Tim Harvey claimed a dramatic last lap victory in round four of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Mondello Park Yesterday (Sunday, 23 April). Harvey swept past race-long leader Damien Faulkner when the Irish ace spun on oil just two corners from the flag. Meanwhile, in another incident-packed race, Phil Quaife completed a pro-am category double to earn the ‘driver of the weekend’ award.While Faulkner and Harvey took the top two places at the first corner, various dramas were going on the in pack and the safety car was out after two laps while stricken cars were moved. The early incidents eliminated Michael Caine (Motorbase Performance), Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing) and Tim Sugden (IN2RACING), who had all started at the back of the grid.Up front, Faulkner (Team Parker Racing) started to press home his advantage as Harvey came under pressure from Michael Devaney (Porsche Cars GB). Quaife (Motorbase Performance) held a fine fourth from pro-am rival Sam Edwards (Team Parker Racing) as Richard Williams (IN2RACING) recovered from an early incident.Over the early laps, Harvey was able to match Faulkner’s pace, but Devaney was also driving a mighty race to stay in contention. Finally, as the race entered it’s middle stages, Faulkner started to edge away and into Turn 7A for the tenth time Devaney dived inside Harvey to take second. “It was a big lunge and I locked up,” admitted Devaney, who had now taken the best out of his tyres.Faulkner pulled further clear as Harvey set about re-challenging Devaney, but charging up from the back of the grid came Danny Watts (Red Line Racing) and he quickly moved onto Harvey’s tail. Harvey then moved back into second with a fine move at Ireland and Watts soon edged Devaney back to fourth with a bold move into Lola Corner.With three laps to go, Watts was attacking Harvey, but Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) had started dropping coolant from a damaged radiator and Watts lost time with a moment on the slippery track. Still Faulkner led, but two corners from the flag he spun on the oil and an incredulous Harvey swept by to win before Faulkner could get going again.“We saw the coolant on the lap before the last and I couldn’t believe it when I saw Damien sitting there desperately trying to get a gear,” said Harvey. “I’ll buy Nigel Rice some Guinness,” joked Harvey after his first win of the season. “I just made a mistake,” admitted Faulkner after recovering for second. “The conditions were very, very tricky and there was coolant down all over the place.”Watts and Devaney were third and fourth after fine drives, with Watts grabbing third with yet another fine move into Lola Corner. “I had a fantastic race to get a podium,” said Watts. Quaife had to race very hard for fifth, with Williams and Edwards right on his tail for lap after lap. “My first weekend at Mondello Park and two wins,” said a jubilant Quaife. Provisional results – 17 laps:

1 Tim Harvey (Motorbase Performance)                  30m57.118s2 Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing)          30m57.808s3 Danny Watts (Red Line Racing)                      31m00.516s4 Michael Devaney (Porsche Cars GB)                 31m02.344s5 Phil Quaife (Motorbase Performance)                  31m09.058s6 Richard Williams (IN2RACING)                      31m09.462s7 Sam Edwards (Team Parker Racing)                   31m10.545s8 Jason Young (Red Line Racing)                      31m24.360s9 David Ashburn (Trackspeed)                     32m21.778s