BTCC 2025 Round 5, Oulton Park Mini Challenge & Formula 4

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Full coverage of round 8 of the 2025 Mini Challenge and round 15 of the 2025 Formula 4 Championship. Both are supporting round 5 of the 2025 BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) from Oulton Park on the 22nd June 2025  Mini Challenge - 05:30 (Round 8)  F4 Race 2 - 40:52 (Round 15)

Transcript

00:00:00And the vehicle's leaving the pit lane now for the Virtue Mini Challenge.

00:00:05They've got a bit of a damp track that they're heading out to, but they're keen to race.

00:00:09This is only their second race of the weekend, so let's go to our commentators, Paul O'Neill and Richard John Neill.

00:00:21So here we go then with a damp track. Sorry for the delay there.

00:00:25Just welcoming Paul back into the box and sorting ourselves out.

00:00:29I'm wondering really how this is going to play out.

00:00:31We had a very interesting time yesterday for the Virtue Motors Mini Challenge.

00:00:36Interesting weekend because it is only two races at Allnepart.

00:00:40We had two last year and just the two this year.

00:00:43So it's a weird weekend for some of them.

00:00:45I think a couple of teams have been quite happy with various problems and stuff going on.

00:00:49Nathan Edwards springs to mind last year, double winner this year.

00:00:52Just problems galore, but you've been out there more recently than I have.

00:00:57Is it getting worse?

00:00:57Well, yeah, I'll be dead honest.

00:01:00If you're not on a wet tyre, you are in trouble.

00:01:04The one thing I will say, Izzy, one of our ITV sport reporters, was telling me they are all buzzing down in there.

00:01:11Well, they were all buzzing before they went to the grid because they want a wet race.

00:01:14And Alex Solly in particular.

00:01:16She told me that as well.

00:01:17It must be important then.

00:01:17You were very important.

00:01:18Literally, she interrupted a live broadcast.

00:01:21No, I'm joking.

00:01:21She didn't.

00:01:22So she was just telling me on the way over here that, yeah, they're all looking forward to it.

00:01:25I'm looking forward to it, fella.

00:01:27But it hasn't rained properly for a while.

00:01:30And this won't just be wet.

00:01:32It will be horrifically greasy.

00:01:34That's the problem.

00:01:35Do any of the officials get a chance to sort of read the right act in the holding area?

00:01:41I mean, Ria will be there with her whistle.

00:01:43And the viewers won't know what we're talking about.

00:01:44But Ria Beauchamp, who organises the championship, in fine style, it has to be said, we'll shout at them and tell them what's what.

00:01:52But they'll be aware of the conditions for sure.

00:01:53But sometimes you need that little extra nudge just to let you know that you've got to be careful.

00:01:57Extra green flag, like maybe?

00:01:59Yeah, I mean, that looks like a slick tyre.

00:02:02I would like to see a proper look at that because, I mean, it'd be good to see what people are on.

00:02:09And we need to have a look.

00:02:10Maybe Matt Salisbury from Mini Challenge can actually get in touch with us maybe and tell us.

00:02:16Because, yeah, there's a better shot.

00:02:19That's a slick tyre.

00:02:20Oh, my word.

00:02:22There's a lot of people on the wrong tyre in my eyes.

00:02:24The yellow side tells us, yeah, that it's slick tyres.

00:02:29You can tell how they're getting away.

00:02:30They're all wheel spinning.

00:02:31I would say most of them are on slicks.

00:02:33This is going to be a big call.

00:02:36There's some tyres that have got kind of like worn away on the side.

00:02:40The actual Goodyear logo.

00:02:41So they may be wet, but we'll still find out.

00:02:44We'll see how aggressive they weave.

00:02:45But to answer your question, there'll be a lot of respect between these drivers.

00:02:49But respect only goes so far, Richard, when you're going into a really short braking zone.

00:02:54Absolutely right.

00:02:54And particularly around Alton Park.

00:02:55So we'll see how it all pans out.

00:02:58But we've had a few stories so far this weekend, including a win for Max Edmondson.

00:03:04A first win for Max yesterday.

00:03:06Started six on the grid yesterday and came through in three laps.

00:03:11People said, oh, well, we're looking forward to Alton.

00:03:13But, of course, it's less overtaking.

00:03:14Max Edmondson didn't worry about that till he's coming up from six.

00:03:17Taking a win.

00:03:18First win for Max.

00:03:19First win for Pro Alloys as well.

00:03:21So mega job for them in the championship.

00:03:23What have I said about that, lad?

00:03:25What have you said?

00:03:25You said it, yeah.

00:03:26No, but you've backed me up, mate.

00:03:27You know the deal.

00:03:28We've both covered him in different championships.

00:03:30He's a proper pedaller.

00:03:31They're a good team.

00:03:33Lovely color scheme on the car.

00:03:34Fluorescent Pro Alloys color scheme.

00:03:37I really like Max because there's a lot of drivers that are just steady away.

00:03:43He is a real pusher.

00:03:45I like him.

00:03:46Well, let's have a look how they're lining up then for the moment.

00:03:49And we go on to the second race of the weekend for the Virtuomotors Mini Challenge.

00:03:55And Polk position goes to Tom Ovenden.

00:03:57He has a double pole this weekend.

00:03:59Josh Polk, Josh Porter will line up alongside.

00:04:03Let's go through it formally.

00:04:05Round eight of the championship.

00:04:06Tom Ovenden on pole from Josh Porter and Lewis Selby.

00:04:08Marlo Cordell lining up in fourth.

00:04:10Max Edmondson, the man we were just talking about, is in fifth.

00:04:13Nathan Edwards, sixth.

00:04:14More to that story as well.

00:04:15Row four, Albert Webster and Alex Solly.

00:04:18Then it's Harry Hickton and Harry Campy.

00:04:20Owen Hillman and Charlie Hand on the sixth row,

00:04:23followed by Ned Anthony and Cameron Richardson.

00:04:26Then Jacob Hodgkiss and Jamie Osborne, the championship leader, back on row eight.

00:04:31The sport category headed by Chris McKenzie from Archie Johnson.

00:04:35So Bitcoin and Jam Sport ahead of JRW Racing's Ben Crossley.

00:04:39Nicky Gauci is next up from Henry Howarth and the grid completed by Accelerate's Will Crooks.

00:04:45So that's how they line up with Tom Ovenden on pole position, who has had a lot of pole positions this year and racking up some decent points.

00:04:57Looks like the officials happy with everything at the moment, whether they'll still be happy after the first couple of corners remains to be seen.

00:05:05Yeah, I am.

00:05:06I am intrigued.

00:05:08This looks like a slick race and not one driver.

00:05:13Charlie Hand has come in and that will be hopefully not a retirement.

00:05:16That should be to change to wets.

00:05:19We're going to know pretty soon.

00:05:20And this could be that really does look like a slick tie to me.

00:05:24I'm a bit worried about this, Rich, but let's see what we get.

00:05:26Yeah, all we can do is call it as it happens and fingers crossed for everyone.

00:05:30But Ovenden and Josh Porter on the front row of the grid.

00:05:33So Josh in the orange and black car.

00:05:35And away we go.

00:05:37It's a good start from Tom Ovenden.

00:05:39And they're all the way well.

00:05:40It looks like a slightly recalcitrant start for Max Edmonton, who we wanted to keep an eye on.

00:05:45But it's Lewis Selby looking to go up into second position.

00:05:50Oh, there I did.

00:05:51Off goes Alex Solly.

00:05:53That's Izzy Browning's fault, that.

00:05:55Yeah.

00:05:55Well, he was looking forward to it.

00:05:57It looked like he was looking forward to it a bit too much.

00:05:59But the front lot have got away.

00:06:01We're going to know what the sketch is when we get to the hairpin.

00:06:03And as I say, I'm just hoping they really go steady and respect each other.

00:06:08It's so difficult down here.

00:06:10Solly's going to cause a safety car.

00:06:11Yeah, for sure.

00:06:12And that won't be a bad thing.

00:06:13I mean, the car doesn't look too damaged.

00:06:15It is beached, but it will just give everybody that chance to slow down and evaluate the circuit a little bit more once the safety car is deployed.

00:06:23But Tom Ovenden getting away well on the start.

00:06:28They're definitely on slicks, aren't they?

00:06:30Yeah.

00:06:30Do you know, can I just say, good year, make an amazing slick, because I cannot look how well in the working in the well.

00:06:37It must be a softer compound than I think, because I've driven these cars in these kind of conditions on slick tyres, and it was a different compound then.

00:06:45And it was really, really, really difficult.

00:06:47But they're all side by side, but we've got to be careful of those white lines, the wet curves.

00:06:52But, oh, we've got to be careful of that as well.

00:06:54But next corner coming up, Druid, there's a safety car now, but Druid is the one you've got to be careful of.

00:06:59Will anybody pit on their safety car?

00:07:02Well, that's the question, isn't it?

00:07:04We've already got the manpower motorsport car for Charlie Hand in Pirlane, so Charlie might have played a blinder here to come through.

00:07:12We'll see how it pans out.

00:07:13There is Charlie Hand.

00:07:14Is he going to get out before the safety car?

00:07:16Because if he does, wow.

00:07:18Yeah, this is going to be interesting.

00:07:20Could be, I think he will, Paul, because they're just exiting the final corner, that looks like.

00:07:25But then he's got to catch up.

00:07:26We need to know how long we're going to be under safety car to recover Alex Solly.

00:07:32So we'll see.

00:07:33Do we know whether he's got out?

00:07:34Let's have a quick look.

00:07:36Can't see from where we are, down towards pit lane.

00:07:39Tom Arvindon will be picked up by the safety car.

00:07:41It's Lewis Selby in second.

00:07:42Josh Fortum next up from.

00:07:44Nathan Edwards has had a decent start.

00:07:46So Nathan Edwards up into fourth place.

00:07:48And, yeah, there is Charlie Hand.

00:07:52He made it out.

00:07:52So how fast on a catch-up lap can you go with the safety car boards out and the yellows?

00:07:58A lot faster on wet tyres if he's on wet tyres.

00:08:01You've just, at the end of the day, Richard, you've just not got to crash.

00:08:05If you crash under yellows, you are an idiot.

00:08:07You deserve to have everything thrown at you.

00:08:10That's my personal opinion.

00:08:12You just can't do that.

00:08:14We've made mistakes, but, you know, being silly and going off at full speed,

00:08:18it's ridiculous.

00:08:21Hopefully, Hand will know by seeing what he's seen.

00:08:24It ain't going to be half a lap and it's clear.

00:08:27He'll get round no problem.

00:08:28Interesting if we can go back and see how fast he's actually going.

00:08:31Now he's on screen.

00:08:33So I just want to look at the spray off them tyres.

00:08:36They're wet.

00:08:37And that is an absolute legendary call.

00:08:40We've got 21 minutes of this race to go.

00:08:43How hard is it going to rain?

00:08:44He's got his windscreen wipers on.

00:08:46It's all good.

00:08:49Charlie Hand had a massive injury here a couple of years ago,

00:08:51and I know he's a little bit mindful of that coming back here this weekend

00:08:54and said to me yesterday with his dad that he was doing a bit of a rain dance.

00:08:58So this may have played out well for him,

00:09:00but he's handled his return to Alton Park exceptionally well this weekend,

00:09:03this young man.

00:09:04Here's the start.

00:09:05So, yeah, you see a lot of people get wheel spin.

00:09:07Just look three rows back.

00:09:08Look at the car of Max Edmondson.

00:09:11Just wheel spinning.

00:09:12Cars left and right of him.

00:09:13And then what do we see of Alex Solly in the number 12?

00:09:17He's right of your screen.

00:09:18He just locks up, gets on the white line,

00:09:21doesn't touch the barrier there, but clouts it there

00:09:24and also vibrates the camera, cameraman's stand.

00:09:28So, yeah, really, really difficult start to this race.

00:09:31But look, everyone on the outside just having no grip

00:09:33and people just trying to get the traction out.

00:09:35Just that's normal stuff there, getting into each other

00:09:38with the wrong tyre on.

