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00:00There's a winner already this year, and 1993 champion Winklehock starts from pole position.
00:06And with him on the front row of the grid is Ricard Rydell's Volvo.
00:10Row two, Roberto Revalia's BMW and James Thompson's Vauxhall.
00:14Then, Frank Bieler, Audi, and Alan Menuh's Renault.
00:17Two Honda Accords next, James Kaye and David Leslie, ahead of John Cleland and John Binkliff.
00:23Tim Harvey's Peugeot, Will Hoy's Renault Laguna,
00:26Paul Radisic's Ford Mondeo, and Patrick Watts's Peugeot 406.
00:32Now, watch Winklehock at the front. He's a demon starter.
00:35And it's go. Rydell almost jumped the start, and the Revalia's alongside the Volvo now as they go up to Richie's first corner.
00:43It's BMW, BMW, Volvo, Winklehock leads, Revalia second.
00:48And that's James Thompson. And someone else has gone off.
00:52It's James Kaye. What a start. Two off at the first corner.
00:58Round they go, Richie's.
01:01And we're in car with Thompson now, down to seventh place.
01:04That's his teammate, Cleland, ahead.
01:06Down the Revan straight at 140, and David Leslie going past in the Honda.
01:11Up to the S's. BMW, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Renault, Vauxhall, Honda.
01:19Up to the bomb hole at 90 miles an hour.
01:21Menu is in fifth position.
01:24David Leslie, number 11, is seven.
01:26Thompson is eight.
01:27The rest go through.
01:28And we're in car with Paul Radisic.
01:35That's Will Hoy and Harvey, and we're getting past Will Hoy.
01:39But Harvey is pulling away in the Peugeot.
01:42Down to Russell.
01:43This is 40 miles an hour, the slowest corner.
01:45Here's a replay of the start.
01:47We're in Rydell's Volvo.
01:49The two BMWs ahead.
01:51Look for Thompson on the left.
01:52There he is.
01:53Bang.
01:54Straight into the car.
01:55Key goes off.
01:56But watch him recover.
01:59Incredible reflexes.
02:00He gets the Vauxhall straight.
02:01That's Kay spinning out in the Honda on the right.
02:05And back in the race, Revalia is there in the BMW ahead of Frank Mieler.
02:10And Winklehop goes off.
02:11The race leader goes off.
02:13Winklehop, we're in the car now.
02:16He's down to fourth position.
02:18And just listen to that gearbox scream as he goes down the Revan straight.
02:26This is 140 miles an hour, and Winklehop is reeling them in.
02:31The Volvo is getting closer and closer.
02:34Bieler is ahead of the Volvo, and Revalia is still leading through the bomb hole.
02:3890 miles an hour.
02:40Menuh is with Winklehop.
02:42Into fourth position.
02:43So, the Renault ahead of the BMW.
02:45The Vauxhall right behind.
02:47Now up to Russell, the slowest corner.
02:49Winklehop, upper 22.
02:52Behind him is John Cleland.
02:53We're with Winklehop now.
02:55That's Alan Menuh ahead of us.
02:56Into the left-hand bend.
02:5840 miles an hour.
02:59First gear.
03:00Down the centre straight.
03:02This is where Ayrton Senna started his British Formula Ford career at Snetterton.
03:08Down to Riches.
03:10Revalia leading.
03:11Bieler in the Audi second.
03:13Rydell in the Volvo third.
03:14Then there's a gap.
03:15It's a terrific battle at the front.
03:18Round Riches.
03:20On towards Sears, the second right-hander.
03:22Revalia smokes his right tyre.
03:25And we're looking back at Frank Bieler's Audi from the race leader's car.
03:28Now, Bieler is carrying a weight penalty of 30 kilograms.
03:33And it is showing.
03:34The BMW is pulling away.
03:36The Audi is going smaller and smaller.
03:38And Ricard Rydell is having a look in the Volvo on the right.
03:41He's going for second place.
03:43Is he going to get it?
03:43Yes!
03:44Rydell goes ahead of the Audi.
03:47Up into second place.
03:48Into the bomb hole at 90 miles an hour.
03:51And out of it.
03:52And Revalia leads.
03:53Rydell second.
03:54Bieler third.
03:55Menuh fourth.
03:56Winklehoff fifth.
03:57Clellard is in sixth position.
03:59And Radicev spins off.
04:01Inside the Ford Mondale.
04:03Look at the dust.
04:06Paul struggling back onto the track.
04:09He's having an awful year.
04:10And here they come.
04:13BMW leads Volvo.
04:15Audi is third.
04:16Renault is fourth.
04:17BMW is fifth.
