Round four of the British 200mm Championship was held at the very tight and technical Adur circuit on the south coast. The weather was very good with temperatures of 20 plus degrees over the whole weekend. As Saturday’s practice started, the drivers soon discovered that the track was very dusty and had extremely low grip. With many cars circulating, the traction did improve, but still remained low for the rest of the weekend. It was Mark Green at the front yet again this season, getting down to 15.0 second lap times. Team mates Joe Kerry and Alex Thurston were close behind, with all three drivers being much quicker than the rest.
In qualifying it was Mark who took TQ ahead of Joe, with Alex getting third place being the only drivers to achieve 20 laps. In the final, Mark and Joe were on the same lap for the whole race but after 30 minutes of hard racing it was Mark who took the win around half a lap in front, with John Zottl coming through to take third. In total half the grid for the main final was made up of 747s.
In the 220mm GT class it was current series leader Glyn Beal who took the win with his Xceed-powered 747-GT. Glyn finished two laps clear of second place to make it four wins from four this season and he now has a 12 point lead in the National Championship. The 220mm GT final had a total of six Serpent 747s.
Round five of the Championship will take place at the fantastic Cotswolds track on 22-23 June.
Source: Serpent