00:09:41Coming in out of Nickerbrook,

00:09:43and that's just, again, side by side.

00:09:46And that's Albert Webster, isn't it, getting involved on that.

00:09:48And then watch this now as the car just pulls itself

00:09:50back across the crowd.

00:09:53Was that Gouchy, was it?

00:09:55That was Marlo Cordell, I think.

00:09:56Was it Marlo Cordell?

00:09:57The 27?

00:09:58Yes, it was, sorry.

00:10:00Here is Charlie Hand trying to...

00:10:05Oh, OK.

00:10:06Interesting.

00:10:06The reason, right, the reason you're seeing Charlie Hand doing that

00:10:12is because he has locked the fronts up.

00:10:14So, he isn't trying to catch up quicker.

00:10:16He basically just didn't want to go across the grass.

00:10:18Interesting, he's locked fronts up with wet tyres,

00:10:20on which I think he's on.

00:10:21There's no other tyre he can be on.

00:10:23So, the only thing I could think is that he's been on wets

00:10:27and he's gone back to slicks,

00:10:29but that would be a savage thing to do.

00:10:32Looks pretty much...

00:10:34It looks OK, doesn't it?

00:10:34Yeah, it looks like he's going well.

00:10:36So, I don't think you'd get a penalty for that.

00:10:38But, I don't know, things surprise me.

00:10:41He's got a little bit of a way to catch up, though,

00:10:42yet, hasn't he?

00:10:43Yeah, he has got a way to go.

00:10:44New livery, you might remember, he was all orange,

00:10:46previously, when we saw Charlie Hand,

00:10:47but he's got some blue and the family company there

00:10:50on the side of the car now,

00:10:51which is a nice-looking car.

00:10:53It was a great-looking car anyway,

00:10:55but the family have bedded themselves

00:10:57into the championship quite well

00:10:58and given the car a good look,

00:11:01he is, yeah, so he's still trying to close up

00:11:04as best he can.

00:11:05He's got a fair way to go.

00:11:06The reason I'm...

00:11:08You see how much they're weaving?

00:11:09If they were on wet tyres,

00:11:10they won't be weaving that much.

00:11:11I will guarantee you that.

00:11:13They are on slicks, definitely.

00:11:15And it's raining...

00:11:16In the car...

00:11:17Outside the car's box.

00:11:18It's raining enough for me to say

00:11:20a wet-weather, tired car should win this.

00:11:24Definitely.

00:11:25Look at that.

00:11:25There you go.

00:11:26We're going to see a Lewis Selby here, are we?

00:11:28We could see a Lewis Selby, yeah.

00:11:29I mean, that was a great call at Donington, wasn't it?

00:11:31Yeah.

00:11:32Absolutely.

00:11:32But Charlie Hand, if he can catch back up pretty quickly,

00:11:35he should be more or less there.

00:11:37The only thing that doesn't look great,

00:11:39but it's because it's the first lap.

00:11:40He's on our timing screen.

00:11:41He is purple in every sec.

00:11:43He's done the fastest lap of everybody,

00:11:45but we didn't do a racing lap, did we?

00:11:47So he'll be absolutely fine.

00:11:49And, of course, people that might be asking,

00:11:51you know, how is he speeding around trying to catch up?

00:11:53He would have been aware of the zone

00:11:55where the marshals were trying to attend to the car.

00:11:57So just to put that in perspective,

00:11:59but lights out on the safety car now,

00:12:01we're getting ready to race with Tom Ovenden there

00:12:04from Lewis Selby.

00:12:06Then it is Porter, Edwards next up,

00:12:08Harry Campy, top rookie.

00:12:09He's up in fifth position.

00:12:11And Harry in the blue number 13.

00:12:13We'll see what he can do,

00:12:14but this is now down to Tom Ovenden,

00:12:16the ex-rallycross racer,

00:12:18so he'll be used to slippery conditions.

00:12:20That's a kiss of death from the commentator, isn't it?

00:12:21Yeah, well, he's gone,

00:12:26and he's gone super quick and super early.

00:12:28If he knew how close Charlie Hand was behind,

00:12:30then he would have gone even faster.

00:12:33Yeah, I think you're right there.

00:12:34So we get the restart,

00:12:35and they do the straight bit, which is okay.

00:12:37We've got a challenge on for Nathan Edwards

00:12:40having a quick look at Porter there,

00:12:41side by side behind them as well.

00:12:45Another safety car, but Webster off there.

00:12:48And this is what happens, you see.

00:12:50I don't know what we were expecting with cars.

00:12:52Well, yeah, yeah.

00:12:54That's what I don't understand.

00:12:57Yeah, they were fired up, weren't they,

00:12:59to try and go.

00:13:00Albert Webster, incidentally,

00:13:01the number two car you saw going off

00:13:03having his best finish yesterday in fourth place,

00:13:05so went on to him.

00:13:05After a biggie on Friday in testing the team,

00:13:08rebuilt the car,

00:13:09which I know he was very grateful for.

00:13:11Nathan Edwards up into third,

00:13:12side by side with Josh Porter.

00:13:14Out of the hairpin they come,

00:13:15and Edwards is up into...

00:13:16Great to see Edwards getting some luck.

00:13:18At long, long last.

00:13:20May it continue as they go side by side

00:13:22for the lead,

00:13:23and Louis Selby trying to get it

00:13:24in the yellow Napa car.

00:13:25It's a Napa tack,

00:13:26but Tom Ovendone is hanging on to it.

00:13:28Other than the lead,

00:13:29Selby in P2.

00:13:30Look at the cube behind.

00:13:32These guys all on the edge.

00:13:34They're skating on ice here,

00:13:36but can they all hang on to it or not?

00:13:38We've got another car coming into the mix.

00:13:40Alex Sotty's car will make it back

00:13:43round two pit lane,

00:13:44so ease is clear,

00:13:46which is good.

00:13:47Here we go.

00:13:48And into the lead now,

00:13:49it is Selby.

00:13:50Oh, Selby's done a great job there,

00:13:52and Selby will try and crack on Nathan Edwards.

00:13:54Great to see he's getting the job done,

00:13:56and look at that,

00:13:57round the outside.

00:13:58That was Osborne in the 77,

00:14:00and he's got Porter alongside him.

00:14:02It's all going off.

00:14:03Where's Nathan Edwards going to go?

00:14:05This is a great gaggle.

00:14:06I can't wait for this now.

00:14:07Where has Osborne come from?

00:14:08He was way down on the grid.

00:14:09He had a mechanical,

00:14:11a wire fail,

00:14:11electrical failure

00:14:12in qualifying yesterday.

00:14:13He was right at the back of the grid,

00:14:15and he has come through.

00:14:16I know he's good in the wet.

00:14:17I'm always banging on

00:14:18about the Focus Cup race he did,

00:14:20the three race he did

00:14:21in the wet at Donington

00:14:22in senior debut,

00:14:23and he has come through

00:14:24into his active position.

00:14:26Big, big, big one for Nathan.

00:14:30Oh, wow.

00:14:31Check your undies, lad.

00:14:33I'm sure he will.

00:14:35Nathan, as I say,

00:14:36has not had any luck at all

00:14:39so far this year.

00:14:40His brother, Johnny,

00:14:41was telling me

00:14:41they're so fed up

00:14:42with the bad luck.

00:14:44He said,

00:14:45if we're going to get any more,

00:14:46fair enough,

00:14:46they'd put an umbrella up

00:14:47indoors in the awning

00:14:49just to either get more

00:14:51and get it out of the way

00:14:51and get it done

00:14:52as we go side by side

00:14:53for the lead.

00:14:54Tom Ovenden looking for

00:14:55the outside run here.

00:14:56Can't quite get it.

00:14:57Is he going to leave

00:14:57the door open for Porter

00:14:59to have a look up the inside?

00:15:00Osborne is in fourth

00:15:02who has come through.

00:15:03Edmondson's down in seventh.

00:15:04He needed to keep an eye

00:15:05on Edmondson

00:15:06to see how he was doing.

00:15:08Look who's done

00:15:09the fastest lap.

00:15:10It's Hand

00:15:11and he is coming along.

00:15:13He's coming along.

00:15:14And overfist here,

00:15:15isn't he,

00:15:15coming through the field.

00:15:17And that could be

00:15:18an inspired

00:15:19Mad Power Motorsport

00:15:20decision

00:15:20if it plays out well for him.

00:15:22Meanwhile,

00:15:22Osborne getting into

00:15:23Porter is a replay.

00:15:25So this was,

00:15:27look at Nathan Edwards,

00:15:29is it?

00:15:29Oh, no.

00:15:30It was Webster,

00:15:31wasn't it?

00:15:31That was the Webster one, yeah.

00:15:32Albert,

00:15:33right into the side

00:15:34and that was a shame

00:15:35that because he was

00:15:36completely sideways.

00:15:37Harry Tamplin, wasn't it?

00:15:38Yeah, Harry had

00:15:39nowhere to go,

00:15:40did he?

00:15:40What a shame.

00:15:41Who's this now?

00:15:42Has someone gone straight on?

00:15:43No, that is...

00:15:44This is the sport

00:15:45and we've got Nicky Gauchy

00:15:46who's leading in,

00:15:47Henry House gone in

00:15:48and then Chris McKenzie

00:15:49has gone straight on

00:15:50through the...

00:15:51Chris didn't fancy

00:15:52a bit of that,

00:15:52that was a great bit of driving.

00:15:54Great bit of driving.

00:15:55Yeah, good reaction,

00:15:56wasn't it?

00:15:56Yeah, definitely.

00:15:57I would have done the same

00:15:58because...

00:15:58Chris McKenzie's come on

00:15:59so much now

00:16:00racing in the

00:16:01City Car Cup

00:16:02which he's doing well in,

00:16:04winning races out right there

00:16:05and balancing it

00:16:06with this superbly.

00:16:07He's on pole

00:16:08for sport in this one.

00:16:09Yeah, proper stuff.

00:16:10And I don't mean to sound surprised

00:16:11because he is

00:16:12a good lad,

00:16:13is Chris McKenzie.

00:16:14Very quiet lad

00:16:15but running very,

00:16:16very well indeed.

00:16:16We know how good he is,

00:16:18don't we?

00:16:18But yeah,

00:16:19this is a long race still

00:16:21and all I can say

00:16:22for Charlie Hand

00:16:23who's in 11th place

00:16:24set in the fastest lap,

00:16:26he really, really, really

00:16:27could do

00:16:28with getting past

00:16:29as many people

00:16:29as quick as he can.

00:16:30Is that Owen?

00:16:32That's Owen Hillman,

00:16:33isn't it?

00:16:33Yeah, it is, yeah.

00:16:34Owen does all the liveries

00:16:35and graphics

00:16:36and all that

00:16:37in the team.

00:16:38Very talented young lad

00:16:40raced in the Civics

00:16:41with Max Edmondson

00:16:42last year

00:16:42and they've come over

00:16:43as a team.

00:16:44What we've got Max

00:16:45actually in shock

00:16:46is he was telling me

00:16:47his mum and dad

00:16:48were telling me earlier on

00:16:49he might not be able

00:16:50to see out the season.

00:16:51I cannot understand

00:16:52why a young driver like that

00:16:53has not got people

00:16:53queuing up

00:16:54to be associated with him

00:16:56and, you know,

00:16:57getting involved,

00:16:57enjoying the racing

00:16:58and putting a bit of money

00:16:59his way.

00:16:59If he doesn't get any

00:17:01that'll be a real travesty.

00:17:02I know other drivers

00:17:03need support as well

00:17:04and I'd like to promote them too

00:17:07but it'll be a real sad thing

00:17:08if we don't see

00:17:09Max Edmondson

00:17:10get to the end of the season.

00:17:11We see it time and time again,

00:17:13don't we?

00:17:13And this is what we're seeing now

00:17:15is a brilliant move

00:17:16around the outside.

00:17:17Osborne is so brave.

00:17:19It's not flat through there

00:17:20on slicks

00:17:21on a damn track

00:17:22but he got the job done,

00:17:24didn't he,

00:17:24on Porter.

