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00:00Of course, Islund made the great point as well
00:01that two scholarship winners were battling
00:03for podium positions yesterday.
00:05It was awesome.
00:06And for today, they start second for Islund,
00:08third for Tetchi again.
00:09So I think more battles for the podium are coming.
00:11Yes, Daniel did get a podium last time at Anglesey.
00:14I was just double-checking my notes,
00:15but he's after a second podium if he can get one.
00:17Let's see what happens then.
00:18The race gets underway.
00:19And it's a good start made, of course, by Dara McInerney.
00:22A poor start, really, for Islund there.
00:24Daniel Tetchi might have the inside line
00:26heading into Redgate.
00:26He does.
00:27And the Goodyear liveried car, I think,
00:30might move through into second position here.
00:31Lewis is going to try and hang tough on the outside,
00:33but I reckon that Daniel Tetchi's got the better run
00:35off the corner.
00:36And he's certainly going to be at least side-by-side
00:38still with Lewis heading down the hill.
00:40McInerney unchallenged them for the lead.
00:41There's a bit of doorbanging for second there
00:43as the two most recent scholarship winners
00:45trade some paint.
00:46And Lewis Islund is not going down without a fight.
00:48He gives the squeeze.
00:49There's more contact.
00:49They're both on the grass.
00:50Oh, this could end in disaster.
00:52Tetchi rejoins.
00:53He's straight on into the gravel trap.
00:55Thankfully, there was no one else there
00:56waiting to collect him.
00:57But Daniel Tetchi's chances of a podium
00:59have taken a massive, massive hit.
01:01Thankfully, the car did not take a massive hit.
01:04But that was a scary moment.
01:05We've seen Fiesta Junior races
01:07ending tears down there over the years.
01:09Thankfully, both drivers have carried on.
01:11Yeah, I think they both did really well
01:12to just keep their cars facing
01:13in the right direction there.
01:14Because as soon as you pitch sideways
01:15going down there,
01:16you're going over and over and over.
01:18Tetchi did really well there,
01:19keeping it in a straight line,
01:20straight across the gravel.
01:21Of course, the podium's gone.
01:23Loads of positions and time gone.
01:24But he's kept that car in one piece
01:25and he's rejoined the pack.
01:26And that's lovely to see.
01:27Is Lin, though, managing just about
01:29to hold on to second place.
01:31But already, look at that.
01:32We can't even see McInerney.
01:33Where is he?
01:34He's so far off in the distance.
01:35As we see now, Bobby Holmes
01:36looking to pick up a couple of positions.
01:39Going side by side
01:39into the last few corners.
01:41He does get it up the inside.
01:42Surely there's going to be contact.
01:43Three wide.
01:43There is.
01:44Off into the barriers we go.
01:45Two, three cars collected.
01:47It's chaos.
01:47They're in the middle of the road.
01:48Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine drivers
01:50all come together
01:51through the final S.
01:53It's chaos in Fiesta Juniors
01:54as we come to the end
01:55of lap number one.
01:56And we come to a red flag.
01:58I'm fairly certain.
01:58There it is.
01:59Pile up at the chicane.
02:01I mean, I'm not going to start again.
02:04But if that tyre stack wasn't there,
02:05I don't think it would have been
02:05quite such a significant parking lot
02:07that we had at the chicane.
02:08Daniel Teche's in that.
02:10Who else have we got?
02:11The number 15 arrived backwards at speed.
02:13That was Callie Clifford.
02:15I count.
02:16Yeah, I think about eight or nine
02:18cars stationary.
02:19Eight or nine damaged cars.
02:20There was three wide contact.
02:22Yes.
02:23This car was involved
02:24in the initial contact.
02:25I think that was Barnaby Brewer.
02:27I seem to recall that car
02:28being right in the middle
02:29of all of that.
02:30It tagged one car sideways.
02:32That car hit the tyre stack
02:33and stopped dead
02:34right in the middle of the road.
02:35Now, OK, regardless of whether
02:37the stack was there or not,
02:38it would have spun.
02:39It would have come back
02:39into the pan.
02:40But it wouldn't have then
02:41been sat broadside
02:42in the middle of the road
02:43waiting for a pack of cars
02:45bunched together
02:46to arrive on the scene.
