BTCC Season 2025 – Donington Park Free Practice 2
Hello everybody and welcome back to Donington Park for the 2nd Free Practice Session of the opening weekend. The clouds were clearing and the temperature was starting to pick up a bit as we headed out on track.
Unfortunately for Aiden, because he had lost the first session of the morning with the ECU issue, he was effectively starting without a set up on the car. Not to be deterred, he was able to put some great laps in and start to get the car where he wants it to be. Initially, there were some break overheating issues, but removing the duct aperture restrictor pieces should help with that. We also think that the car might be a little stiff on the back end, but everything is recoverable.
Charles, benefitting from that drama free first session was once again quick and was once again able to post a top 10 position. Quite a feat for a rookie Touring Car driver in his first race day in the BTCC!
The LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR team were naturally pleased with the pace shown and we are really happy that Aiden’s gremlins from the first session seem to be sorted. It’s on to the Qualifying session now and we will see what we can achieve.
Following Free Practice Two, the grid is split into two groups, with those finishing FP2 in odd positions going into one half, with those finishing in even positions going into the other. There will then follow a three-stage qualifying format which will be as follows:
Qualifying 1
Two ‘traditional’ ten-minute sessions, one for each group, where the top six from each advance to Q2 – known as ‘Top 12’. The grid from 12th down will be set from this point.
Qualifying 2
All cars that qualified for the Top 12 will compete in another ten-minute session. The top six will advance to the final Q3 ‘Quick Six’ session. Positions 7-12 will be set from this session.
Qualifying 3
The final ‘Quick Six’ session – a ten-minute session to set the first three rows of the grid for race one.
So, we will see what we can do in the session and we will bring you the news of that as soon as we have it!