00:17:24Great stuff.

00:17:26He did.

00:17:26Lovely move.

00:17:27Max Edmondson running wheel too

00:17:28so it's a Napa 1-2

00:17:29at the moment

00:17:30and here comes

00:17:31Osborne

00:17:31who's really bounced back.

00:17:33I was really impressed

00:17:34with Jamie Osborne

00:17:35yesterday

00:17:36in the holding area

00:17:37and went to have a chat with him.

00:17:38I'll come back to that thought

00:17:39in a minute.

00:17:40This is Owen, isn't it?

00:17:42Oh, he's a lucky boy there.

00:17:44That could have gone so hard

00:17:45to the barrier on the right

00:17:47but he just lost it one way

00:17:48and he's just had a glance

00:17:49with the barrier there.

00:17:51He's dead lucky there, isn't he?

00:17:53Yeah, he is

00:17:53but hopefully we'll rejoin.

00:17:56Ben Crossley

00:17:56getting squeezed out

00:17:57and Will Crook's

00:17:59looking to go up

00:18:00inside Archie Johnson,

00:18:01the man that they were chasing

00:18:02as we have a look

00:18:04at...

00:18:06Is that Ben Crossley as well?

00:18:07Yeah, it is, isn't it?

00:18:08We're looking at Ben

00:18:09in the replay.

00:18:09It nearly caught me out there

00:18:10who we'd gone to

00:18:11back with live action

00:18:12which is what we have now

00:18:13with Lewis Selby,

00:18:14the race leader.

00:18:15Lewis is always very

00:18:16very modest about that

00:18:18win that he took

00:18:18at Donington

00:18:19on the right tyre

00:18:21but he's a quick racer

00:18:23on his own.

00:18:23He's been right

00:18:24at the sharp end

00:18:24all the way through

00:18:25and he's proving again

00:18:26to be a class act

00:18:27out front here

00:18:27from Jamie Osborne.

00:18:28Yeah, definitely

00:18:29and I'll tell you

00:18:29how much of a class act

00:18:30he is.

00:18:31He's done the fastest lap

00:18:32of the race

00:18:33by some way.

00:18:35By over a second.

00:18:37Even Charlie Hand

00:18:38can't keep up with it.

00:18:39Well...

00:18:39we don't know how much

00:18:40this race has stopped

00:18:41but look at this now.

00:18:42Oh, you don't want to be

00:18:43rejoined.

00:18:44Oh, that's going to cause

00:18:45some damage.

00:18:45Oh!

00:18:47Marlowe, Marlowe, Marlowe.

00:18:48Okay.

00:18:51Not so good.

00:18:52Clasters into Max Edmondson.

00:18:54He's going to need

00:18:55even more help now, isn't he?

00:18:56Max is going to rejoin.

00:18:57That's a shame.

00:18:58Marlowe's had a couple

00:18:59of bouncy moments

00:19:00which is not good.

00:19:01So safety car again.

00:19:02Not a bad thing.

00:19:03It's going to just calm

00:19:04everything down.

00:19:05Yeah.

00:19:06Do you know what?

00:19:07Yeah.

00:19:07Got to be careful here as well.

00:19:08People need to just slow down

00:19:10because that track

00:19:10looks like it's drying up to me.

00:19:12Windscreen wipers

00:19:12are mostly off.

00:19:14But yeah,

00:19:14we don't want anyone

00:19:15flying into the gravel track

00:19:17while there's marshals around.

00:19:18So yeah,

00:19:19there's Cordell.

00:19:20That's a shame that.

00:19:20There's nothing much

00:19:21you can do when you're

00:19:22on the grass

00:19:22and a wet grass

00:19:23on a slick tyre.

00:19:24So yeah,

00:19:25I mean he got jumped up

00:19:26in the air.

00:19:26He got jumped up

00:19:27in the air, didn't he?

00:19:29So yeah,

00:19:29really difficult one.

00:19:30He's got a bit of

00:19:31steaming up maybe as well

00:19:32because he's got his

00:19:32windows down, Charlie.

00:19:33I think now

00:19:34this is probably his

00:19:36this is probably his race.

00:19:39Not done,

00:19:40but I don't think

00:19:40he's going to win this run.

00:19:41It's getting drier.

00:19:43So worth a punt though,

00:19:44wasn't it?

00:19:44It was definitely

00:19:45worth a punt, yeah.

00:19:47Talking to punts,

00:19:48what's happened down here?

00:19:49Oh, so that's Edmondson

00:19:50down the inside.

00:19:51Gets the job done.

00:19:53Then back around

00:19:54the outside.

00:19:55Oh, it was a big

00:19:56hip and shoulder.

00:19:58Now he just can't

00:19:59get that stop.

00:19:59You can see the steering.

00:20:01Oh, that nearly went over.

00:20:02It did.

00:20:03Yeah,

00:20:03Marlowe was turning

00:20:04right to get back

00:20:05on the track,

00:20:05but just couldn't do

00:20:07anything about the

00:20:08speed at which

00:20:09he was travelling.

00:20:11But yeah,

00:20:11watch Cordell here.

00:20:12So there's quite a big

00:20:13hip and shoulder.

00:20:14That pushes him

00:20:15on the grass.

00:20:16When does he break?

00:20:17Now,

00:20:17and he cannot stop.

00:20:19Bang.

00:20:20Yeah,

00:20:20that's a real shame,

00:20:21that.

00:20:22What I will say,

00:20:23just so you know,

00:20:24if it was a complete

00:20:25dry track and they were

00:20:26both on slicks,

00:20:27I'd have a go at

00:20:27Max Edmondson there.

00:20:28But when it's greasy

00:20:29and you're on slicks

00:20:30and you go on the

00:20:31power with the steering

00:20:31turned,

00:20:32it makes the car

00:20:33jump to the right

00:20:34because you gas up

00:20:36the power.

00:20:36And next minute,

00:20:37it just understeers,

00:20:38loses front grip.

00:20:40We have a sound effect

00:20:40again.

00:20:41That's probably going to

00:20:42do sound in the

00:20:44gallery a load of

00:20:45famous, that isn't it?

00:20:46They're going to turn me

00:20:46down and eat

00:20:47turning down, Rich.

00:20:49No, you don't.

00:20:50Marlowe Cordell might

00:20:50need turning down

00:20:51after that.

00:20:52A big shame to see

00:20:52him out.

00:20:53He's having a frustrating

00:20:54year to say the least.

00:20:55Let's have a quick look

00:20:56at the positions as

00:20:57well as Ben Crossley

00:20:57gets recovered.

00:20:58A lot for the track

00:20:59officials to sort out.

00:21:01I've been lucky enough

00:21:02this weekend to talk to

00:21:02a lot of marshals and

00:21:03I've thanked them all

00:21:04for what they've been

00:21:04doing.

00:21:05A couple of them

00:21:06coming in and doing

00:21:07Taster Days, which you

00:21:07can do as a marshal,

00:21:08which is great.

00:21:09Some who have packed

00:21:10up and are going to

00:21:10spend a bit of time

00:21:11spectating.

00:21:12And there they are,

00:21:13the boys and girls in

00:21:14Orange that we thank

00:21:16for their wonderful,

00:21:17wonderful work that

00:21:18they do.

00:21:18Do you know what's

00:21:19really cool?

00:21:19You talk about the

00:21:20Taster Days.

00:21:21The amount of marshals

00:21:21I speak to and they

00:21:23say, oh, because of what

00:21:24I've heard from yourself

00:21:26and Richard, John

00:21:26Neil, on the coverage,

00:21:28we've been going and

00:21:29doing these Taster Days.

00:21:29So these new marshals

00:21:30are basically, not

00:21:31because of me, but

00:21:32because of you,

00:21:33because you're a

00:21:33rich lad.

00:21:34No, no, no.

00:21:35Anyway, we'll move on

00:21:36from that.

00:21:37It's great that we're

00:21:37getting marshals coming

00:21:38and doing that.

00:21:39I want to give a shout

00:21:40out to Ned Anthony.

00:21:41He's running in fifth

00:21:42place.

00:21:42Wow.

00:21:43Newcomer.

00:21:43I mean, brand new,

00:21:44moving into JCW.

00:21:46Fifth position, top

00:21:48rookie.

00:21:48I know his mum and

00:21:49dad will be keenly

00:21:51watching this one.

00:21:52I know mum was very

00:21:54nervous about this

00:21:55round in particular.

00:21:56She's not a great

00:21:56spectator.

00:21:58Whose mum is?

00:21:59Verity, but makes a

00:22:00good cup of tea.

00:22:01It's Verity as well,

00:22:02by the way, if you're

00:22:02down going past the

00:22:03awning for the Rob

00:22:06Gaffney team.

00:22:06Is that why she's

00:22:07never watching, making

00:22:08you cups of tea?

00:22:09Imagine you'd be

00:22:09working.

00:22:10I'm here though,

00:22:10aren't I?

00:22:11But yeah, and this

00:22:13lad who come in through

00:22:14racing C1s last year

00:22:16and has moved up.

00:22:17It's a big leap from

00:22:18C1s into JCWs.

00:22:20Do you know, can I

00:22:21just say something?

00:22:22It is a big leap.

00:22:23You think it's a big

00:22:24leap.

00:22:24I cannot tell you how

00:22:25difficult City Car Cup

00:22:27cars are to drive.

00:22:28All right.

00:22:28They are, literally, I

00:22:30do a little bit with a

00:22:31friend of mine and

00:22:32coach him and I'm

00:22:34telling you now, I've

00:22:36driven them, I've

00:22:37driven them quite a

00:22:38bit and they are scary

00:22:39little cars to drive.

00:22:40They're not as

00:22:41powerful, obviously,

00:22:41as these, but...

00:22:42It's a good

00:22:42grounding, isn't it?

00:22:43It's great.

00:22:44I spoke to Tom

00:22:44Ingram about it because

00:22:45he drives the C1s

00:22:46on quite a lot and

00:22:47he says it does

00:22:48everything that you

00:22:49want to teach someone

00:22:49that a race car will

00:22:51do.

00:22:51They do everything.

00:22:52They have less grip

00:22:54at the rear, they

00:22:55have, you know, not a

00:22:57lot of grip at the

00:22:57front, so when you

00:22:58lift off you can get

00:22:59the nose of the car

00:23:00to turn and they do

00:23:00everything that you

00:23:01want to teach people

00:23:02how to race.

00:23:04Yeah, very, very good

00:23:05championship indeed.

00:23:06It's under safety car

00:23:07positions here at

00:23:09Alton Park with

00:23:10Lewis Selby about to

00:23:10come under pressure

00:23:11when we restart

00:23:12eventually from

00:23:13Jamie Osborne.

00:23:14And I was starting

00:23:15to big up Jamie.

00:23:17Really frustrating

00:23:18qualifying session

00:23:19for him with that

00:23:19electrical fault.

00:23:20So back of the

00:23:21grid.

00:23:22I went to chat to

00:23:23him in the first

00:23:24race yesterday and

00:23:24he's sitting there,

00:23:25he's smiling, no

00:23:26attitude, no sulk,

00:23:28just getting on with

00:23:28the job.

00:23:29Yeah.

00:23:29You know when you

00:23:30know you are in that

00:23:33position that he's in

00:23:34where you've made

00:23:36yourself look great

00:23:37because he's

00:23:37brilliant.

00:23:38Yeah.

00:23:38I was speaking to

00:23:39Jake Edwards about

00:23:40him actually and Tim

00:23:41Harvey and we were

00:23:42just saying how mature

00:23:44he is now and how

00:23:45he just gets the

00:23:46job done.

00:23:47And that is a great

00:23:48sign because he is

00:23:50still a youngster but

00:23:51he's done a little bit

00:23:52of racing and it is

00:23:53great to see that he

00:23:53can just get on with

00:23:54it and just be

00:23:56comfortable in his own

00:23:57skin because he

00:23:57probably knew before

00:23:58this race started he'd

00:23:59get somewhere up the

00:24:00front and that's a

00:24:01brilliant feeling.

