Harvey completes a Croft double

Tim Harvey (Team RPM) made it a perfect weekend with victory in round 12 of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Croft yesterday. A first corner traffic jam sent Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) into the gravel and handed Harvey a big lead.Behind Harvey, Damien Faulkner (Motorbase Performance) drove a mighty race to take second from the back of the grid while Andy Britnell made it a great day for the Motorbase team by completing the podium.The drama started at the first corner as Harvey and Westbrook battled for the lead. Side by side, Harvey hit the apex kerb and Westbrook had to run into the gravel to avoid contact. Behind them, there was a major traffic jam as many of the front runners were delayed and as Harvey held the lead it was Marcus Thomas (Team VLR) and Mark Hazell (Team Parker Racing) who emerged from the confusion in second and third!“I hit the kerb at the first corner and I thought the suspension had broken,” admitted Harvey. However, with Thomas later spinning at Hawthorns, Harvey soon had a big lead that allowed him to cruise to his second win of the weekend. “It’s been an excellent weekend for us; perfect points,” said Harvey.While Harvey romped clear, Faulkner was making stunning progress from the back of the grid and Westbrook was battling to recover a massive amount of time lost while struggling to get out of the gravel. Hazell ran second until lap eight, despite pressure from Britnell, but it was Faulkner who stormed through to take second with his team mate Britnell in pursuit.“It was just a matter of taking advantage of people’s mistakes,” reckoned Faulkner. “I just threaded my way through at the first corner,” said Britnell, who had to work hard in the final laps to fend off a major challenge from Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing). Ray MacDowall (TCR) chased them home fifth while a frustrated Westbrook battled back to sixth at the expense of Hazell.Provisional results (12 laps):

1 Tim Harvey (RPM Motorsport)                    17m21.974s2 Damien Faulkner (Motorbase Performance)        17m26.829s3 Andy Britnell (Motorbase Performance)          17m31.687s4 Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing)                   17m32.147s5 Ray MacDowall (TCR)                            17m34.610s6 Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing)            17m36.117s7 Mark Hazell (Team Parker Racing)               17m38.479s8 Andrew Shelley (Red Line Racing)               17m44.067s9 Marcus Thomas (Team VLR)                       17m48.693s10 Eddie Wighton (Team RPM)                      17m52.428s


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