DONINGTON PARK
CSCC
23-24 MARCH
Nine hours after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc turned Formula 1’s formbook on its head with a 1-2 in the Australian Grand Prix, 12,000 miles away Andrew Christopher piloted his F488 Challenge to victory in the Slicks Series thriller at the Classic Sports Car Club’s Donington Derby season-opener.
The race was always going to be between polesitter Kevin Clarke’s 5.2-litre V10-engined Lamborghini Huracan ST and veteran prancing horseman Christopher’s turbocharged 4.5-litre V8 machine. From the rolling start, they arrived at Redgate abreast, Clarke clinging to a tenuous lead as a melee sent pursuers everywhere.