00:24:02Yeah, he's done so,

00:24:03so well.

00:24:03But yeah, just the

00:24:04fact that he was,

00:24:05you know, smiley,

00:24:06happy, had a problem,

00:24:08explained it to me

00:24:09clearly, no excuses,

00:24:10just, yeah, really,

00:24:12really good.

00:24:12I'll take my hat off

00:24:13to him.

00:24:13Sounds like me at

00:24:14dinner last night

00:24:15with you.

00:24:16Yeah.

00:24:19Did you enjoy

00:24:20dinner last night?

00:24:21It was great, yeah.

00:24:22We wish Steve and

00:24:23Hutch all the very,

00:24:24very best, don't we?

00:24:24It's a sad day,

00:24:26sad weekend for us.

00:24:27It was really weird

00:24:27in the build-up to

00:24:28this weekend knowing

00:24:29that two of our most

00:24:31important people were

00:24:32going.

00:24:32It was a shame.

00:24:33Exactly.

00:24:34But I'm sure Hutch

00:24:35won't miss having to

00:24:36speak to me about

00:24:37toning it down and

00:24:38counting me in.

00:24:39It's been a fantastic

00:24:41weekend, hasn't it?

00:24:42Let's hope that this

00:24:43race can get underway

00:24:43and we can really,

00:24:45do you know what,

00:24:45Richard, I'm really

00:24:46looking forward to the

00:24:47restart of this because

00:24:47it's still patchy damp.

00:24:49Yeah.

00:24:50Who's the bravest?

00:24:51And I want to see

00:24:52Osborne versus Selby.

00:24:54This, these two up

00:24:55front, Selby with the

00:24:56red front in the lead

00:24:57and Osborne, this,

00:24:59this is it.

00:25:00But look at all of

00:25:01these cars weaving,

00:25:02really, really difficult.

00:25:03But that's not the

00:25:04case for Charlie

00:25:05Ham in that orange car

00:25:06because that 55 car

00:25:08is now trying to do

00:25:09the opposite.

00:25:10It's trying to cool

00:25:10down them wet tyres

00:25:11because they will be

00:25:13really struggling.

00:25:14They'll go like

00:25:14chewing gum.

00:25:15It's like driving on

00:25:16chewing.

00:25:16It's horrible.

00:25:17Winders down.

00:25:18I think he might have

00:25:18a little bit of a

00:25:19steaming up issue

00:25:20or maybe just trying

00:25:22to get a bit of

00:25:22cool area in the car

00:25:23just to cool him down.

00:25:25Winders will be back

00:25:25up afterwards.

00:25:26See what he can do.

00:25:27He's down in ninth

00:25:28position at the moment.

00:25:29We need to give,

00:25:30well, we'll talk.

00:25:31I'll come to that

00:25:32boy in a minute.

00:25:32Lights out on the

00:25:33safety car so we're

00:25:34getting ready to race

00:25:35again and this is

00:25:36what you were looking

00:25:37forward to.

00:25:37I'm looking forward to

00:25:38it to Paul.

00:25:39It's going to be the

00:25:40battle between the

00:25:41two Napa Racing boys.

00:25:43So Selby, the senior

00:25:45partner if you want

00:25:46out of the four Napa

00:25:47drivers in the

00:25:48championship.

00:25:49Osborne in P2.

00:25:50Let's not forget

00:25:51Porter.

00:25:52Josh Porter in third

00:25:53place.

00:25:53Tom Ovendon in fourth.

00:25:55Then we've got Ned

00:25:56Anthony in fifth

00:25:57position.

00:25:58Here we go.

00:26:01Safety car falls in.

00:26:02Scott Stringfellow

00:26:02doing the honours with

00:26:03the problem as ever as

00:26:04we go across the line

00:26:05and it is Selby.

00:26:07Watch for Osborne.

00:26:08Let's see whether he's

00:26:08going to close up as

00:26:09they go down into

00:26:10turn one.

00:26:11He does start to

00:26:11close.

00:26:12So the battle is on

00:26:13for lead position.

00:26:14The pressure is on.

00:26:15He's going to have a

00:26:16go here.

00:26:16A little bit of a

00:26:16wobble was there from

00:26:17Selby there.

00:26:18Inside.

00:26:19Ben outside goes

00:26:20Osborne.

00:26:21He's looking for it in

00:26:21the 77 car but it's

00:26:23Selby hanging on to

00:26:24this at the moment.

00:26:24They're battling but

00:26:25they're getting away.

00:26:26Yeah, they're having a

00:26:27big battle.

00:26:27There was big brake

00:26:28lights from Osborne in

00:26:29the 77.

00:26:30Selby just is the

00:26:32first person on the

00:26:33scene.

00:26:33He's the first person

00:26:34to the tarmac that's

00:26:35dry or wet.

00:26:36So what we're going to

00:26:36get here, it's still a

00:26:37bit damp.

00:26:38Green flags waving

00:26:39because we're under

00:26:40racing again but look

00:26:41at the gap they've got

00:26:42to Porta in third

00:26:43place.

00:26:43They have gap Porta

00:26:44here.

00:26:45A little bit of

00:26:45contact a little bit

00:26:46further back.

00:26:48Should be okay.

00:26:50Should be okay with

00:26:52that.

00:26:52Yeah, here we come

00:26:53then Selby and or

00:26:55Elby as it says on

00:26:56the list of this.

00:26:59Elby, Elby, not a

00:27:02legend's driver called

00:27:02Elby.

00:27:04You'd do well if

00:27:05you're a legend's

00:27:06driver in this but

00:27:06look at the dry line

00:27:07Rich, there's nowhere

00:27:08to go.

00:27:09He's going to have to

00:27:10shock him but he

00:27:10might have to be on

00:27:11the dam to get past

00:27:12him and that's where

00:27:13it's going to be

00:27:13really tricky.

00:27:14Does the dynamic

00:27:15change when it's your

00:27:15teammate though?

00:27:16These guys respect

00:27:17each other greatly.

00:27:18Massively, massively

00:27:19but this reminds me of

00:27:21Shedden versus Neil

00:27:22in the Hondas back in

00:27:23the day as we see a

00:27:24mouthful of grass.

00:27:25Archie.

00:27:26That's a nightmare

00:27:27but there might be a

00:27:28move on now.

00:27:28This is it.

00:27:29It's getting tasty.

00:27:30Selby needs a good

00:27:31entry and a good

00:27:32exit.

00:27:33How hard can

00:27:34Osborne push?

00:27:35He's right in his

00:27:36tracks now.

00:27:37Where's the

00:27:37drier's place to get

00:27:38down the inside?

00:27:39He's close enough to

00:27:40have a look into

00:27:41Old Hall.

00:27:42It'll have to be a

00:27:42shock to get past

00:27:43him.

00:27:43It will.

00:27:44Here they come

00:27:44then.

00:27:44Down into Old

00:27:45Hall.

00:27:45What is he going to

00:27:46do?

00:27:47Osborne stays in P2

00:27:48keeping a watching

00:27:49brief at the moment.

00:27:502 minutes 44 on the

00:27:51clock.

00:27:51Time is running out.

00:27:52Maybe he'll content

00:27:53himself with a

00:27:54Napa 1-2.

00:27:55No he won't.

00:27:55He's going to have

00:27:56another look.

00:27:56It's a slightly

00:27:57different line to

00:27:58Selby as they come

00:27:59down through Cascades.

00:28:00Wider line here.

00:28:01Might give him a

00:28:01little bit more

00:28:02momentum as they

00:28:02head up in towards

00:28:03the air bin again.

00:28:04He's making the

00:28:05move.

00:28:05This is it.

00:28:06This is it.

00:28:06He's going to get

00:28:07down the outside.

00:28:08He might break early

00:28:08to try and get the

00:28:09undercut.

00:28:10But look how early

00:28:11Selby breaks.

00:28:11He's on the damp

00:28:12stuff Selby.

00:28:13He's got to be

00:28:13careful.

00:28:14Break.

00:28:14Get underneath him.

00:28:15Can he do it?

00:28:16Oh he's parked himself

00:28:17on it.

00:28:18But he's got an

00:28:18overlap.

00:28:19This is good stuff.

00:28:20But great stuff from

00:28:21the teammates.

00:28:21Nearly had the

00:28:21overlap.

00:28:22Didn't quite have the

00:28:23momentum as they

00:28:23came out of the

00:28:24air bin.

00:28:25Wasn't it wonderful to

00:28:26see them going in

00:28:26in formation like

00:28:28synchronized swimming

00:28:28if it had been

00:28:29raining a little bit

00:28:30harder.

00:28:30But really good

00:28:31racing from the

00:28:32pair of them.

00:28:32And Selby is a

00:28:33very wise.

00:28:34He's got a good

00:28:35head on his

00:28:36shoulders.

00:28:36He's raced for

00:28:37years.

00:28:38And Osborne will

00:28:38be learning from

00:28:39all that experience

00:28:40and watching.

00:28:41And he'll know

00:28:42that maybe he

00:28:43perhaps has a little

00:28:44bit more pace over

00:28:44the course of the

00:28:45season being the

00:28:46championship leader

00:28:47by goodness knows

00:28:48how many points.

00:28:4940 odd points

00:28:49maybe more.

00:28:50And still chase

00:28:51is on but Selby

00:28:52doing a great job

00:28:53at the moment of

00:28:53defending with

00:28:54140 on the clock.

00:28:55Right this is it.

00:28:56It's closer now.

00:28:57It's really closer

00:28:57now.

00:28:58Osborne does not

00:28:59want to finish

00:28:59second.

00:29:00If he defends

00:29:00this hard this

00:29:01means this is

00:29:02where he's going

00:29:03to have to try

00:29:03and get the

00:29:04overlap.

00:29:04But Selby is

00:29:05inch perfect.

00:29:07But look he

00:29:07parks it on the

00:29:08apex.

00:29:08He can't get past

00:29:09him.

00:29:09But there's no

00:29:10way down the

00:29:11inside of Old

00:29:12Hall because

00:29:12it's just too

00:29:13damp and he

00:29:14gets a great

00:29:15exit Selby.

00:29:16They will both

00:29:17see the

00:29:18lap one board

00:29:19now.

00:29:20They will both

00:29:20see it.

00:29:21Hand now

00:29:22losing out.

00:29:23For those of

00:29:24you wondering

00:29:24what happened

00:29:24to our driver

00:29:25on the wet

00:29:25tyres.

00:29:26Dropping back

00:29:27now but

00:29:27certainly not

00:29:28dropping back

00:29:28is Osborne

00:29:29who looks

00:29:29one way

00:29:30again.

00:29:30He's all

00:29:31over the

00:29:31back of

00:29:31Selby's car

00:29:32as they come

00:29:33down through

00:29:33Cascades

00:29:34again.

00:29:34Again goes

00:29:35for the wide

00:29:35line.

00:29:36Is this going

00:29:36to give him

00:29:36more momentum

00:29:37on the run?

00:29:37And he's

00:29:38trying to get

00:29:38the outside

00:29:39air.

00:29:39He's going

00:29:39to be...

00:29:40He had to

00:29:42try different

00:29:43things but

00:29:44that was the

00:29:44wrong thing

00:29:45to do

00:29:45wasn't it?

00:29:46It was.

00:29:46Is that

00:29:47going to be

00:29:47his final

00:29:48lap as you

00:29:49can see?

00:29:50And Selby

00:29:50has done a

00:29:51good job.

00:29:51I wondered

00:29:53whether Osborne

00:29:55would let him

00:29:56win but no way

00:29:57has he done

00:29:57that.

00:29:57He's gone

00:29:58for it.

00:29:58Absolutely

00:29:59not.

00:29:59Look at

00:29:59this then.

00:30:00So he's

00:30:01got nowhere

00:30:01to go.

00:30:02Selby

00:30:02breaks probably

00:30:03not early.

00:30:04It's just

00:30:04that Jamie

00:30:04breaks later

00:30:05but then he's

00:30:06got nowhere

00:30:06to go.

