Rangers win Donington dash for cash

Pole position man Max Wissel led from the category's first-ever standing start, the FC Basel car leading Martin, Pedro Petiz (Sporting Lisbon) and Tristan Gommendy (Porto).

Gommendy, perhaps angry at losing two positions off the startline, made an ambitious lunge on Petiz at McLeans on lap two, but contact was made sending himself into a spin and Petiz through the gravel.

Wissel led by four tenths of a second starting lap three, but he struck gearbox problems which allowed Martin to storm past him through the Craner Curves. Dolby also passed the crestfallen German into the Esses later in the lap, but Wissel recovered his pace and was able to hold third position to the finish.

Antonio Pizzonia finished fourth for Corinthians, despite a trip through the gravel at McLeans while Gommendy and Petiz completed the six-car field.

Pos Driver              Team                           Time/Gap
1. John Martin          Glasgow Rangers               6m43.077s
2. Craig Dolby          Tottenham Hotspur                +3.750
3. Max Wissel           FC Basel                         +6.210
4. Antonio Pizzonia     Corinthians                      +7.843
5. Pedro Petiz          Sporting Clube de Portugal      +31.633
6. Tristan Gommendy     FC Porto                        +35.009