02:47So anyway, car seven,
02:49Nathaniel Darcy was one.
02:50I think most of the second half
02:51of the field involved
02:52in that, unfortunately.
02:53Jessica Jefferson as well
02:55was involved in that skirmish.
02:58It's probably quicker to tell you
02:59who wasn't involved
03:00in all of that.
03:01Tyrone McInerney wasn't, though,
03:02I'm fairly certain.
03:03He is leading the way.
03:05The chequered flag is being shown,
03:06but that's just a quirk
03:07of the timing screen
03:08to reset the timing screen
03:10and give us a new race,
03:11quote unquote.
03:12Look at that shot.
03:13We have to have a chequered flag.
03:14Wow.
03:14Right, let's start to...
03:15Let me grab a pen
03:16and start making notes.
03:18I mean, there's a lot of
03:20gesticulations of frustration
03:21on show down there,
03:22isn't there, John?
03:22Yeah, but a discussion going on
03:23between the drivers.
03:24Yeah, what a shame
03:25for the drivers
03:25further back in the pack there
03:26because literally
03:27nothing they could do there.
03:29there was a cloud of dust
03:30covering that area
03:31of the final couple of corners.
03:33And like you say,
03:34the tyre stack
03:35had stopped them dead.
03:36And yeah,
03:37they were sat in the middle of the road,
03:38nothing they could do.
03:38And as soon as one came in,
03:39of course,
03:40drivers were following so closely,
03:41slipstreaming down that back straight.
03:43So as soon as they came
03:43into the corner,
03:44they probably couldn't even
03:44see the incident ahead of them.
03:46And the, well,
03:48queuing up of cars,
03:49shall we say,
03:50as they collided into each other
03:51was inevitable there.
03:53And that is a huge amount of damage.
03:55What a shame
03:56for all these young drivers.
03:57A lot of them running
03:58on very tight budgets,
03:59of course,
04:00moving in from karting
04:02or sim racing
04:02or whatever it is
04:03into full-time circuit racing.
04:05Two over on the gravel as well.
04:06So that's even more cars.
04:07How many have we got then?
04:08One, two, three, four, five, six,
04:09seven, eight, nine, ten
04:10that are stuck down there
04:11at the moment.
04:12I think we have one or two
04:12who managed to get their way
04:13out of there as well.
04:14So yeah, this is massive.
04:16Who's involved there, mate?
04:17Oliver Heron,
04:18second in the championship.
04:19He's one of those in the gravel.
04:20We've got one, two, three, four,
04:21five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
04:2311 cars piled up.
04:25I've made a note of those
04:26that I can see.
04:27Joe Wood, Callie Clifford,
04:29Thomas Harper, Jessica Jefferson,
04:30Oliver Heron, Harry Russell,
04:32Daniel Tetchy.
04:33There are others.
04:3423, Charlie Burnett
04:35I hadn't spotted.
04:36And I can't quite get
04:37the number on the car
04:38that's closest to the camera.
04:39Driver, oh, consoling himself there,
04:42leaning on the side of the car.
04:44I think the driver's okay,
04:45but just counting the cost.
04:47Really important to point out as well
04:48that most of these drivers
04:50are on very limited budgets.
04:52In fact, Thomas Potter,
04:53who has been part of this championship
04:55earlier in the season,
04:56is not racing this weekend
04:57because of budget issues
04:58after contact at Anglesey.
05:00I fear, unfortunately,
05:02that we might have
05:03a few other drivers
05:04who fall into those sort of problems
05:07after this as well
05:08because there's a lot of cars.
05:09Of course, Josh Watts is in it.
05:11I mean, I would expect nothing else
05:12with Josh's misfortune.
05:13Of course, he's only in it
05:14because he ended up
05:15out of yesterday's race
05:16and started from the back of this one.
05:18So, yeah, quite a lot of drivers here
05:21counting the pennies.
05:22I've identified all but this car
05:24at the front of the group,
05:25but 11 cars out of the race
05:28at what has always been a trouble spot.