00:30:06He picks

00:30:07up the

00:30:07damp and

00:30:07that's it.

00:30:08But the

00:30:08last corner

00:30:09I think

00:30:09Osborne

00:30:10will be

00:30:10with him

00:30:11because he's

00:30:11so fast

00:30:12through

00:30:12Druitt and

00:30:13he will

00:30:13put it

00:30:13on the

00:30:13line.

00:30:14Let's

00:30:14see how

00:30:14close

00:30:15they are.

00:30:15It might

00:30:15not.

00:30:16It's

00:30:16not

00:30:16close

00:30:16no.

00:30:17It's

00:30:17got to be

00:30:17over now.

00:30:18It's

00:30:18got to be

00:30:18over now.

00:30:20Don't

00:30:20chuckle

00:30:21Louis Selby

00:30:21here because

00:30:22he's kind

00:30:23of always

00:30:24making excuses

00:30:24about that

00:30:25other one

00:30:25that he had

00:30:26at Donington

00:30:26last year.

00:30:27That was a

00:30:29proper win

00:30:29but this

00:30:30was even

00:30:30more so

00:30:31and hopefully

00:30:31will give

00:30:32him the

00:30:32confidence

00:30:32if he

00:30:33needed it

00:30:33in JCW's

00:30:35going forward.

00:30:35But having

00:30:36said that

00:30:36Osborne's

00:30:37coming up

00:30:37again.

00:30:38Wow.

00:30:39That's it.

00:30:40It's over.

00:30:40This has been

00:30:41a bona fide

00:30:41win for

00:30:42Selby.

00:30:43Brilliant.

00:30:43I'm well

00:30:43happy for

00:30:44him.

00:30:44Well it

00:30:44looks like

00:30:45it's going

00:30:45to be a

00:30:45Napa

00:30:461-2

00:30:46and it's

00:30:47going to

00:30:47be Louis

00:30:47Selby.

00:30:47He's

00:30:47coming up

00:30:48towards

00:30:48the

00:30:48chequered

00:30:48flag

00:30:49with

00:30:49his

00:30:49teammate

00:30:50right in

00:30:50toe

00:30:50Jamie

00:30:51Osborne

00:30:51second

00:30:51but

00:30:52Louis

00:30:52Selby

00:30:52takes

00:30:52the

00:30:53win

00:30:53here

00:30:53at

00:30:53Alton

00:30:53Park

00:30:54third place

00:30:55he's going

00:30:55to go to

00:30:55Josh Porter

00:30:56great podium

00:30:57for Porter

00:30:57Tom Ovenden

00:30:58in fourth

00:30:59place

00:31:00then it was

00:31:01Nathan Edwards

00:31:02finally getting

00:31:02some points

00:31:03and the rookie

00:31:04winner is

00:31:04Ned Anthony

00:31:05Ned Anthony

00:31:06gets his

00:31:06first rookie

00:31:07win and wraps

00:31:08up the top

00:31:08six.

00:31:10Absolutely

00:31:10brilliant news

00:31:11that was

00:31:11third play to

00:31:13everyone who

00:31:13kept it on

00:31:14the track

00:31:14as they come

00:31:15across the

00:31:15line.

00:31:15Really

00:31:17good race

00:31:17loads to

00:31:18take out

00:31:18that Max

00:31:19Edmondson

00:31:19finishes

00:31:19second in

00:31:20the rookies

00:31:20interesting

00:31:21Paul to

00:31:22look at

00:31:22the timing

00:31:23screen and

00:31:24we've got

00:31:24top five

00:31:25are all

00:31:26seasoned

00:31:27races with

00:31:27more than

00:31:27one season

00:31:28under the

00:31:28belt and

00:31:28then we've

00:31:29got a

00:31:29string of

00:31:29rookies

00:31:30now that's

00:31:31not really

00:31:31surprising

00:31:31these

00:31:32conditions

00:31:32is it

00:31:32but Ned

00:31:33Anthony

00:31:34earned that

00:31:34one too

00:31:34that was

00:31:35super stuff

00:31:36Jacob

00:31:36Hodgkis

00:31:37third of

00:31:37the rookies

00:31:37too

00:31:38that's as

00:31:38impressive

00:31:39as anything

00:31:39that is

00:31:40really

00:31:41good

00:31:41stuff

00:31:41but

00:31:41yeah

00:31:42they were

00:31:42a lot

00:31:43closer than

00:31:43I thought

00:31:43look as

00:31:44the

00:31:44chequered

00:31:44flag

00:31:45comes out

00:31:45I don't

00:31:47think he's

00:31:48lifted off

00:31:48there I

00:31:48just think

00:31:49that I

00:31:50just think

00:31:50Jamie Osborne

00:31:50got such

00:31:51a good

00:31:52drive through

00:31:52Druitt and

00:31:53then he

00:31:54braked

00:31:54ever so

00:31:54late but

00:31:55you know

00:31:55what I

00:31:55loved about

00:31:55that

00:31:56I've seen

00:31:57that situation

00:31:58even with

00:31:58teammates

00:31:58where they

00:31:59want to

00:31:59put the

00:31:59manners on

00:32:00them before

00:32:00the next

00:32:01race and

00:32:02there was

00:32:02so much

00:32:02respect

00:32:03then and

00:32:03the win

00:32:05is not

00:32:05just for

00:32:05Selby

00:32:06it's for

00:32:06Selby's

00:32:07head

00:32:07this

00:32:07will

00:32:08fire

00:32:08him

00:32:08into

00:32:08the next

00:32:09race

00:32:10yeah

00:32:10proper

00:32:11championship

00:32:12contender

00:32:12Selby

00:32:13third in

00:32:13the championship

00:32:13coming into

00:32:14that race

00:32:15about 40

00:32:16points down

00:32:17on Tom

00:32:17Uffenden

00:32:17but it's

00:32:18going to

00:32:18get him

00:32:18closer to

00:32:18Tom

00:32:19Tom

00:32:19of course

00:32:19was there

00:32:20in four

00:32:20so we'll

00:32:20get

00:32:21decent

00:32:21points

00:32:21as well

00:32:22Charlie

00:32:22Hand

00:32:22tried to

00:32:23play his

00:32:23hand

00:32:24early in

00:32:24the race

00:32:25going on

00:32:25to the

00:32:25wets

00:32:25and did

00:32:27a great

00:32:27job

00:32:27he's

00:32:28happy

00:32:28he's

00:32:28waving

00:32:28so

00:32:29not a

00:32:29bad

00:32:30weekend

00:32:30for the

00:32:30manpower

00:32:31team

00:32:31had

00:32:31fastest

00:32:31lap

00:32:32in race

00:32:32one

00:32:32did

00:32:32manpower

00:32:33Harry

00:32:33Campy

00:32:34got

00:32:34fastest

00:32:34lap

00:32:34in that

00:32:35one

00:32:35well done

00:32:35Harry

00:32:35in the

00:32:3613

00:32:37car

00:32:38the

00:32:38accelerate

00:32:38runner

00:32:38so good

00:32:39stuff

00:32:39for him

00:32:39so here's

00:32:41the result

00:32:42Lewis Selby

00:32:42takes the

00:32:43win from

00:32:44Jamie Osborne

00:32:44and Josh

00:32:45Porter

00:32:45Tom

00:32:45Ovenden

00:32:46in fourth

00:32:46position

00:32:47ahead of

00:32:47Nathan

00:32:48Edwards

00:32:48then it

00:32:48was

00:32:49the rookie

00:32:49win

00:32:50for Ned

00:32:50Anthony

00:32:51first win

00:32:51for him

00:32:51well done

00:32:52Ned

00:32:52Max

00:32:52Edmondson

00:32:53second

00:32:53in the

00:32:53rookies

00:32:54from

00:32:54Jacob

00:32:54Hodgkis

00:32:54and

00:32:55Cam

00:32:55Richardson

00:32:55Harry

00:32:56Campy

00:32:56who comes

00:32:57from Selby

00:32:58so something

00:32:58about Selby

00:32:59being quick

00:32:59he got

00:33:00the fastest

00:33:00lap

00:33:00Harry

00:33:01Hickton

00:33:01fastest

00:33:01lap

00:33:01yesterday

00:33:02takes

00:33:0211th

00:33:03Charlie

00:33:03Hand

00:33:03next up

00:33:04from

00:33:04Henry

00:33:04Howarth

00:33:05Owen

00:33:05Hillman

00:33:06recovers

00:33:06for 14th

00:33:07from

00:33:07Nicky

00:33:07Gauci

00:33:08Henry

00:33:09Howarth

00:33:09winning

00:33:09the

00:33:09sport

00:33:10category

00:33:11Nicky

00:33:11Gauci

00:33:12second

00:33:12Chris

00:33:12McKenzie

00:33:13third

00:33:13in the

00:33:14sport

00:33:1416th

00:33:15overall

00:33:15from

00:33:15Will

00:33:15Crooks

00:33:16and

00:33:16Albert

00:33:16Webster

00:33:16who had

00:33:17problems

00:33:17as did

00:33:18Archie

00:33:18Johnson

00:33:18and

00:33:19very sadly

00:33:19Marlo

00:33:20Cordell

00:33:20our

00:33:2120th

00:33:21runner

00:33:21we also

00:33:22saw

00:33:23problems

00:33:23for

00:33:23Ben

00:33:23Crossley

00:33:24and

00:33:24Alex

00:33:24Solly

00:33:25so

00:33:28how does

00:33:28this leave

00:33:28things as

00:33:29we head

00:33:29to our

00:33:29next round

00:33:30which is

00:33:30at

00:33:30Croft

00:33:31they've

00:33:31got a

00:33:31little bit

00:33:31of a

00:33:32break

00:33:32as have

00:33:32we

00:33:32Jamie

00:33:34Osborne

00:33:34leading the

00:33:35championship

00:33:3544 points

00:33:36to Tom

00:33:37Ovenden

00:33:37Lewis

00:33:37Selby

00:33:38getting

00:33:38closer

00:33:38in

00:33:39third

00:33:39Max

00:33:39Edmondson

00:33:40fourth

00:33:40Burt

00:33:41Webster

00:33:41in

00:33:41fifth

00:33:41place

00:33:42rookies

00:33:42headed

00:33:42by

00:33:42Max

00:33:43from

00:33:44Burt

00:33:44then

00:33:44Jacob

00:33:45Hodgkiss

00:33:45in

00:33:45third

00:33:46so

00:33:46Jacob

00:33:46doing

00:33:46well

00:33:47Harry

00:33:47can

00:33:47be

00:33:47fourth

00:33:48from

00:33:48Charlie

00:33:48Hand

00:33:48all

00:33:48competitive

00:33:49stuff

00:33:49in

00:33:51the

00:33:51JCW

00:33:52Sports

00:33:52Henry

00:33:53Howarth

00:33:53now

00:33:53has

00:33:53got a

00:33:5371

00:33:54point

00:33:54lead

00:33:54over

00:33:55Ben

00:33:55Crossley

00:33:55with

00:33:56Archie

00:33:56Johnson

00:33:56in

00:33:56third

00:33:57from

00:33:57Chris

00:33:57McKenzie

00:33:58and

00:33:58Will

00:33:58Crooks

00:33:58and

00:33:59the

00:33:59JCW

00:33:59rookies

00:34:00again

00:34:00headed

00:34:01by

00:34:01Henry

00:34:01from

00:34:01Archie

00:34:02Johnson

00:34:02Will

00:34:02Crooks

00:34:02and

00:34:03Nicky

00:34:03Gauchy

00:34:03championship

00:34:07points

00:34:09complete

00:34:09Lewis

00:34:10Selby

00:34:10rightly

00:34:11delighted

00:34:12with

00:34:12his

00:34:13win

00:34:13he'll

00:34:13go

00:34:14across

00:34:14and

00:34:15hug

00:34:16yeah

00:34:16a hug

00:34:17and a

00:34:17fist bump

00:34:17absolutely

00:34:18right

00:34:18with

00:34:19his

00:34:19teammates

00:34:20Jamie

00:34:20Osborne

00:34:21we will

00:34:21hear

00:34:21from

00:34:22those

00:34:22two

00:34:22after

00:34:23this

00:34:23short

00:34:23break

00:34:23please

00:34:24stay

00:34:24with

00:34:24us

00:34:47let's

00:34:57let's

00:34:58excellent third let's go down to Louise you can tell by the body language when

