00:05time this year. Red lights are on the gantry, the lights colo out and it looks like it's
00:10a good start from pole position, absolutely nailed the start, a rocket of a start for
00:15Mark McCann heading up towards the first corner Redgate Corner for the first time, who's
00:20going to slot through into second position.
00:23It's John Baker that slots himself through into second position.
00:25The early lead in Class 2 as contact a little bit further in that, the Generalell
00:29E eu acho que Lewis Clarke
00:32Gets turned around
00:32E gets hit very hard
00:34Into the side
00:351, 2, 3 cars
00:36All involved
00:37Other cars having to take
00:37To the gravel trap
00:38But I'm afraid
00:39With Lewis Clarke
00:39Stranded in the middle
00:40Of the circuit
00:41And heavy rear end damage
00:42To his car
00:43From when he got
00:44I'm not sure
00:45Whether he spun around
00:46On cold rears
00:46Or whether there was
00:47Contact which pitched him
00:48Into the spin
00:48But that is
00:49A three times
00:50Focus Cup champion
00:51That is out on the spot
00:52And Charlie Hall
00:53I'm afraid
00:53Is the other car
00:54That is stricken
00:55So two cars
00:56In the middle of the circuit
00:57And there's further problems
00:58Down at the old hairpin
01:00I'm afraid as well
01:00We have lost the number 99 car
01:02Of Rich Hall
01:02Who has gone off
01:04Onto the grass
01:05And may well
01:06Be able to recover
01:07Race continues
01:08In the meantime
01:09John Baker manages
01:10To nip through
01:10Up at Coppice Corner
01:11And pick up the lead
01:13Of the race
01:13From Mark McCann
01:15In second position
01:16Simon Walton's there
01:17In fourth at the moment
01:18But not unsurprisingly
01:19Yellow flags are out
01:21Around the circuit
01:21Safety car
01:22Is coming out
01:23And that is going to
01:24Bring the race
01:24To a controlled status
01:26So out come the SC boards
01:28And the flashing LED lights
01:29And we've got at least
01:31Two cars to clear up
01:32At Redgate Corner
01:33With possibly a further car
01:34Of Rich Hall
01:35If he was able to get going
01:36Down at the old hairpin
01:37I'm afraid
01:38So not been
01:39The ideal start
01:41To the 2026
01:42Focus Cup Championship
01:43And for poor old
01:44Lewis Clark
01:45Who was the
01:45Class 1 champion
01:47He will be absolutely gutted
01:49That he's involved
01:49In an instant straightaway
01:51It looks so limping back round
01:52With damage to his car
01:53Is Nev Vos
01:53I think he was
01:54Another one that was involved
01:55But it's good to see
01:57Albeit maybe a little bit
01:58Winded with that one
01:59But Lewis Clark
02:00Is out of the car
02:01Charlie Hall
02:02Is out of their car
02:02And that's the most
02:03Important thing
02:04These very strongly built
02:06Focus Cup cars
02:07Have protected the drivers
02:09They are out of
02:10Harm's way now
02:11Out of their cars
02:12And
02:13They'll be making their way
02:14Back in towards
02:15The paddock area
02:16The medical centre
02:17And of course
02:17For the team
02:18That centrally prepares
02:19All of these cars
02:20There's lots of work to do
02:21To see those cars
02:21Back out later on
02:22Albeit in Focus Cup
02:24There are spare cars available
02:25So it may well be
02:26That is spare cars
02:27That are having to be utilised
02:28Possibly for Charlie Hall
02:30And for Lewis Clark
02:31And I'm afraid
02:32The safety car
02:33Has now turned into
02:34A red flag
02:35So
02:35It was deemed
02:36That with those two cars
02:37Stricken where they were
02:38In the debris
02:38Around the circuit
02:39We are I'm afraid
02:40Now going to have
02:41A red flag
02:41So that has brought
02:42The race to a halt
02:44After what were just
02:45Two minutes and two seconds
02:46Since the lights went out
02:47So all of the cars
02:48Lined up around
02:49Goddard's corner
02:51And we'll wait
02:52For the instructions
02:53As to when they're able
02:54To retake their grid
02:55Positions
02:56Our fantastic
02:57Donington Park marshals
02:58And rescue crews
03:00And recovery crews
03:01Will be going to work
03:01To do all of the
03:03Requisite amount
03:03Of sweeping up
03:04That needs doing
03:05Picking up all of the
03:05Bits of debris
03:06From up there
03:07At Redgate Corner
03:10So let's
03:11Let's just have
03:12A quick look
03:13At the replay
03:14Of the start
03:15I think we're able
03:15To see what happens
03:16So Mark McCann
03:17Gets a great start
03:18But it's down
03:18Towards class two
03:19Where you need to be looking
03:20Lewis Clarke
03:21Looked as though
03:22He got a good start
03:23At the wheel
03:23Of the power flexed car
03:24And was just ahead
03:26On the initial stage
03:28But it was
03:29McCauley Underwood
03:30That managed to
03:31Sneak through
03:32And ahead of him
03:32As they went in
03:33Towards Redgate Corner
03:34And was there any contact
03:35Can't see any
03:36I think Lewis Clarke
03:37Just lost the car
03:38Of his own accord
03:39There's this concertina effect
03:41And further cars
03:42In the background
03:42Just can't react in time
03:44I'm afraid
03:44So that was why
03:45Nev Vos got involved
03:46And pitched into the spin
03:48Other cars had to
03:48Brake drivers right
03:50And brake drivers left
03:51But the main impact
03:52Was Charlie Hall
03:53Into the back
03:54Of Lewis Clarke's car
03:56And as we say
03:56That is a champion
03:58In Focus Cup
03:58He was a class one
03:59Champion last year
04:00Lewis Clarke
04:01He'd already been
04:03A previous champion
04:04In class two
04:04Both in 2023
04:05And in 2024
04:06So he's three times
04:08A Focus Cup champion
04:09And is the only driver
04:10To have secured it
04:10In both classes
04:11Because the class one
04:13Class was introduced
04:13Last year for the
04:14Petrol engine car
04:15Steps back to class two
04:16And straight away
04:17Has rotten luck
04:19At the very beginning
04:19Of the season
04:20And that is going to be
04:21A Focus that will
04:23Need a fair chunk
04:24Of attention to
04:26Sort out the damage
04:26On what will be
04:27The right rear quarter
04:28And the rear end
04:29Of his car
04:29And it will be
04:30The front left corner
04:31Of the number 11 car
04:32Which is the one
04:32We can't quite see
04:33Out of Charlie Hall
04:35So I think the
04:37Telehander is going to
04:37Try and drag
04:39Lewis Clarke's car
04:40Out of harm's way
04:41He'll have to go
04:41To the medical centre
04:42Of what is just
04:42A requisite
04:44Mandatory check up
04:44When there's an impact
04:45Accident all of the
04:46Drivers just have to
04:47Go to the medical centre
04:47Just to be checked over
04:48Check that they're okay
04:49And then released from there
04:50With all the requisite
04:51Paperwork as well
04:52That needs doing
04:53And hopefully
04:54That won't prevent
04:54Lewis Clarke
04:55Or Charlie Hall
04:56Or even Nev Voss
04:57Who had problems as well
04:58And of course
04:59Rich Hall in the class one
05:00Car had problems
05:00Down at the old hairpin
05:01Hopefully they'll all
05:02If not able to
05:03Restart this race
05:04I'll see you next time
05:04I'll see you next time
05:04Obrigado.
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