RACING REPORTS

DONINGTON PARK: HISTORIC MASTERS FESTIVAL BY PAUL LAWRENCE JULY 18-19

CANTILLON STEALS THE HISTORIC F1 SHOW IN DONINGTON BATTLES

Two wins for the Williams FW07C of Mike Cantillon topped two excellent Masters Historic Formula 1 races at Donington Park but Cantillon had to race hard in the two races.

A lack of European visitors kept several grids lower than usual and a dozen cars lined up for the Historic F1 races. But despite the modest field, both races were first class as a virtuoso performance from Michael Lyons kept his Hesketh 308 at the head of the action for many laps.

In both cases, the ground-effect cars of Cantillon and Steve Hartley (McLaren MP4) hunted the older car mercilessly and there was an air of inevitability about the way that Lyons was finally pushed