04:18Vauxhall is sixth.
04:20And the rest are right behind.
04:27Now, that's Alan Menuh.
04:29Fourth in the yellow Renault.
04:30Behind him, number 22.
04:32Fifth position.
04:32Jerk him.
04:33Winklehock is fighting back.
04:35We're in power with the 1993 champion.
04:38That's the Renault ahead.
04:40The BMW has got more power.
04:41Down the Revan's freight.
04:44Winklehock calmly pulls over to the left.
04:46And just drives past Alan Menuh.
04:48Up into fourth position.
04:50Into the S's.
04:51We're hanging on to the outside of the Renault now.
04:55And that's Joaquin Winklehock ahead of us.
04:57Right ahead of us.
04:59That's how close it is.
05:01As they jostle for position.
05:02Fighting for adhesion on the track.
05:0490 miles an hour.
05:05Round Corham corner.
05:07Number 21 is race leader.
05:09Roberto Revali are in the BMW.
05:11Right behind him in the Volvo is Rydell.
05:13Right behind him, 45.
05:16It's Frank Bieler in the Audi.
05:18And he's pushing.
05:19He's pushing for second place at Russell.
05:21Down the center straight.
05:23Here they come.
05:25Rydell, Bieler, Winklehock.
05:27Winklehock is going for it.
05:29And just look at that BMW.
05:31Car past the Audi.
05:33Up into third position.
05:36Winklehock is really charging back to the front.
05:39Round riches.
05:41Down to Sears.
05:41Five makes.
05:42BMW.
05:43Audi.
05:43Renault.
05:44Vauxhall.
05:45Honda.
05:45And up behind them in sixth position.
05:54It's James Thompson in the second Vauxhall.
05:57As they come down to the asses.
05:59Menu is inside Bieler.
06:01And Cleland is inside Menu.
06:03In the Vauxhall.
06:04John Cleland, the champion of 1995, is going through.
06:08But Menu isn't letting him.
06:09Number two.
06:10Menu stays ahead of champion John Cleland.
06:13Now we're with Lesley.
06:15115 miles an hour.
06:17And ahead of us is John Cleland.
06:19Just look at this.
06:20They're rocking on their suspension as they go round the right-hander.
06:25Oh, and he's hit him.
06:27But Cleland has held it.
06:28And he's hit him again.
06:28And he's held it again as they go into Russell.
06:31Thompson is going through and passing Cleland.
06:35And he's pushed him off.
06:37Cleland goes onto the grass.
06:38Patrick Watts goes through.
06:40John Binkliffe goes through.
06:42Cleland has lost three places down the centre straight.
06:46Now, I'm sure he'll have the Red Miss going.
06:49We're inside John Binkliffe's Audi now.
06:51He's in 11th place.
06:52That's Patrick Watts' Peugeot ahead.
06:54And Binkliffe runs wide.
06:56Cleland is going to go through and he's done it.
06:59John Cleland has got back past the Audi.
07:01Here's a replay.
07:03Watch Cleland.
07:03There he is.
07:04He's just been hit by Lesley.
07:06He's caught it.
07:08Now look for Thompson coming in from the right.
07:10There he goes.
07:12He's much too quick.
07:13He can't break.
07:14He runs wide.
07:15He hits John Cleland.
07:17The Vectra on the left climbs the bank, plows the surface.
07:21John Cleland rejoins.
07:23And Thompson is ahead.
07:25Now, here to replay from Thompson's point of view.
07:28Turns in.
07:30Hits Cleland.
07:31You can't see him, but you can see Thompson running wide.
07:34He just gets back onto the track.
07:36Lesley goes through.
07:37Harmi goes through.
07:38And back at the front is Revalia, Rydell, Winklehock.
07:42There is the white BMW.
07:44And the white BMW in front.
07:46They're sandwiching the Volvo.
07:47We're with Winklehock.
07:48He's attacking Rydell.
07:50What an incredible race this is.
07:52Now, watch him change gear.
07:54Back to change up.
07:55Forward to change down.
08:01Changing down now.
08:02Down, down.
08:04Right up with Rydell as he hit the Volvo.
08:06Almost, if he didn't.
08:08It's close.
08:10Revalia, Rydell, Winklehock.
08:11Menu.
08:12One, two, three, four.
08:14That's it.
08:15And that is James Kaye going off in the Honda Accord for the second time.
08:21The first time he was helped off.
08:23This time he looks as though he's done it all by himself.
08:26A bit of bulldozing to get back on the track.
08:29You can see how low the cars are.
08:31He's really pushing the earth in front of him.
08:34Back he goes.
08:36But, of course, he's lost all the places.
