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Ross Curnow held on to second
place in the Formula BMW UK Championship with a 5th and a 4th at
Donington.
Practice at Donington on Thursday was
very good with Ross being fastest by 0.17 of a second so everyone
had great hopes for a really good weekend.
After other supporting races practice on
Thursday and Friday and Touring cars on Saturday, their rubber and
the heat changed the track and on Saturday with the all important
qualifying Ross only managed 4th and 7th for the two races. His
back tyres grained in both sessions due to overheating, a problem
shared by some other competitors in Formula BMW and Formula
Renault.
The two races on Sunday were very
exciting with Ross taking a 5th and a 4th after being involved in
a lot of the action. Changes to the cars setup after qualifying
improved its handling, but in the first race it took 4-5 laps for
the tyres to recover from the qualifying problems.
Niall Breen the Championship leader has
know increased his lead in the championship but with 3 meetings
and 6 races to go Ross could still catch him. Meanwhile the points
between 2nd and 6th in the Championship are very close.
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