05:30That final chicane,
05:31no matter what layout
05:33we've used over the years
05:34here at Donington Park,
05:36that final chicane
05:36has always been a trouble spot,
05:38but it got so much worse
05:41when they reprofiled it.
05:43When was it reprofiled?
05:442010, I think,
05:46they introduced this chicane.
05:48The first major event
05:50that was held
05:51on this particular version
05:53of the Donington National Circuit
05:55was a British touring car event
05:56and there was a huge
05:57multi-car pile-up
05:58in that very first event.
05:59Jason Plato ended up
06:00in a barrier,
06:01I seem to recall,
06:01with several other drivers.
06:03Not the only time
06:03in his career, in fairness,
06:04and I would say that
06:05as a Jason Plato fan.
06:07But, yeah,
06:07that chicane immediately proved
06:09how dangerous it could be.
06:11And that was all caused,
06:12back on my high horse I go,
06:14by Rectusel tyre barriers
06:16that they had
06:16on both apexes
06:18of the chicane.
06:18Anyway,
06:19I'm going to calm myself down.
06:20Talk us through
06:21what happened, John.
06:21Yeah, we're going to have
06:22a full look at the,
06:23well, we're going to call
06:24them highlights,
06:25but it's just one full lap,
06:26isn't it, really?
06:26We're going to have
06:27a proper look
06:28at how that entire
06:29first lap played out,
06:31then, as we say.
06:32Heron, not,
06:33sorry, not Heron,
06:34what am I talking about?
06:35Of course, Islin,
06:36not getting the best start
06:37there from the front row
06:38of the grid,
06:39tried to cover off
06:40that move from Daniel Tetchy,
06:42and they ran side by side
06:43down through the first
06:43couple of corners.
06:44We had the 179 and the 55
06:46continuing side by side
06:48as well.
06:49Of course,
06:49that being Thomas Simpson
06:52and, so, yeah,
06:53there we go,
06:53down the hill.
06:54Of course,
06:54you saw that bit.
06:55He did so well
06:56to sort of scamper
06:57over the grass there
06:58and then get it straight on
06:59as he went into the gravel.
07:01That could have been
07:01a much bigger moment
07:03for Daniel Tetchy,
07:04so he's done well there
07:05to save the blushes
07:06and also to keep that car
07:08out of harm's way
07:09and not cause himself
07:09more damage.
07:10Right, let's have a look
07:10at this then.
07:11Sending it up the inside,
07:13three wide,
07:13contact round straight
07:14into the tyre stack,
07:15parked in the middle
07:16of the road,
07:17and then the rest
07:18is inevitable.
07:18Yeah, they just had
07:19nowhere to go.
07:20Callie Clifford
07:21arrives backwards
07:21because she's been
07:22turned around,
07:23probably having lifted off
07:24to avoid it.
07:25Miraculously,
07:26I think everyone's okay
07:27and a real testament
07:27to the strength
07:28and safety features
07:29in these cars,
07:30but, yeah,
07:31I couldn't quite spot
07:32still actually
07:33who it was that came
07:34charging up the inside,
07:35but that may be
07:36Benji Douglas actually.
07:37It could have been
07:37the number 70,
07:38but I don't want to
07:38apportion all the blame
07:39on him before I see it again.
07:40Sort of a yellowy gold
07:42kind of car,
07:42wasn't it?
07:43Yeah, I think that's
07:43Benji's colours,
07:44but I could be wrong.
07:45Apologies, Benji,
07:46if it wasn't you.
07:47But anyway,
07:47whoever it was
07:47came up the inside.
07:48I'm not saying anyone
07:49was particularly
07:49to blame either.
07:50That's the thing.
07:51Sometimes we see
07:52a huge accident like this
07:53and we think,
07:54right, well,
07:54whose fault was it?
07:55It's not always
07:56actually anyone's fault.
07:57It was just three into one.
07:58We've seen that all weekend,
07:59people going three
08:00and rest into that chicane,
08:01but it's so much narrower
08:02because there's nowhere
08:03to go if you end up
08:05getting squeezed
08:05over the inside kerb
08:06because there's a tyre stack there
08:09and you have to try
08:11and take the line.