08:39And he's now last.
08:40And here are the leaders.
08:42And Winklehock is looking.
08:44Looking at Rydell's Volvo.
08:46Ricard slams the door in his face.
08:49He's perfectly entitled to.
08:50And Menuh is right up behind the BMW.
08:52Menuh in the Renault number two.
08:54The yellow car.
08:54That's him.
08:59Now to Sears.
09:02Here's Winklehock.
09:04Ahead of him the Volvo.
09:05Behind him the Renault.
09:07Down the straight.
09:09They turn in.
09:10And we're with Wilhoy now in the Renault.
09:13He's in 10th place.
09:14He's attacking Patrick Watts.
09:15Oh, attacking is the right word.
09:16He's hit him once.
09:17He's hit him twice.
09:18Bang, bang.
09:20And Big Cliff goes through.
09:21Wilhoy lost time and speed there.
09:24He's had to change down.
09:25The others are pulling away from him.
09:27And at the end of the lap, Watts and Big Cliff go over the line almost together.
09:32Watts with the buffer cover flailing behind the Peugeot into Riches.
09:39We're back again with Big Cliff.
09:41Now, look at the Peugeot ahead of us.
09:43It's a new car this year.
09:45And it is really flying.
09:46He's right up behind John Cleland, last year's champion in the Vauxhall Vectra.
09:51Watts runs wide.
09:52That gives Big Cliff the opportunity to close up a bit.
09:55Meantime, at the front, it's Revalia.
09:58Rydell, Winklehock, Menuh and Beeler.
10:01Still bumper to bumper.
10:04Almost.
10:04Now, this is where you're right on the edge of Hatice.
10:15100 miles an hour around the right-hander.
10:18Down to Russell, down through the gears, into first gear.
10:21For the left-hander that's coming up now.
10:2545 miles an hour.
10:28And that leads into the centre straight.
10:31300 horsepower.
10:33They're so closely matched.
10:34The lead drivers come from Italy, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
10:38Round ridges again.
10:46Down to Sears.
10:49It's anybody's race.
10:50There's still a long way to go.
10:51And we're with Will Hoy.
10:5412th position.
10:56Big Cliff on the right.
10:57Watts on the left.
10:58Big Cliff is going through.
11:00Passing the Peugeot.
11:01Hoy is going to follow him through.
11:02He does so.
11:04They've moved up to 10th and 11th.
11:05Patrick Watts goes down to 12th place.
11:07And Revalia just leads Rydell into the S's.
11:12Rydell just leads Winklehock.
11:14Winklehock just leads menu.
11:16Bieler is right behind them.
11:18Down to Russell again.
11:20Frank Bieler in the four-wheel drive Audi,
11:22who has dominated the series so far,
11:25is in fifth position.
11:27There is Revalia.
11:28Rydell.
11:29Winklehock.
11:30Coming down to the end of the lap.
11:35Well, somebody has got to make a mistake
11:37for the chap behind him to get in front now.
11:41Joe Winklehock goes through.
11:43This is the end of the lap.
11:46And Rydell has got the momentum.
11:48Ricard Rydell in the Volvo.
11:50Looks to me as though he's going to have a go at Revalia
11:53as they come out of Riches and on the way down to Sears.
11:59Let's see.
12:00Yes, yes, yes.
12:02And that is how close Rydell is to us.
12:06We're in Revalia's BFW.
12:09Eases away a bit.
12:10And now,
12:11Winklehock is having a look.
12:13Rydell's moving about on the track.
12:15He's entitled to do that.
12:16He's got the lead.
12:17Provided you do it too blatantly,
12:19but Winklehock goes past him on sheer power.
12:22It's BFW first.
12:23BMW second.
12:24Revalia leads.
12:25Winklehock is second.
12:27Now,
12:27here's Joe Winklehock.
12:29Smoking Joe is going to have a go at his teammate,
12:32Roberto Revalia,
12:33for victory.
12:35BMW,
12:36BMW,
12:37Volvo,
12:37Renault is the order.
12:38In car with Ricard Rydell.
12:41Here are the leaders.
12:44The two rear-wheel drive BMWs leading.
12:47The front-wheel drive Volvo,
12:49the front-wheel drive Renault,
12:51and the four-wheel drive Volvo,
12:52and off goes David Leslie.
12:54I don't know whether he was pushed or he went,
12:59but he's getting back,
13:00back onto the track.
13:03He's passed by Thompson's Vauxhall,
13:05up into sixth position.
13:07And Harvey passes to seventh.
13:11And Cleland passes to eighth.
13:13So poor David Leslie's lost several places there
13:16after all his efforts,
13:17and the leaders are still as close as this.
