03-10-17 Superleague Round 5

Qualifying
After round 1 of qualifying Steve Donald was leading by the narrow margin of 4/100th of a second from James Hart in second place, Steve also setting the fastest lap. These two drivers being three laps clear of Bob Harley in third place.
Round 2 was also close, James winning by 0.54 seconds with Steve once again having the quickest lap, a good drive from Chelle Snowden took her into third place.
James saved his best performance for round 3 to take pole in the A final, Steve second place, Chelle third and Dan Sheppard fourth.

Jason Leavis was the highest placed F3 driver, Kayleigh Knight second and John Stringer third.

In the mardave class Nathan Marshall was a lap clear of Mike Simpson in round 1, Roy Matthews took third place and best in F2.
Mike took the lead after round 2, Nathan was in second spot and Roy still third ahead of Alex Forster.
Round 3 saw Alex move up into third place an best in F2 ahead of Roy.

Finals
The mardave final was first where Mike and Nathan both had a good start, Nathan taking the lead on lap 3 and on the next lap Mike had an issue with a rear tyre forcing a pit stop (it was only 6 months old!). Nathan took full advantage and put in an excellent drive to win by a lap with Mike second and Alex Forster getting the better of Roy Matthews to take third place.

John Stringer was quickest in the GT12 C final but Courtney Orme gave him a good race finishing just 4 seconds behind with Benn Norris also having a good drive to take third place.

Karl Norris won the B Final, Jordan Leavis finished second and Bob Harris third just over 7 seconds behind.

The A Final did not disappoint with James and Steve battling for the win plus Chelle and Dan Sheppard having their own fight for the third and fourth places. Another very close finish, James winning, Steve taking second just under 2 seconds adrift, with Chelle finishing third in front of Dan by a similar margin.

Don’t forget the new Autumn League starts next week and the final round of the Superleague will be held in December.