Autosport – 22 August 2019

King leads Miracco on way

to redemption in finale

Young sent Coates

spinning at final corner

Hammerton inherited

his maiden victory

22 AUGUST 2019 AUTOSPORT.COM 73

NATIONAL REPORTS CLUB AUTOSPORT

RENAULT UK CLIO CUP

It is now four consecutive races in which

the first Renault UK Clio Cup driver to

take the flag has not been declared the

winner, because both Thruxton results

were altered in the clerk’s room.

Brett Lidsey claimed his maiden series

pole for the opener but he was too quick

away and was handed a 10-second penalty.

That didn’t stop him playing a part in a

thrilling race that more resembled a Formula

Ford slipstreamer than a tin-top contest as

Lidsey, Max Coates, Jack Young and Jamie

Bond were constantly changing positions.

It appeared that Coates had triumphed,

but he was demoted behind Young after

passing him off the circuit at the Club

chicane and not giving the place back.

The second race was all about Coates

and Young after early leader Ben Colburn

dropped back before having a lurid spin

at Church. Coates again had the advantage

on the last lap, but Young attempted to

get ahead at the final chicane. Instead he

succeeded in spinning a furious Coates

around into a tyre stack (see news) and

was excluded post-race. That meant the

surprise final result featured a first win

for Ethan Hammerton, with Bond second

and debutant Tyler Lidsey third.

STEPHEN LICKORISH

GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP

The combination of a terrific weekend

for Will Burns and wretched luck for

Harry King at Thruxton changed the

complexion of the Ginetta GT4

Supercup championship fight.

It hadn’t looked to be that way when

King led race one from pole until the

final lap. Getting a better exit from Club,

Burns tried a move into Allard. King shut

the door and there was slight contact

between his right-rear wheel and Burns’s

splitter. It was enough to puncture

King’s tyre and he trailed around to

retire, as Burns won from Tom Hibbert.

Worse was to come for King in race

two, as his driveshaft failed on the

green-flag lap for the second time this

season, while Mike Epps suffered a

similar fate. Burns took full advantage

as he again led home Hibbert.

From the back of the Pro grid in race

three, King salvaged something from

the weekend, making the most of his

fresher tyres to scythe through the

field and chase down Carlito Miracco

for the win. Miracco held second, his

best result in the championship, while

Burns prevailed in a titanic scrap for

third with Epps and Hibbert.

MARK PAULSON

More penalties as rivals clash

King’s rule hit by rival Burns

WEEKEND RESULTS

GINETTA JUNIOR

Race 1 (11 laps) 1 James Hedley; 2 Zak

O’Sullivan +2.803s; 3 Lorcan Hanafin; 4 Joel

Pearson; 5 Ben O’Hare; 6 Casper Stevenson.

FL Hedley 1m32.657s (91.53mph). P Hedley. S 21.

Race 2 (9 laps) 1 O’Sullivan; 2 Will Martin

+1.796s; 3 Hedley; 4 Stevenson; 5 Pearson;

6 Joshua Rattican. FL Hedley 1m32.644s

(91.55mph). P Hedley. S 21.

Race 3 (12 laps) 1 Martin; 2 O’Sullivan +0.242s;

3 Hanafin; 4 Stevenson; 5 Gus Burton;

6 Rattican. FL Hedley 1m32.685s (91.51mph).

P O’Sullivan. S 19.

Points 1 Hedley 472; 2 O’Sullivan 422; 3 Martin

383; 4 Stevenson 313; 5 Burton 269; 6 Hanafin 249.

BRITISH FORMULA 4

Race 1 (16 laps) 1 Carter Williams; 2 Sebastian

Alvarez +3.569s; 3 Josh Skelton; 4 Luke Browning;

5 Tommy Foster; 6 Zane Maloney. FL Alvarez

1m14.463s (113.90mph). P Browning. S 13.

Race 2 (16 laps) 1 Skelton; 2 T Foster +0.435s; 3

Alvarez; 4 Browning; 5 Maloney; 6 Williams. FL Louis

Foster 1m14.638s (113.63mph). P Maloney. S 13.

Race 3 (16 laps) 1 Williams; 2 Skelton +0.342s;

3 L Foster; 4 Bart Horsten; 5 Alvarez; 6 Maloney.

FL Alvarez 1m14.241s (114.24mph).

P Browning. S 13.

Points 1 Maloney 310; 2 Alvarez 273; 3 L Foster

237; 4 Skelton 230.5; 5 Horsten 201.5; 6 T Foster 165.

RENAULT UK CLIO CUP

Race 1 (12 laps) 1 Jack Young; 2 Max Coates

+0.005s; 3 Jamie Bond; 4 Ben Colburn; 5 Ethan

Hammerton; 6 Jade Edwards. FL Bond 1m23.918s

(101.07mph). P Brett Lidsey. S 10.

Race 2 (15 laps) 1 Hammerton; 2 Bond +3.655s;

3 Tyler Lidsey; 4 Luke Warr; 5 Edwards; 6 Colburn.

FL Coates 1m23.911s (101.07mph). P Coates. S 10.

Points 1 Coates 240; 2 Young 234; 3 Bond 208;

4 B Lidsey 197; 5 Colburn 172; 6 Hammerton 164.

GINETTA GT4 SUPERCUP

Race 1 (12 laps) 1 Will Burns; 2 Tom Hibbert

+0.443s; 3 Reece Somerfield; 4 Carlito Miracco;

5 Michael Epps; 6 Fin Green. FL Burns 1m16.004s

(111.59mph). P Harry King. S 14.

Race 2 (15 laps) 1 Burns; 2 Hibbert +0.867s;

3 Green; 4 Colin White; 5 Miracco; 6 Somerfield.

FL Hibbert 1m15.512s (112.32mph). P Burns. S 14.

Race 3 (16 laps) 1 King; 2 Miracco +3.168s;

3 Burns; 4 Epps; 5 Hibbert; 6 Nathan Heathcote.

FL Miracco 1m16.280s (111.19mph). P Somerfield.

S 14. Points 1 Burns 364; 2 King 351; 3 Hibbert

333; 4 Somerfield 300; 5 Epps 262; 6 Miracco 201.

PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB

Race 1 (20 laps) 1 Daniel Harper; 2 Josh Webster

+5.982s; 3 George Gamble; 4 Seb Perez; 5 Esmee

Hawkey; 6 Jamie Orton. FL Harper 1m15.043s

(113.02mph). P Harper. S 15.

Race 2 (20 laps) 1 Harper; 2 Webster +3.164s; 3

Lewis Plato; 4 Perez; 5 Hawkey; 6 Dan Vaughan. FL

Harper 1m14.742s (113.47mph). P Orton. S 15.

Points 1 Harper 102; 2 Plato 67; 3 Webster 58;

4 Gamble 57; 5 Perez 41; 6 Vaughan 36.

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