08:11There isn't always the space
08:12and that tiny bit of contact
08:14had huge,
08:15huge ramifications,
08:16a bit like what happened
08:16down at the crater curves.
08:17I mean,
08:18that contact with Daniel Tetchy
08:19reminds me so much
08:20of Jenson O'Neill going
08:21in almost accident there
08:22on his debut
08:23in junior racing
08:25a few years ago.
08:25He had a bit of contact
08:27going down the hill
08:28with Finn Leslie,
08:29I seem to recall,
08:30both of whom went on
08:31to have success
08:32in TCR racing.
08:32In fact,
08:33Jenson is currently leading
08:34the TCR UK Championship.
08:35Give him a quick shout out.
08:36He's here this weekend.
08:37I think he's actually racing
08:38and someone told me
08:39possibly in the Supersport race
08:41later on.
08:41I'll double check that.
08:42Anyway,
08:43he had a huge accident
08:44thanks to wheel-to-wheel contact
08:46down the crater curves.
08:47It's not a good place
08:48to be touching wheels.
08:49It definitely isn't.
08:50Yeah,
08:50it's a pretty sketchy corner
08:52when you're all on your own
08:53sometimes,
08:53so leaning on each other
08:55door-to-door
08:55is never recommended
08:56down through craners
08:57and we found out exactly why.
08:59And yeah,
08:59that incident also
09:00down into the final S
09:01is of course
09:01with how we saw it
09:02on the camera there,
09:03beautiful shots
09:04from our camera crew
09:05but it just meant
09:06that we were zoomed in
09:07to the front of the pack
09:07so we only really saw
09:08those three as they came in
09:10side by side by side
09:11into the braking zone.
09:12You didn't see how
09:13that one started off
09:14because you don't know
09:15of course from how
09:16we saw it there
09:17it looked
09:18from the angle
09:19we can see it
09:20it looked as though
09:21you would think
09:21what is the driver
09:22on the inside line doing?
09:23That's never going to be
09:24three wide.
09:25Why are you sending it
09:26into that gap?
09:26But you don't know
09:27when they moved out
09:28from the slipstream
09:29because as you go down
09:30into that corner
09:30you're so focused
09:32through
09:32it's such a pinch
09:32point of the circuit
09:33and of course
09:34to carry all that
09:34momentum and speed
09:35through the right left
09:37you've got to be
09:38watching all the way
09:39through the corner
09:39your eyes are not
09:40looking at the drivers
09:41around you
09:41they're not looking
09:42at the apex
09:43they are looking
09:45all the way
09:46through the corner
09:47so that means
09:48that the drivers
09:49probably didn't know
09:50that they were
09:51three wide
09:51the driver on the outside
09:52thought they were
09:52going two by two
09:53the driver on the inside
09:54thought they were
09:55going two by two
09:56the driver in the middle
09:57probably very much knew
09:58there through
09:59and thought
09:59oh dear
09:59what's about to happen
10:00and we quickly
10:01found out what
10:02but of course
10:03big incident then
10:04in the BRCC
10:05Fiesta Juniors
10:06but it sounds
10:07like I'm hearing
10:08in my ears
10:08that we might not
10:09be going back
10:10to a race restart
10:11here in this one
10:12understandably so
10:13that is a huge
10:13incident there
10:14but what a shame
10:15we barely even got
10:16one proper racing
10:17lap completed there
10:18but some discussions
10:20going on in the years
10:21sounds as though
10:21Andy's back
10:22do you want to give us
10:22an update as to
10:23how we're proceeding
10:23yes so because
10:25this is going to take
10:25quite a while
10:26to clear as you can
10:27imagine we've gone
10:28to an early lunch
10:28we were supposed
10:29to have this race
10:30and then the qualifying
10:31for the C1s
10:31that will all take
10:32place after lunch
10:33now so a very quick
10:34turnaround for the C1
10:35drivers we are going
10:37to go to a quick
10:37ad break but then
10:38we'll be into a
10:38lunch break so we'll
10:39be back at 12.30
10:4112.30 is the planned
10:42restart time I presume
10:43for the junior race
10:44but we'll wait and see
10:45what decision is taken
10:46on that one so we'll
10:47be back at 12.30
10:48we're going to take
10:49a quick
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