Mark McAleer took a brace of wins at the Silverstone National circuit in an Apex Tubulars Porsche Club Championship double-header. With McAleer putting his title charge firmly on track after his win at Snetterton last month, Ben Demetriou also doubled up in Class Two - and took fourth overall in the second race. In Class Three Mark Taylor and Neil Harvey split the honours.

QualifyingPaul Livesey took his first pole of 2007 in the 20-minute qualifying session early on Sunday morning, over half a second quicker than the rest who were headed by championship leader James Neal. "It was a good lap, but there was certainly nothing left," said Livesey. "I was lucky to get some clear laps, but it's nice to start from the front."

"There was a lot of traffic out there," said Neal. "Then I had a spin which seemed to lose me a bit of power - the car had been going well till then"

Trevor Lewis headed Class Two and was a superb fourth overall, just behind Mike Clapham in the timesheets. Mark Taylor was quickest in Class Three, his 911SC having the edge over the 944s that dominate the class.

Race OneNeal made the best start from the outside of the front row, Livesey in close attendance. The pair clashed on lap two - both losing palces and allowing McAleer thought to the lead with Clapham second and Demetriou third. Segrue had lost ground when the leaders tangled, but was quickly back past Demetriou and set about chasing down Clapham.

McAleer had a gap at the front, and it took till lap 17 for Segrue to get to within a second of Clapham, but from then on he was swiftly past and set about closing the gap to McAleer. Their gap varied as they encountered traffic on the National circuit, McAleer staying clear to take the win.

"That was a good race but I had a bit of help from the guys in front when they went off," said McAleer. "I had a lead and at first didn't realise it was Tom coming up behind me at the end - I had to push on again.  It was a relief to see the chequered flag - I was low on fuel."

"I had a problem with the power-steering, and the car was pulling to one side, but it was a good result," said Segrue. "Though when a back-marker spun in front of me I thought 'here we go again'."

Clapham was pleased to be on the podium after his first incident free race of the year: "It was good to stay out of trouble. I have been having a fuel pick up problem, and when the car stuttered out of a corner Tom was straight past."

Livesey recovered to take fourth, a lace ahead of Neal, while Demetriou took his first Class Two win of the season with sixth overall. Class Three saw a great battle between Mark Taylor and Neil Harvey, the former getting by on the last lap to take the win.

"I got him on the last corner," said Taylor, "when he went wide - I really enjoyed the race."

"I made the same mistake earlier in the race," said Harvey, "but that was a good race."

Race TwoThe afternoon's race went to a very similar script. McAleer went away cleanly from pole and took the lead into Copse, with an unusually tardy start from Segrue seeing Livesey initially second before losing out to Neal.

Segrue was with Livesey and Neal when once more they clashed, both eventually retiring and Segrue again losing places. He passed Demetriou for third, and again took second from Clapham, and set off after McAleer.

A second apart as they started the final lap, Segrue drove a storming final circuit and was right with the rival 968 CS as they crossed the line, but the win was gain McAleer's - his third in a row this season.

"I always seemed to catch the worst of the traffic," said McAleer. "On the final lap I came out of Becketts to see cars all over the road in front of me, then I made a bad exit from the final corner and was lucky to hold Tom off. It's been a good day."

"I almost got him," said Segrue. "I got swamped at the start after I got wheelspin, and lost ground when Neal and Livesey did it again - but other than that it was good fun."

"I really didn't have to do much in that race," said third-placed Clapham. "People made mistakes in front of me and that gained me places."

Class Two provided a lot of the action during the race, Demetriou taking a class double and fourth overall, just staying clear of the rapid Brian Robinson on the final laps. The battle for fourth between Robinson, Marcus Craniel and Trevor Lewis was a highlight of the race.

"Brian Robinson seemed to come from nowhere right at the end," said Demetriou. "My car was very noisy - sounded like someone was playing the drums on it - but was going well and it was a good day's racing."

Race One - 30 Minutes (27 Laps): 1 Mark McAleer (968CS)  30m54.591s (85.87mph); 2 Tom Segrue (968CS) 30m56.838s; 3 Mike Clapham (968CS); 4 Paul Livesey (968CS); 5 James Neal (964 C2); 6 Ben Demetriou (944 S2); 7 Marcus Carniel (91SC); 8 Brian Robinson (944 S2); 9 Ian Oliver (911); 10 James Hilliard (944 S2); 9 . Class winners McAleer; Demetriou; Mark Taylor (911SC). Fastest lap: Livesey 1m06.689s (88.45mph).

Race Two - 20 Minutes  (27 LAPS) 1 McAleer 30m58.480s (85.69mph); 2 Segrue 30m58.662s; 3 Clapham; 4 Demetriou; 5 Brian Robinson (944 S2); 6 Trevor Lewis (944 S2); 7 Carniel; 8 Hilliard; 9 David Botterill (964 C2); 10 Oliver.. CW McAleer; Demetriou; Neil Harvey (911SC). FL Segrue 1m07.010s (88.02mph).

Next rounds: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, June 16th  / 17th