Hankey Tops Croft Test Session

Euan Hankey took the honours of fastest Porsche Carrera Cup GB driver during practice today as the BTCC package heads to Croft. With Hankey taking the top spot championship leader Tim Harvey had to settle for second fastest time of the day.

Despite setting the quickest time Hankey says he feels he can still make up more time. “On old tyres the car was absolutely brilliant, but I didn’t find as much time on the new tyres as I expected,” said the Carrera Cup Scholarship driver. “But I think I know where I can find the time.”

Tim Harvey also believed that he could get more out of his car as he focuses on qualifying tomorrow. “I had a big miss with a slower car at Barcroft and lost a couple of laps through traffic,” said Harvey. “Qualifying is so important here and I think we can go quicker.”

Stephen Jelley set the fastest time of the day in the first session and finished the day in a solid third place. The ex-BTCC star was positive at the end of the day. “It’s a good start; we’ve just got to carry it through the weekend,”

Championship challenger Michael Caine chose not to use his new tyres and finished the session in fourth, just 0.364s behind the fastest time of Hankey.

In fitfh place Ollie Jackson lead the pro-am1 category as four-tenths of a second covered the top six. “It was a slightly untidy lap but I’m happy with the pace of the car,” said Jackson.

Jonas Gelzinis continued to impress the paddock as he learns the new circuits. Gelzinis also chose not to run on new tyres today. “I drive only with old tyres,” said the Lithuanian racer. “I hope to improve between five and seven-tenths on new tyres in qualifying.”

Tom Bradshaw rounded out the top ten based on his morning times after a car vibration prevented him from taking part in the second session of the day.

Mark Hazell set the pace in the pro-am2 category as he returned to Croft in a Porsche for the first time in four years. George Richardson finshed second on old tyres followed by Glenn McMenamin and Paul Mace.

Combined times

 

POS	#	CL	NAME	ENTRY	1st SESSION	LAPS	2nd SESSION	LAPS	GAP	DIFF
1	16	P	Euan HANKEY	Team Parker Racing	1:23.717	17	1:22.852	17
2	3	P	Tim HARVEY	Redline Racing	1:23.858	16	1:22.860	22	0.008	0.008
3	70	P	Stephen JELLEY	Team Parker Racing	1:23.618	21	1:22.967	17	0.115	0.107
4	44	P	Michael CAINE	Motorbase Performance	1:23.970	14	1:23.216	11	0.364	0.249
5	48	A1	Ollie JACKSON	Motorbase Performance	1:24.801	17	1:23.250	13	0.398	0.034
6	7	P	Glynn GEDDIE	Team Parker Racing	1:23.978	21	1:23.271	20	0.419	0.021
7	8	A1	Jonas GELZINIS	Juta Racing	1:25.930	20	1:23.949	20	1.097	0.678
8	9	P	Michael MEADOWS	Redline Racing	1:24.624	19	1:24.141	20	1.289	0.192
9	18	A1	Archie HAMILTON	Redline Racing	1:25.404	22	1:24.285	16	1.433	0.144
10	77	P	Charlie BATEMAN	Motorbase Performance	1:24.342	3		0	1.490	0.057
11	43	P	Tom BRADSHAW	JHR Developments	1:24.379	21		0	1.527	0.037
12	23	A1	Ahmad AL HARTHY	Redline Racing	1:26.238	18	1:24.473	13	1.621	0.094
13	6	A1	Andrew SHELLEY	Redline Racing	1:26.652	23	1:24.639	22	1.787	0.166
14	66	A1	Liam GRIFFIN	Motorbase Performance	1:26.699	20	1:25.660	18	2.808	1.021
15	62	A1	Jeremy CLARK	Team Parker Racing	1:28.284	24	1:25.721	21	2.869	0.061
16	5	A2	Mark HAZELL	JHR Developments	1:26.307	21	1:25.765	18	2.913	0.044
17	34	A1	Tony GILHAM	Collins ReDesign Racing	1:28.151	4	1:25.846	16	2.994	0.081
18	28	A2	George RICHARDSON	Motorbase Performance	1:26.798	21	1:25.923	20	3.071	0.077
19	13	A2	Glenn McMENAMIN	Redline Racing	1:26.562	16	1:25.952	18	3.100	0.029
20	40	A2	Paul MACE	GT Marques	1:26.794	22	1:26.136	15	3.284	0.184
21	99	A2	George BREWSTER	Celtic Speed	1:26.176	17	1:26.420	22	3.324	0.040
22	87	A1	Alex MARTIN	GT Marques	1:28.186	20	1:26.630	18	3.778	0.454
23	68	A1	Tommy DREELAN	Celtic Speed	1:29.511	21	1:26.950	18	4.098	0.320
24	79	A2	Bob LYONS	Celtic Speed	1:28.522	17	1:27.208	14	4.356	0.258
25	19	A1	Tautvydas BARSTYS	Juta	1:27.625	21	1:27.890	21	4.773	0.417
26	15	A2	Richard DENNY	Parr Motorsport	1:28.742	22	1:29.116	8	5.890	1.117