lap incident.
Sutton gave valiant chase to Bridgman over the early laps, but gradually the gap extended as Bridgman pressed home his advantage. "I had to work hard to stay up there and I paid for it later," said Sutton, who dropped away from the leader over the closing laps and concentrated on monitoring the gap to the chasing Harvey.
Up front, however, Bridgman maintained a strong pace all the way to the finish. "You never know what's going to happen, so I kept pushing hard. That's an important result," said Bridgman. Behind Sutton, Harvey claimed his 80th Carrera Cup GB podium as Caine spun out later after contact with Robin Clark (Parr Motorsport) during lappery.
One of the drives of the race came from Karl Leonard (RSS Performance) who raced to a clear fourth and a resounding pro-am2 victory, going clear of the rest of the field. "I just lacked a tiny bit of pace at the start against the top four," said Leonard. "Then I was well clear of the rest so there was no point pushing."
In contrast, the battle for the pro-am1 category was race-long and intense, with up to five cars in the pack. For the first nine laps, Derek Pierce (JHR) fended off his team mate Lawson despite intense pressure. However, up into contention came Ollie Jackson (Motorbase Performance), Tony Gilham (Red Line Racing) and Glynn Geddie (Team Parker Racing) to make a fabulous five-car battle.
Eventually, Lawson dived past Pierce under braking for Knickerbrook, but in doing so he clipped the tyres and had to contend poor handling after that. "I'm amazed that it hung on to the end," said Lawson. "I thought I was out."
Jackson then moved ahead of Pierce at Lodge and as Pierce was edged wide he dropped behind Gilham. Then, Pierce suffered suspension damage after hitting the Knickerbrook kerb and went out as Gilham attacked Jackson for second.
With a bold move under braking at Old Hall, Gilham grabbed second. "Tony pulled a really good move on me," said Jackson. "But that was a great race," he added. "I always do it the hard way," said Gilham after an attacking drive from 12th on the grid to sixth.
With a final charge, Richard Singleton (Porsche Motorsport) nipped ahead of Geddie on the final lap to take eighth overall after a fine comeback. After being squeezed wide at the first corner, Singleton tigered back from 15th place to finish eighth on his Carrera Cup debut.
Bridgman wins Carrera Cup GB round seven at Oulton Park [Saturday 30 May 2009]
Tim Bridgman claimed his third win of the season with a commanding victory in round seven of the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Oulton Park today (Saturday 30 May 2009). In pro-am1 Robert Lawson battled to the head of a tremendous contest, while Karl Leonard won pro-am2, as well as taking a mighty fourth place overall.
Michael Caine (Motorbase Performance) got the jump on Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) off the line, but Caine's lead lasted only until the Island Hairpin on lap one when Bridgman dived for the inside. As the cars touched, Caine was forced wide and was instantly pushed back to fourth place by Red Line Racing team mates James Sutton and Tim Harvey. "The car wasn't right after that," said Caine, who settled into fourth as the leading quartet started to edge away. After the race, Bridgman was penalised three championship points over the first-lap incident.
Sutton gave valiant chase to Bridgman over the early laps, but gradually the gap extended as Bridgman pressed home his advantage. "I had to work hard to stay up there and I paid for it later," said Sutton, who dropped away from the leader over the closing laps and concentrated on monitoring the gap to the chasing Harvey.
Up front, however, Bridgman maintained a strong pace all the way to the finish. "You never know what's going to happen, so I kept pushing hard. That's an important result," said Bridgman. Behind Sutton, Harvey claimed his 80th Carrera Cup GB podium as Caine spun out later after contact with Robin Clark (Parr Motorsport) during lappery.
One of the drives of the race came from Karl Leonard (RSS Performance) who raced to a clear fourth and a resounding pro-am2 victory, going clear of the rest of the field. "I just lacked a tiny bit of pace at the start against the top four," said Leonard. "Then I was well clear of the rest so there was no point pushing."
In contrast, the battle for the pro-am1 category was race-long and intense, with up to five cars in the pack. For the first nine laps, Derek Pierce (JHR) fended off his team mate Lawson despite intense pressure. However, up into contention came Ollie Jackson (Motorbase Performance), Tony Gilham (Red Line Racing) and Glynn Geddie (Team Parker Racing) to make a fabulous five-car battle.
Eventually, Lawson dived past Pierce under braking for Knickerbrook, but in doing so he clipped the tyres and had to contend poor handling after that. "I'm amazed that it hung on to the end," said Lawson. "I thought I was out."
Jackson then moved ahead of Pierce at Lodge and as Pierce was edged wide he dropped behind Gilham. Then, Pierce suffered suspension damage after hitting the Knickerbrook kerb and went out as Gilham attacked Jackson for second.
With a bold move under braking at Old Hall, Gilham grabbed second. "Tony pulled a really good move on me," said Jackson. "But that was a great race," he added. "I always do it the hard way," said Gilham after an attacking drive from 12th on the grid to sixth.
With a final charge, Richard Singleton (Porsche Motorsport) nipped ahead of Geddie on the final lap to take eighth overall after a fine comeback. After being squeezed wide at the first corner, Singleton tigered back from 15th place to finish eighth on his Carrera Cup debut.