00:35:03the drivers get out of the car how much they enjoyed that race and I think it's

00:35:06fair to say you enjoyed that race didn't you I enjoyed it a lot until my very

00:35:09fast teammate caught me up and tried to overtake me on every single corner but

00:35:13no that was a that was a superb race thoroughly enjoyed it I don't want to do

00:35:18it again though I'm glad it's over but yeah great to win for everybody at Napa

00:35:23Auto Parts there's a lot of guys here so thank you for supporting us and yeah

00:35:26very enjoyable race first bit of the season for you as well it's been coming

00:35:29it's been coming but it's it's yours now yeah to be fair I've made quite a few

00:35:33mistakes this year I've not really delivered a race as good as that and I

00:35:36think that was the first time I have delivered a race with not many mistakes

00:35:39so it's pleasing to do that and it's great to share the podium with my

00:35:42teammate Jamie who's on absolute fire this year Jamie let's bring you in at

00:35:45this point just tell us a little bit about that that battle between the two

00:35:47of you because obviously clearly you wanted to get past but difficult with

00:35:51those conditions because it was a bit wet offline wasn't it yeah I think I'd have

00:35:54risked it a little bit more if it wasn't my teammate but no it's it were a

00:36:00great race the car was just on it from start to finish and we just had to make

00:36:04the most of it really yeah I was making little mistakes here and there when I

00:36:08was behind Lewis and I think you could see it at one point but I tried my best

00:36:11but ultimately I let the best man win oh man the old man sorry sorry sorry I love

00:36:19that let him win but suffice to say though great to finish on the podium

00:36:23after I mean when you think where you were after qualifying and the

00:36:26frustrations then it's a great fight back isn't it yeah obviously we've had a

00:36:30very tough weekend this weekend no fault to anyone I think we just had a bit of an

00:36:34unlucky weekend but no the boys at Napa have really got us back on track and

00:36:39yeah big thanks to Napa Auto Parts and Napa Racing for giving us the best car out

00:36:43there good stuff got your name checks in there well done and Josh let's bring in

00:36:46you in at this point I mean p3 a difficult race to manage for everybody with a lot

00:36:51of time and behind the safety car but boy when it came in those two were off

00:36:54weren't they completely I could not keep up with them I was too busy trying to keep

00:36:58on the road so it's so hard trying to stay on the pace with the top guys it's

00:37:03just and keeping on track at the same time without making any mistakes so I'm glad I

00:37:07stayed on track I'm glad I got a podium couldn't quite get in between them but I'm

00:37:11happy where we are what was going through your mind on that on that final lap

00:37:14because you know still a lot of work to do to bring it home wasn't there oh

00:37:18definitely there's a lot of no especially having Tom right on my back at the end I

00:37:21was trying to just hold him up in some of the corners and try and get out okay and

00:37:24we managed so yeah it's all right good stuff well done it was a great race great

00:37:28race to watch them fantastic final couple of laps at the end there and

00:37:32hopefully some more fantastic racing coming up with the Formula 4 cars out for

00:37:35their final race of the day that's going to be after this short break

00:37:42two races left here at Alton Park we've got round 15 of the British Touring Car

00:37:47Championship about 45 minutes away this though is the final support race of the

00:37:51weekend for the runners in the F4 British Championship Finn McLaughlin who

00:37:55took over the championship lead earlier today he's on the front row alongside

00:37:59Martin Molnar round 15 as I say Phil glue Richard John Neil are in the commentary box

00:38:05thanks very much Steve underway we go a little bit damp out there and Phil I've got

00:38:10to ask is that is I mean they're all on slicks but how careful have they got to be

00:38:14over the opening laps yeah to be honest it's actually drier than you think it's

00:38:17actually the start finish line that's pretty wet and so that's going to cool

00:38:21the tires when they go into turn one but I think the rest of the lap is pretty dry it's

00:38:25quite warm out there the minis have dried it out if you go offline yes it's a

00:38:29little bit damp but everyone is on slicks we have checked but it's the

00:38:32overtakes that are going to be interesting when they're when they're going offline

00:38:35to try and pass someone else that's when they could have a lock-off and then it

00:38:38could get interesting probably expect maybe less overtake attempts in this one

00:38:42because this this is the grid based on fastest from qualifying a previous race

00:38:47was partial reverse and we've got the mended result for that as well which we'll talk

00:38:51to you about as we run through so round 15 halfway point of the championship season

00:38:57Martin Molnar double pole this weekend Fionn McLaughlin the championship leader

00:39:01alongside Chase Fernandes on the second row great qualifying from Chase

00:39:05Ari Bansal the newcomer last time out he's done well too and he's next up from

00:39:09Thomas Behrman and Henry Jocelyn Rowan Campbell-Pilling starts on row 4 from

00:39:15Theo Palmer and then Ethan Jeff Hall, August Raber, Jimmy Pizik and Henry Mercia on row 6 the 7th row

00:39:23Leo Robinson, Adam Alazari from Yu Haafu and Tommy Harfield then it's Xavier Avramides and Ella

00:39:29Lloyder camera car on row 9 the grid completed by Cole Hewittson and Elba Larson

00:39:35so I think quite a few drivers have been having issues with either jump starts or not getting off off the line

00:39:43and they've got a I was gonna say a break to deal with it but they haven't because they're at the British GP meeting in a couple of weeks

00:39:49but it is a big issue isn't it

00:39:51yeah it is yesterday's first race there was a lot lots of people stalling

00:39:55so obviously there's a few clutch issues I think that people are having

00:39:59and then today it was jump start so I think well Campbell-Pilling made a hell of a jump start

00:40:05I think it was when the red lights came on rather than when they went out

00:40:07and someone else it was Raber he got a jump start so it was he actually finished second on the track

00:40:13it was yeah and his teammate Mercia jumped to second and Raber is now third so yeah great result for Mercia on his debut podium

00:40:23and you know moving from third to second it's a great result for him

00:40:27but yeah let's see how this third race of the day or so weekend is going to pan out

00:40:33obviously like you said it's a little bit damp on the start line so you're going to see lots of wheelspin on the start

00:40:37but then it should settle down once they get a little bit heat into the tyres

00:40:41start's going to be crucial here as it was yesterday Martin Molnar in blue

00:40:45for Virtuosi with Phil McLaughlin who in the same position yesterday outgunned the pole man down into turn one

00:40:53let's see if he does it again today as the lights go out he does he gets a good start

00:40:57it's McLaughlin and I'll tell you what Molnar knew that and he slots into second straight away

00:41:01coming up into third is Harry Bansal the first of the Fortec runners in white and red

00:41:07but that was uh by the look of it a good clean start yeah it was actually yeah

00:41:11McLaughlin got a great start on the outside line he was on a better line got through the corner

00:41:15in first place so let's see if Molnar can chase him down for the for the win

00:41:21but as you can see Ella Lloyd in the Excel car it's been put wide there

00:41:25she's lucky to get away with that but uh that could have been a lot bigger

00:41:29um but she can see she's just gone down the inside and kept that position I think

00:41:33so great driver from Ella Lloyd to have that uh that wide moment on the grass

00:41:37obviously the tyres cooled very quickly then she had a little lock up into the hairpin

00:41:41yeah it was Cole Hewittson that was going past so she did lose momentum in a couple of bases there

00:41:45but trying to damage limitation for Ella now which is a pity they are so so fast here I say

00:41:51damp conditions but basically everybody having a decent enough start with McLaughlin having the

00:41:57the best of that start as the uh lower midfield runners head their way up at Clay Hill I think

00:42:04towards Druids for the first time championship wise they say that it was a little bit of a change around

00:42:10wasn't it in the reverse grid race and McLaughlin now with a two-point lead over Molnar

00:42:15so it might change a little bit actually no it won't because McLaughlin

00:42:18as you might know didn't get any more points did he because of the amended result

00:42:22Ella Lloyd though back on the offensive goes on the outside run and getting stuck in that's Leo Robinson on the inside

00:42:28great bit of racing between the pair and very close

00:42:31oh you can see Alazari having a big lock up there as he's going into turn one which is an unusual place to lock up

00:42:36he didn't want to hit his teammate going into T1 there so yeah just pulled out of that one

00:42:41so that he didn't uh he didn't have a big collision it is like I said a little bit damp off line

00:42:46so that's another reason why some of these guys are going to be having lock ups but yeah McLaughlin doing a great job out front leading at the minute with Molnar in second

00:42:53Bansal in the Vortec car in third he's having a great first uh second weekend out in British F4

00:43:00great for Vortec to have two drivers racing as well two quick drivers

00:43:03two obviously we saw the solo entry in the first couple of rounds grabbing pole position so we knew the pace was there in the team

00:43:09but uh it does nothing but help doesn't it when you've got a couple of couple of teammates who can add to the data and work together

00:43:14absolutely it's so important that's why I feel sorry for people like Molnar who's on his own at the minute

00:43:19and obviously Campbell Pilling he's on his own with JHR so yeah the more the more drivers you can have in the team

00:43:26the more data you've got the more speed you can get out of each of the drivers

00:43:30so yeah it's all about comparing sort of brake shapes throttle shapes oh big moment there for McLaughlin

00:43:35he locked the rears by the looks of it on the down changes so yeah he collected that nicely then had a small

00:43:40lock up on the front left so uh or front right sorry so yeah collected that one nicely but he is pushing hard

00:43:47fastest lap as well 22-5 yeah first flyer he's got the clear track and uh Phil McLaughlin

00:43:52I'm trying to get my head around what happened in the first few rounds with with him I mean he was on the podium wasn't he

00:43:57at Donington but it's like now he's starting to exert that not wanting dominance at the moment but

00:44:04I suppose it is actually because he's you know he's in front again second fastest off the front race

00:44:09so yeah he's doing superbly yeah he certainly is he was always there in the first few races to be fair to him

00:44:15as you can see we've got a Campbell Pilling there and I think that's uh Rayburn

00:44:19who's running side by side through the hairpin he's now got the switcheroo on him but now Campbell Pilling's just closed it off

00:44:24and uh yeah good good driving there from Campbell Pilling

00:44:29was indeed Chase Fernandes down in six from the third place start so

00:44:33oh Rayburn went for a late move Campbell Pilling decided not to turn in but now

00:44:38he's gone across the grass yeah it was really his corner but

00:44:42Rayburn just showed his nose there and uh yeah it just put Campbell Pilling off which

00:44:46unfortunately in that type of corner you've got nowhere to go apart from over the grass

00:44:50so he's collected it well but yeah just not having much look that boy is he

00:44:54he is not he'll right off the first half of the season and move on to the second half which will

00:44:59it's very late then yep and he's and he's on a damp patch

00:45:02it was Campbell Pilling that they did the right thing there because if he had turned in which he had every right to

00:45:08he would have caused a collision so yeah um good bit of driving like I know he's lost a place or two but

00:45:14he's still in the race is Rayburn gonna get a penalty for that no I don't think so

00:45:19no I think he he showed his nose that there was no collision they ran side by side

00:45:24I think there was I think it was a bit of I think they might have back wheels do you think

00:45:27yeah maybe we'll have another look maybe later on but yeah I think you'll be right

00:45:31I just thought Campbell Pilling thought better of it and uh and just just decided to send it over the grass

00:45:38it's it's a good option because you've then got the track the other side of the grass so it's you know

00:45:43you're pretty safe to rejoin

00:45:45well so McLaughlin out front uh Molnar, Bunceau it'd be good if he gets a podium wouldn't it

00:45:50in his second meeting yeah doing the the limited campaign and not even as many of those as he probably can do

00:45:56Bebben running well too again he's second position in the rookies fourth position overall