13:20Revalia,
13:23Winklehock,
13:24Rydell.
13:25In car with Ricard Rydell.
13:28Down to the S's.
13:29At the end of the Revit straight,
13:31he's going 140 miles an hour
13:32in his two-litre Volvo 850,
13:35but he's not making up any ground
13:37on the BMWs in front of it.
13:40Left S's,
13:41right S's.
13:43Out and under the bridge at the bomb hole.
13:50Patrick Watts is out of the race
13:54in the Peugeot 406
13:56after trying so hard.
13:58Something at the back of the car,
13:59I guess,
14:00from the way Patrick is looking at it.
14:03Now we're with Will Hoy,
14:04and Patrick's going to tell us,
14:06I think,
14:06exactly what happened.
14:09Will Hoy is a little bit desperate
14:10to get past me.
14:11He gave a big bargy match
14:12through the chicane down there,
14:14and it's like bent suspension.
14:15Well, you know,
14:16it was a sort of orange,
14:18sort of Renault-y thing,
14:20you know?
14:21It wasn't down there.
14:22Can they fix it for the next race?
14:23Oh, yeah.
14:24We can fix anything for the next race.
14:26We're the Peugeot team.
14:28Good old Patrick,
14:29full of fun,
14:30as ever,
14:31looks at the car,
14:32and Revalia leads,
14:36and Winklehock is going for it,
14:38and Winklehock goes ahead,
14:39pulls out,
14:40goes ahead of his teammates,
14:42and goes off!
14:43Oh, we're with Winklehock!
14:46So, Revalia leads,
14:48Rydell is second,
14:49Menuh is third,
14:50joking Winklehock goes back
14:52to fourth place
14:53in the twinkling of an eye.
14:55We're with him now,
14:56and that's Menuh's Renault ahead.
14:58He's got it all to do again,
14:59if he can, that is.
15:02Because they know what moves
15:03he's going to be making.
15:05Oh, he's down to fifth now,
15:07because that's Frank Biela
15:08suddenly appearing
15:09and leaping through.
15:10Number 45,
15:11the championship leader
15:12in the four-wheel drive Audi.
15:14We're back again
15:15with Winklehock.
15:18Oh, he doesn't like Biela,
15:20takes his fist,
15:21dumb cop, he says,
15:22at the man in front of him.
15:24And it's as you were
15:25at Rich's.
15:26Revalia,
15:27Rydell,
15:27Menuh,
15:28Biela,
15:29that's Winklehock
15:29in fifth position.
15:34Out of Sears,
15:35this is it,
15:35the right-hander.
15:36Now,
15:37the Audi is carrying
15:38a lot more weight
15:39than the BMW.
15:40Winklehock runs wide.
15:42I think he might have gained
15:43on the Audi there,
15:44but he's lost momentum.
15:46Biela maintains his lead,
15:48or does he?
15:48It looks to me
15:49as though the Audi's
15:49getting closer.
15:51It's still Revalia leading,
15:52it's still the Volvo second,
15:54it's still the Renault
15:55in third position,
15:56it's still the Audi
15:56in fourth position.
15:59But Joe Winklehock,
16:00number 22,
16:01is getting closer
16:02all the time
16:03from the silver Audi
16:04in front.
16:08Round for him.
16:10Look for James Thompson,
16:11he's closing up
16:12in the Vauxhall Vectra,
16:13he's in sixth position,
16:15and Menuh is passing
16:16Rydell.
16:17Number two,
16:18Alan Menuh
16:18in the Renault Laguna
16:19passes
16:20Richard Rydell's Volvo.
16:22That was a superb move.
16:24He just nits
16:25that's the Renault
16:26in front
16:27that's just passed him.
16:29Switzerland's
16:29Alan Menuh
16:30at the wheel.
16:33And Winklehock
16:34look,
16:35Winklehock
16:35passes Bieler.
16:36So,
16:37down to fifth position
16:38goes the Audi,
16:39and on
16:40goes Joachim Winklehock.
16:42Time to do something
16:42about the cars
16:43in front of him,
16:44he's led the race,
16:45he means to lead it again
16:46and get a maximum
16:4715 points.
16:48Now we're with
16:49James Thompson,
16:50he's in sixth position,
16:52that's Bieler's Audi
16:53in front,
16:53it'll be interesting
16:54to see if the Vectra
16:55has got enough crunch
16:56to get past
16:57the four-wheel drive car,
16:58and my goodness
16:59it has!
17:00Straight past.
