Silverstone Classic Sunday
By: Matt Beer
Summary
Status: Stopped
That's all from us from the world's largest classic motorsport event. Thank you all for following Autosport Live this weekend.
Race reports will feature in this week's Autosport Magazine, on sale Thursday.
Race reports will feature in this week's Autosport Magazine, on sale Thursday.
There's been over 32 hours of track action, all of which has been made possible thanks to the marshals donning their posts in the pouring rain.
It's been a wonderful celebration of motorsport's past and has provided some fantastic racing along the way.
Legend Brancatelli wins the Group A class and, astonishingly, finishes 10th overall having started 19th on the grid.
James Dodd wins the Super Touring race, defending from polesitter Jason Minshaw in the latter stages of the race. A second splits the two.
An extra lap behind the safety car to give drivers a chance to test the rain-soaked track. But the racing is now underway.
It's an Olympic cycling-style start. Super Touring starts from the Wing and Group A from the Heritage pits.
But we have rain, the two Minshaw brothers on the front row, and touring car legends on the circuit.
This is it. The final race of the 2017 Silverstone Classic. 20 minutes of Super Touring action brings play to a close.
Huge rooster tails from both Spice and ALD C289 as Tandy dispatches of Lyons down the Wellington Straight.
Peter Garrod, one of those who stopped for wets, still gets it wrong on the start/finish straight. Bodywork flies as he backs it into the pitwall. He does continue on his way.
It's panic stations here. Drivers are diving into the pits to preserve the bodywork. Lendoudis runs wide and Tandy takes the lead.
Sam Wilson drops back in the final two laps meaning Jon Fairley takes the victory. 5.3s belies a thrilling battle between the two.
Side-by-side through Maggotts and Becketts. Wilson better through the bends, Fairley blessed with a stronger engine.
In period his Brabham BT11/19 was raced by legends Denny Hulme and Dan Gurney. The car also ran in the Tasman Series where it was fitted with a torquey 2.7-litre Climax engine which remains in the car.
Sam Wilson starts the race on pole. He won both Formula Junior races this weekend and his form looks set to continue here. He races a Lotus 18 372 from 1960.
Martin O'Connell loses a bit of pace and Dan Gibson goes through to first. O'Connell back up to racing speed but Gibson is showing no signs of mellowing after that earlier incident. Decisive defending from the Lola T70 Mk3B.
This race is a near perfect way to celebrate the life of Eric Broadley who died earlier in the year. A very well-populated and fast contingent of Lola's racing this afternoon.
Eighth, ninth and tenth should be a great battle. Hugely fast drivers Simon Hadfield, Chris Ward and Martin Stretton are all driving the second stint in this race.
"Car 48 - under investigation". That's what our screens are saying about Dan Gibson for his coming together with Nick Padmore.
We haven't checked on Minshaw's progress for some laps now. He's has moved up to sixth.... We told you this would happen.
It was a dreadful start for Diego Ferrao. From second on the grid he was swamped at the race start and has fallen to ninth.
Martin O'Connell who started third overtakes Gibson for the lead. Taking an inside line through Village did it. But Gibson is still hanging on.
Starting down in 33rd is Chris Jolly and Steve Farthing. The car is a Cooper Monaco T61M that won the 1964 Riverside GP.
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