00:46:01Henry Jocelyn having a good run as well Chase Fernandes in sixth place

00:46:05then we've got Reva Pezik who obviously started on the front row the reverse grid race has come up into eighth place

00:46:10so he's in the championship points for this one no points for passes in this one there is one point for fastest lap

00:46:16in two points as well for the pole position at the start of the meeting which unusually gets added to the

00:46:22second fastest race race result

00:46:26just looking at Jeff Paul he's actually started ninth and you can see he's pushing hard to try and get past Theo Palmer

00:46:32but yeah he's dropped to 13th I'm not sure exactly what happened to him earlier on in the race but you can see now

00:46:37he's all over the back with the CDR car chasing him down now we've got a bit of rain we hear so this is going to make

00:46:42things interesting and spice things up a little bit as you can see Harfield they're spinning across the circuit

00:46:48everyone's avoided him but as I said the rain was coming he managed to lock up lose the rear and unfortunately I think

00:46:55that was actually Jeff Hall who was trying to avoid him

00:46:59it was this is the view from Ella Lloyd so this is giving us a view as to we can't quite see how much rain is coming down

00:47:06but Ash Sutton was talking at the end of the second touring car race that the rain was expected to be here

00:47:12or return for their third race and we're all about that time now

00:47:15yeah exactly and it's uh yeah it did start to rain a little bit at the end of the touring car race but you can see Harfield

00:47:21down the inside big lock up he's tried to save it but unfortunately fair play to Jeff Hall he's managed to avoid that

00:47:27because that could have been a big accident

00:47:29yeah that was uh that had me holding my breath I've got to say

00:47:33here's Ella Lloyd

00:47:34we can see on board with Ella Lloyd exactly what happened

00:47:36she can see it all as you can see she decided to go to the inside

00:47:41which is the right move aim for the car if the car is going to the outside of the track you should be fine just to carry on

00:47:47and you can see oh they're all going off

00:47:49all going off at the last corner that's the leader that's second that's third

00:47:53they've all gone wide because it's obviously rained heavily and you can see

00:47:56oh has he got a damage there with the Vortech car of Bansall

00:48:00yeah so that's Behrman leading

00:48:02wow it's uh

00:48:05they're gonna surely they're gonna stop this that you've got a car across the pit wall there

00:48:09at the very least a safety car if the rain gets worse the officials will be having very urgent considerations as to what they need to do

00:48:17but it's Thomas Behrman leading it now

00:48:19see these guys that were further back they could see what was happening they were all struggling to get the car stopped

00:48:25so they managed to break a little bit earlier just so that they didn't follow them through the gravel

00:48:29but we'll have a replay of that in a second of exactly what happened but just so you know now Behrman Jocelyn Fernandes is the top three

00:48:35and that is Bansall who's I think he had damage because he was struggling to get on the throttle coming out of the last corner and over the brow

00:48:43and to the start finish straight

00:48:45so is that the case of the drivers that going off just literally being the first on the new conditions and catching them out and the rest of them see that and can back off

00:48:51exactly that and you can see with that off there the red ball car of McLaughlin he's got that front wing stuck under the car there

00:48:59which is not going to give him any obviously no front end grip anyway without any aero but also it's lifting the bottom of the car up higher now

00:49:07so he's gonna have to come in and get rid of that and get a new nose on and he needs to do it while he's under the safety car

00:49:11this was not foreseen I really didn't see all of this starting to play out let's have a recap and a re-look at what happened

00:49:21so it's obviously rainy you can't really see it on the TV there but it's raining a bit harder because you can see all these guys in the top there

00:49:27they've all locked up they all run wide now you can see it on the camera he's obviously broken his front wing as he's gone through the gravel or as he's rejoined

00:49:35oh no he's got it collected he's been collected by the Fortec car of Bansal Bansal then he's got rear left suspension damage by the looks of it

00:49:43because that is why he couldn't carry on yeah you can see the rear left now is just hanging on and I think that's what's what spits him across the circuit

00:49:51as he tries to get on the power because he doesn't realize that he's got any damage oh this could have been huge

00:49:57everyone's avoided that we could have had two really big ones in this race I'm so grateful that we haven't

00:50:02drivers okay they get a chance to calm down they get a chance to not they needed calming down per se but they just

00:50:08gets a chance to take a breather take stock of what's happening safety team just nipping down to check that as you can see

00:50:17Harry's out the car which is which is the good news he's okay and had pace as well so Fortec back as we said earlier on

00:50:25in the second race of the weekend Fortec having the pace and just the change of conditions catching everyone out there

00:50:32exactly that and uh yeah real shame for for Bansal there he's been flying since he joined the

00:50:38championship and uh showing some real pace in testing so he didn't deserve that accident there

00:50:43which uh yeah it's put him out of the race because all it was he's just running a little bit wide if he

00:50:47hadn't have caught the wing of uh McLaughlin he would have been able to carry on and uh and you know

00:50:52finish the race but yeah really unfortunate the handy thing is actually right by the medical center you can see

00:50:58he's okay and it is just precautionary that they take him over and get to have a look the meatball

00:51:03flag as we call it being shown to McLaughlin that's because he's got that bit of that wing wedged under

00:51:10the car and what the organizers don't want is that to fly off and hit a marshal or well in there

00:51:16somewhere else in race two we talked about a Lloyd's front wing which was slightly damaged and they let her

00:51:21carry on because it wasn't as bad as this and uh this is what i was talking about in uh race two of the

00:51:25weekend uh where they do show them the meatball flag the uh mechanical issue uh flag which means

00:51:33that he does need to pit um hopefully they'll tell him on the radio as well so that he can uh get that

00:51:39changed as quickly as possible so he can join the train of cars he's coming into the pits now he would

00:51:44want to stay out because there are championship ramifications as we get to

00:51:47i think that was mercia that was trying to avoid that yeah so he's uh he's done a great job not to

00:51:55get collected by uh the forte car of bansal yeah championship ramifications here obviously

00:52:01mclaughlin was in sixth place went on to finish ahead of martin molnar but now molnar mclaughlin will

00:52:08come into the pits molnar's running ninth he'll go up to eighth which will be two points now depending

00:52:13on who gets the fastest lap mclaughlin's best bet for championship lead here phil is to get fastest

00:52:17lap absolutely he'll be out of the points points aren't going to count here are they i don't think

00:52:20the only problem is is it started to rain obviously and the lap was done earlier when it was drier so

00:52:25he's going to struggle to do a better lap time now but there is plenty of time there's there's 13 and

00:52:30a half minutes left so it could dry again and he could he could do a lap but um but he's got it in

00:52:35his pocket kind of thing exactly um but that's impressive work from high tech to get that front wing

00:52:39change as quick as they have because he's going to be joining the back of this train ready for the

00:52:43the restart of this race that's why high tech leading the team's championship at the moment

00:52:46road in second virtually third or genti are fourth in the team standings and it has been a very close

00:52:53year that we've had so far but what about this situation that thomas bettman finds himself

00:52:57in here he had a reverse grid pole at silverstone on his debut last year and now finds himself in front

00:53:03on merit we've got to say um his dad david's here this weekend and watching he's going to be enjoying it

00:53:09he's going to be very keen to see how it goes yeah david's really pleased with his progress so far

00:53:14i was talking to him earlier and he's so happy with how well he's doing how well he's uh he's improving

00:53:18every weekend so yeah let's uh let's see if um the younger bearman can do the job here the safety car

00:53:24lights are out he's weaving to get as much heat in the tires he can let's see if he can uh outsmart

00:53:30jocelyn in the vortex car

00:53:31getting ready to come racing once again so bearman jocelyn fernandez jimmy pazik is now up into

00:53:39fourth place he wouldn't have predicted that great restart there by bearman who goes across the line

00:53:46and will lead from jocelyn fernandez pazik alazari this mclaughlin uh was in sixth place he will of course

00:53:53have come in so mercy are now six raven next up from molnar in eighth place and then campbell pilling ninth

00:53:59from vio colna to the kings and the argenti teammates clash off goes another wing more bodywork going off as well

00:54:07yeah i think that's a front wing and maybe a puncture from the two argenticas unless mercy got away with it

00:54:12but i think is that jeff hall or was it raver that's got the front wing damage that is a real shame

00:54:19just from having a little bit of contact through two on big lock up there from raver as he's got no front wing

00:54:25jimmy pazik looking around the outside for third place on chase fernandez i think he's got the job done

00:54:29it looked like it didn't it you can see leo robinson as well trying to get a run on the uh on the

00:54:34argenti mercia car so yeah look at this the absolute alazari it's not physique it's alazari it's come

00:54:39through alazari is now in third fernandez fourth oh big moment there for jocelyn it was well we saw it

00:54:46as a roadie car but it's alazari up into third place as jocelyn collects it all back up and that

00:54:51will be great for alazari here's the replay yeah you can see now raver's gone down the inside

00:54:56oh just caught the rear right of mercy and that's taking his front wing off and then someone's hit

00:55:00it sent it off the track so hopefully that's not going to affect anything for the rest of the race

00:55:05again lloyd's got the best we've got a red flag we have a red flag now because i think there's just

00:55:12too much carnage yeah that'll be race over as well i think it'll be a red and checker we are we're

00:55:18about 10 minutes to go so half distance is that half points or not i don't know we have to it could

00:55:23be it could be i don't know yeah it looks like they're bringing them into the pit lane so that

00:55:27means that is probably the end no they're stopping them on the uh on the grid so maybe they're going

00:55:34to do maybe they're going to restart it well this is normal protocols to be honest they'll do it and

00:55:38you notice that they've done it short of the pit lane entry so um i reckon it'll be a checker because

00:55:44we've got timing issues as well with touring car racing coming up as well but 10 54 that's not quite

00:55:50half distance is it it's not but also it goes back a lap so any of those positions that people made it

00:55:56does actually go back to with behem and jocelyn fernandez as the top three it will alazari will be

00:56:03a little bit disappointed about that that is if indeed we do get the don't get a restart so

00:56:10now raber if you're if you're the cause of the red flag of course you can't profit from it that's

00:56:17the other thing so won't be able to do from that now points wise where does it mclaughlin is out of

00:56:23the points but still has fastest lap so gets a solitary point malna is in eighth so i my reckoning

00:56:30if if we get the checker it will be mclaughlin on by one point taking i've been told there is a restart

00:56:36for the temer that's good news it is isn't it great for the viewers i think they'll be putting

00:56:40everyone back to their original the sorry the positions they were in the last lap so we've still

00:56:46got it on the uh on the timing screen as behem and jocelyn fernandez pesique alazari mercia

00:56:52raber raber needs a front wing which they're doing now which i believe they are allowed to do

00:56:57just hearing that yeah seven minute sprint race from uh directors via race control and

00:57:05it's going to be a wet race so they'll change to some wet tyres but in the meantime as there's a

00:57:11little bit of a breather going on uh on circuit time to take a quick break please stay with us

00:57:16though because we'll have the resumption of action for you from alton park in just a couple of moments

00:57:20so welcome back to alton park the first part of the race red flag and we're going to have a seven

00:57:32minute sprint race most of the car is changing over now what happens usually of course is you put the

00:57:38wet tires on and then it tries up yeah exactly that is exactly what's going to happen isn't it

00:57:43but i see some of them i was just listening in there some of them were thinking about staying

00:57:47on slicks because it is fairly warm and it's not actually i don't think it's raining anymore so

00:57:52they're they're sort of going to gamble with staying on slicks but they've got the wets ready

00:57:56look now bearing in mind you can't fill the track or see what's going we get a rough idea what's going

00:58:00on what would be your call here hey do you know what we had a race at spa recently and it was

00:58:04same conditions yeah and because we were starting further back i made a call for for our driver to

00:58:09go slicks and it dried out at the end of the race and he came through and got on the podium from the

00:58:13back so i would personally if you're further back stay on slicks just because you may have to take

00:58:19the gamble with seven minutes to go but if you're further forward you might be better just to have

00:58:23the grip to keep position keep track position by staying on the wets have you ever done a thing where

