BTCC Circuits/

2010 Race Date/

Timetable/

18-19 September

Details/

Donington Park Circuit
Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP
Location: off the A453, nr East Midlands Airport, from j23a or 24, M1 (M42 interchange)
Tel: 01332 810048
Ticket hotline: 0871 230 7134
Website: www.donington-park.co.uk
Advance race day prices: Adult £23.00; Children aged 15 & Under: FREE

TV Timetable: TO BE CONFIRMED


Length/1.96 miles
Number of laps/
Distance/

Lap Records/

Qualifying: Colin Turkington (GBR), Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch, 1m12.092s (97.74mph), set on 9 April 2005
Race: Jason Plato (GBR), SEAT Leon TDI, 1m12.677s (96.95mph), set on 4 May 2008

2009 Winners/

Race 1: James Thompson
Race 2: James Thompson
Race 3: Robert Collard

Past Winners (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

7: Alain Menu (1993, 1997 x3, 2000 x2)
4: Jason Plato (2008, 2007 x2, 2004), James Thompson (1999, 2002, 2009 x2), John Cleland (1994 x2, 1998 x2), Matt Neal (1999, 2003, 2005 x2)
3: Gordon Shedden (2007, 2006 x2), Tim Harvey (1992 x2, 1993), Frank Biela (1996 x2, 1997), Yvan Muller (2003, 2004, 2005)
2: Andy Rouse (1991 x2), Anthony Reid (1998, 2000)
1: Robert Collard (2009), Fabrizio Giovanardi (2008); Colin Turkington (2006), Darren Turner (2008), Tom Chilton (2004), David Leslie (1998), Gabriele Tarquini (2000), Alan Morrison (2002), Giampero Simoni (1994)

Number of wins per manufacturer (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

12: Honda
9: Vauxhall
5: SEAT, Renault
4: BMW
3: Ford, Audi, Nissan
2: Toyota
1: MG, Alfa Romeo

Memories (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

2009: James Thompson makes it seven different winners in a row when he wins race 1 - a BTCC record. In race 2, he wins again as also for the first time four past champions - Thompson, Neal, Giovanardi, Plato - fill the top four spots.
2008: SEAT’s Leon TDI becomes the first car in history to win a BTCC race when Jason Plato wins race 1. Darren Turner then adds a second victory for diesel-power in race 3.
2006 In a thrill-a-minute race in the rain on slick tyres, Team RAC MG driver Colin Turkington loses the lead at the start of the final lap but then performs a daring move at the last bend to pass Vauxhall's Fabrizio Giovanardi and win.
2005: On his debut for Vauxhall, Colin Turkington qualifies the manufacturer’s new Astra Sport Hatch on pole position for its first BTCC race. Matt Neal then gives Team Halfords’ new, self-developed Honda Integra a dream victory on its first outing.
2004: Thanks to setting the fast lap in the final round, James Thompson is crowned Champion by a single point from Vauxhall team-mate Yvan Muller. It is Thompson’s second title.
2002: James Thompson becomes BTCC Champion for the first time when Vauxhall team-mate Yvan Muller retires from the final round with broken suspension.
1999: Matt Neal (Team Dynamics Nissan) banks £250,000 for becoming the first independent driver to win a BTCC race outright. Neal has to fight back from fifth position, though, after briefly stalling his car’s engine during the mandatory wheel change pit stop.
1998: Former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell is at the centre of an enthralling five-way fight for the race lead when he makes a guest appearance in Ford’s Mondeo.
1995: John Cleland (Vauxhall) wins the BTCC’s opening round under new technical regulations that see all cars sprout aerodynamic wings and splitters and bulkier body kits.
1993: Two wet races at either end of the season – the first supporting the European F1 Grand Prix – gift newcomer Renault two unlikely wins with its off-the-pace 19 model, Michelin’s rain tyres giving drivers Tim Harvey and Alain Menu an edge in the conditions.
1992: Tim Harvey, with sparks flying from a trailing exhaust, gives BMW’s 318 model its first BTCC race win. It is the start of a strong run of results that eventually net him the title.
1991: The BTCC’s first double-race fixture. Andy Rouse gives Toyota its first BTCC race win, then makes it a double with victory in race two. There’s a race-stopping multiple pile-up at McLeans when oil is dropped on the track. The cars of Jeff Allam (Vauxhall) and privateer Nick Whale (BMW) are wrecked.