2CV parts.com Championship Donington Park 2018

Simon Clarke and Pete Sparrow take wins but it’s Pete Sparrow that secures the 2cv championship title at Donington Park…

Race 1 was a race long battle between title contenders Pete Sparrow and Matt Hollis whilst third place man in the championship Nick Crispin dropped back to ninth following a bad start. During Nicks comeback he was involved in several five abreast moves going into the Foggy Esses. The race plus the championship was decided over an overtaking manoeuvre on the penultimate lap of a back marker that had just come out of the pits. Sparrow went right, Matt Hollis went left. Resulting in Sparrow taking the win and Matt Hollis coming in second, meanwhile Nick Crispin had worked his way back up to third place on the podium.

In race 2 Pete Sparrow and Nick Crispin made great starts but by the end of lap one it was Sparrow and Luca Proietti leading the way. Tom Perry and Simon Clarke of Team Gadget worked together to make their way to the front and it was just who would follow them over the line to take the third step on the podium. It was Brian Heerey that took up the chase and secured the third place spot in the Tete Rouge car.

The results from Donington Park mean that Pete Sparrow secures the 2018 2CV championship for team Lion before heading off to the Snetterton 24 hour race on 17-19th August.

Full meeting results available here.