00:58:27you've got that that conundrum you don't know what to do and you flicked a coin or something like

00:58:32that to do it or do you actually have has it always 100 been a reasoned decision yeah there's

00:58:37method behind what you what you choose um but sometimes it is a gamble it's a 50 50 gamble so

00:58:43you could flick a coin but i don't think that's that's the right thing to do but you've never done

00:58:48that no no so we're gonna have a little bit of a mixture but yeah the championship what what a topsy

00:58:54turvy season it's been so far for f4 we saw mclaughlin take the lead i think it's maybe the way

00:59:00things were panning out gonna hang on to it for by a very very slim margin then these cars in a

00:59:06fortnight go away to silverstone for the support i know we've banged on about that it's not part of

00:59:10the championship but it does have that prestige with it i mean everybody's going to want to do

00:59:16well in front of that huge audience and it will have ramifications in terms of the how the drivers

00:59:23feel when they come back to the main championship yeah and also it's just a bit more experience for

00:59:27them you know going to do a one-off race which is is not for the championship it's uh it's good

00:59:32experience of some of these guys and girls that are going to be doing it some aren't doing it you

00:59:36know it's an extra cost to go and do that weekend so it's uh it's just dependent on uh on what position

00:59:42you're in but in my opinion it's a great great event to do because you're in front of all the right

00:59:48people that you're trying to impress at the top because a lot of these three of these drivers on the

00:59:52grid are backed by uh formula one junior programs so f1 teams so it they need to do it like ella

00:59:59lloyd will probably be doing it for the mclaren uh team and then you've got uh you've got jeff hall

01:00:04who's merc and then obviously got mclaughlin who's definitely doing it i know is in the red goal car

01:00:09um for high tech so yeah it's important to do my opinion um and it will be more experienced like i

01:00:15said but yes uh let's see what the what the weather brings this is probably going to be good practice

01:00:20because it always seems to race it rain at silverstein yeah the good thing about the

01:00:24commentary box is normally it's in the dryer well that little shed was a bit flooded wasn't it when

01:00:28we were at my legs are getting a bit wet but that was my silly choice of putting shorts on

01:00:35this morning we love your shorts mate the um after that the f4 of course won't be or may you may not

01:00:43know therefore won't be with us at croft because that's their one of their away rounds they're going

01:00:47to go away um and race at zambo which is their next championship round and uh and then the

01:00:54traveling continues for them because they are at not kill so we will be rejoined by uh these runners

01:00:59at not kill so yeah it's great that they're going to sample as well because it's another f1 circuit

01:01:03that they need to learn and it's uh it's good experience for them to get that that in nice and

01:01:07early in f4 so it's really good that they're going there but it's even better that they come back

01:01:10and join us uh for the uh itv viewers um back at uh knock hill so ella lloyd staying on slicks the

01:01:18leaders are on the wet tire and uh there is there is uh taken by the conundrum as you work yeah i think

01:01:24yeah it's basically what i said isn't it is that the leaders you should probably go wet just to to try

01:01:29and um try and pull away get a bit of a gap if it was longer than seven minutes yeah the slicks could

01:01:36work but you may as well gamble it right now because you never know what's going to happen it could

01:01:41drive very quickly uh it depends how quickly they get going but the yeah the slick will probably come

01:01:47in right at the end which is too late we'll see how that works out i think the we've been told that

01:01:52the cars in the pit lane aren't in the correct order so still going to be a little bit of sorting out

01:01:55to do and that might well be safety car restart by the way so that that's a good sensible decision

01:02:02rather than going through the normal procedure of of an outlet or a constant slap and then get them

01:02:07on the grid so they're actually getting track time and getting to see where grip is or isn't exactly

01:02:12yeah i think it's uh it's still raining so definitely a shout for wets um i think everyone

01:02:19by the time we actually start this race i think everyone will be on wets because that rain is heavy

01:02:22isn't it uh anyone that's i think it will even be declared as a wet race therefore everyone has

01:02:28to start on wets everyone was expecting it to be a lovely sunny scorcher this weekend and from

01:02:37talking to home my home in the south of england i think they i don't think they've had any rain so

01:02:41far today and they were quite surprised when i reported in this morning and i'd got soaked but

01:02:45you expect it but everyone's come prepared have you noticed that they have apart from me i'm freezing

01:02:50i can't believe it's been only 16 degrees today today and it's raining but the fans look they're

01:02:56loving it they're having a great time they're actually they are all dressed for the occasion

01:02:59they've brought all the uh the rain gear and um yeah it's it's hammering it down now

01:03:06it is we need paul don't we when we're crowd surfing actually and having a look

01:03:10they need to get ella lloyd on on wets now because um i saw that she was still on slicks

01:03:15and it is it's now made its way to the pit lane this rain but maybe it's too late maybe the

01:03:21that's that was the time is up so she's now going to have to start on slicks which is definitely the

01:03:27wrong decision this is where the like the championship organizers the race officials

01:03:32really own their money because they've got to sort out the order they've got to call everything out

01:03:36and make sure everyone gets out in the correct order and that's exactly what they're trying to do

01:03:39yeah fair play yeah that that isn't easy to do to try and do that in the pit lane where there's

01:03:44not much space anyway um putting them all back in the correct order um

01:03:48ella lloyd needs to get in the pits asap it's uh and anyone else that's on slicks i am i'm actually

01:03:55quite surprised that they've allowed them to go out because it is a bit of a safety issue now um

01:04:01because it seems way too wet cracking job by the british shorts of a bill racing club the barc

01:04:07getting everyone out in order and getting that turnaround very quickly indeed so kudos to

01:04:12the club for sorting that out now do we think they're in the right order we're sort of hearing

01:04:17conflicting things um they they were definitely putting them in a different order as they were

01:04:22leaving the pits um whether it's the correct order we don't know but it's all the right cars but not

01:04:26necessarily to use a very old one in the right order no exactly uh beerman definitely and jocelyn and

01:04:34fernandez with a top three i think i think it's i think they are in the correct order yeah um but

01:04:41we'll we'll see as soon as we uh get on to this first flying lap um but yeah i think there's a

01:04:47couple of cars that one slicks annoyingly uh which is is not good for them they are going to have to

01:04:51get some wets on asap yeah so we might get the pit stop from ella lloyd you how food is in

01:04:59so he will rejoin some way back and of course one thing you can't do in these conditions is do

01:05:08a blistering lap to close right the way up and significantly the clock is running as well

01:05:12it is isn't it yeah now i just noticed that so yeah it's only going to be a very quick

01:05:16maybe three lap maybe two lap um sprint race um but yeah let's see if um if the young bearman can

01:05:24do the job this would be another potential bit of history being written here either way whether

01:05:29it's jocelyn bearman or fernandez it's a shit and i'm and i'm being very unkind writing physique out

01:05:35of the picture he's in fourth place we've got a bit of f4 history about to be made possibly

01:05:38exactly yeah yeah we have we've had fernandez he's won a reverse uh grid race before hasn't

01:05:44me fernandez oh yes of course yeah not a not a main race uh qualifying not the fastest

01:05:48off the front one so but yeah you're quite right he did take the reverse grid win scott stringfellow

01:05:53probably driving the safety car probably wishing he was still in single seaters as he was many

01:05:57years ago made it up to f3 he's uh he's i'm sure he's enjoying this car he's getting plenty of laps

01:06:02in as you as i predicted lloyd and one of the cars come into the pits uh that's uh oh that's

01:06:09mercia mercia decided to come in as well here robinson's in so yeah they uh they decided to

01:06:15stay on slicks as a bit of a gamble but unfortunately it rained so hard just before

01:06:19they went out and they ran out of time so yeah like you say robinson with high tech they're doing

01:06:22a quick change you've got mercia who is with argenti and then you've got lloyd who's with rodin

01:06:29so three teams all trying to go for the quickest pit stop that is quick as well isn't it

01:06:33yeah robinson's been done quickly he certainly has i mean this is not a you know a mid-race thing

01:06:38that these guys are drilled for equipped for but that was a quick turnaround yeah high tech have

01:06:43definitely won that road in second and then argenti looks like they uh they came out third so they need

01:06:49to now catch up the safety car is that the phil glue trophy for the fastest it's not far behind

01:06:53actually argenti and rodin were very similar to be fair yeah but yeah bad decision that for all those

01:06:59three um but like i said to you earlier you have to take the gamble sometimes you do so

01:07:04behrman out front jocelyn second and what that's a shame that is a great pity so red flag why i'm not

01:07:15sure at the moment whether we've had a problem with someone else we're having a quick look around

01:07:19our spotters are going to be having a look around maybe it can't be that the weather's got worse

01:07:23because it doesn't look significantly worse out there and they're in wets but it might be we're hearing

01:07:28it might be a erroneous order perhaps if someone's in the wrong place obviously you don't want to

01:07:33start the race but that's going to be that's going to be done isn't it oh yeah that's it now yeah yeah

01:07:37it was there was a complete waste of time um so yeah really disappointing for the viewers because

01:07:42we didn't get that last uh few laps to watch but uh yeah it was um good to see some pit stops

01:07:49we did actually and it's nice to see the teams that work and do their stuff but uh the guys at the

01:07:54front are going to be disappointed apart from uh thomas bearman who in theory then takes his first

01:08:00win yep so which he earned as well yeah i wonder whether also yeah does the does it go back a lap

01:08:07as well so that's completely void isn't it yeah yeah so it's possibly going to be half points we

01:08:12won't probably know that until all of the various they're going into park ferme and uh so it's

01:08:19bearman from jocelyn fernandez in third place jimmy pazik in fourth there is jimmy in the 93 car the

01:08:25roading driver going in alazari in 12th he alazari was the most unlucky out of everyone because he'd

01:08:31got up to third before the first stop so disappointment for him but he knows he had the pace and and the

01:08:36ability to overtake but uh as you can see down there thomas bearman he's going to be a very happy young

01:08:41man they love that pose don't they when they get on there on the uh bonnet of their car and uh they

01:08:48never know what to do with their arms but uh that was a good celebration from bearman and uh yeah he

01:08:53deserved that that comes from a film doesn't it what do i do with my arms is it the talladega nights

01:08:59talladega night that's where it comes from isn't it absolutely right it's true though it's very very true

01:09:03so we're just waiting for confirmation of the result but it's the 15 year old from chelmsford thomas

01:09:08who takes his first win ex-carter as many of them are did two meetings at the end of last season

01:09:16at a best of ninth and that was a really sensible thing for a youngster to do if you want rookie

01:09:20status come in do the last couple of rounds of the preceding year and you can keep you know with

01:09:25limited experience keep the rookie status and then you know david bemmen his dad thomas's dad said

01:09:31it's very much rookie year for us probably not going to be in the in the mix for overall but let's try

01:09:35and get the rookie title and then maybe come back for another year maybe here maybe in in an

01:09:41international championship wait and see look how much it means to you that's great to see it is

01:09:44yeah and it's uh great for the team great for his mechanic great for him great for the family the

01:09:48sponsors it's it's just really nice to get that that um that was all you know he works so hard

01:09:54with his team um and they uh yeah they deserve that every every uh every bit of that and same with

01:10:00jocelyn fernandez you know they work so hard with their teams and finding the backing to get there

01:10:04and and to all be on the podium is fantastic

01:10:06well we've had a result through let's have a look at the official result then of round 15

01:10:13and thomas bearman takes overall and of course rookie honors henry jocelyn second from chase

01:10:18fernandez and jimmy pazik adam alazari fifth from fion mclaughlin and fion's finish means that he gets

01:10:24points and retains the championship lead either way but henry mercia next up from august raver martin

01:10:29molnar in ninth and rowan campbell pilling completing our top 10. 11th goes to theo palmer

01:10:36from leo robinson and ella lloyd xavier avramides in 14th from alba larsen yu hao fu in 16th meet

01:10:43jeffel tommy harfield ari bonsall in 19th place and cole kewittson 20th

01:10:49so we don't have the standings for you at the moment but a good opportunity as we watch the

01:10:58celebrations down in park ferme to take a quick break please stay with us

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