17:01On the right,
17:03James Thompson
17:04moves up
17:05into fifth position,
17:06the youngest driver
17:07in the race,
17:0821 years old,
17:09he comes from York,
17:10driving the Vauxhall
17:11Metro this year's
17:12new car,
17:13and at the S's,
17:15John Cleland
17:15is seventh,
17:16there he is
17:17in the red car,
17:18Tim Harvey
17:19is eighth,
17:20Vane in the white
17:21Honda Accord,
17:22David Leslie,
17:23Binkliffe in the
17:23silver Audi
17:24is tenth,
17:25and Will Hoy
17:26in the Renault
17:26is 11th,
17:27we're with Will Hoy
17:28now,
17:29Binkliffe ahead,
17:30he's trying to go
17:30through and take
17:31the Audi,
17:32Binkliffe will have
17:33none of it,
17:34holds his racing line,
17:35right,
17:43left,
17:44accelerator way,
17:46and Will Hoy
17:48is not making up
17:49any ground
17:50on the four-wheel drive
17:51Audi at the present
17:51moment as he goes
17:52down the street
17:53into Riches.
17:57So,
17:58Leslie,
17:59Binkliffe,
18:00Moy,
18:00ninth,
18:01tenth,
18:01and eleventh,
18:02still together,
18:04it's just as close
18:05here as it is
18:06at the front,
18:08we're with Will Hoy
18:09now,
18:10and Binkliffe
18:10is going through
18:11now,
18:12he passes David Leslie,
18:14Will Hoy
18:14follows it through,
18:16Will Hoy
18:16up to tenth place,
18:18John Binkliffe
18:19up to ninth,
18:20no,
18:20Leslie's holding on,
18:21no,
18:22he drops back,
18:22and this time,
18:24Will Hoy
18:24is making it,
18:25there they are
18:26absolutely together,
18:28David Leslie's got
18:29the inside,
18:30but Will Hoy
18:30moves across,
18:32takes the place,
18:33comes up behind
18:34Binkliffe's Audi,
18:35and there are the
18:37leaders,
18:38Revalia,
18:38Menuh,
18:39Rydell,
18:39still at it,
18:40hammer and tongs
18:41at the front,
18:43Revalia locks up,
18:44what's happening
18:45in the smoke,
18:46there's Alan Menuh,
18:48he's going for it,
18:49and that's Rydell,
18:51in the white and blue
18:52Volvo in the background,
18:54I can't see Menuh,
18:55now I can,
18:55they're absolutely
18:56alongside each other
18:57as they're coming down
18:58to the first right-hander
18:59of riches,
19:00it's Revalia,
19:01behind him is Rydell,
19:02on the outside,
19:03is Menuh,
19:04who turns in,
19:05and he hits Revalia,
19:07Rydell goes into the smoke,
19:12Revalia is spun,
19:13and James Thompson
19:14comes through,
19:15and he clips the front
19:16of the BMW,
19:17and Revalia is out
19:19of the race,
19:20my goodness,
19:21Rydell is out too,
19:22we're in the Volvo now,
19:25that's two of them out,
19:26two of the top three,
19:27Rydell is trying to get back,
19:29but he's lost steering,
19:30look at the left front wheel,
19:31it's all over the place,
19:33he's not going to get back,
19:36and Alan Menuh leads,
19:38almost at the end of the race,
19:40Alan Menuh leads,
19:41Winklehock is second
19:42and goes off,
19:43this is incredible,
19:45Biela goes through to third,
19:47and Winklehock is rejoining,
19:49but he's in at least
19:50fourth position,
19:51I didn't see if anyone
19:52else goes through,
19:54but Menuh is slowing,
19:56Thompson goes through,
19:58Menuh is slowing down,
20:00past him go Biela,
20:01past him go Cleland,
20:02so the top three
20:03are now different,
20:04and that's the new leader,
20:05James Thompson in the
20:07Vauxhall Vectra,
20:08it's the first time
20:09the new Vauxhall has led,
20:11since it was introduced,
20:13and Roberto Revalia
20:14is not at all happy,
20:16he's not waving goodbye,
20:17Ricard Rydell's getting ready
20:19for a picnic too,
20:20and it's great for the
20:23Vauxhall Vectra,
20:24Thompson number seven
20:25leads,
20:26Biela,
20:27the championship leader,
20:28is behind him,
20:30John Cleland is third,
20:31and Alan Menuh's
20:32Renault Laguna
20:33is pushed back
20:34off the track,
20:36he's finished,
20:37that's Alan Menuh,
20:39walking back,
20:40he's obviously perfectly
20:41okay,
20:41but he's lost 15
20:43championship points,
20:45what a pity,
20:46he really,
20:46really needed them,
20:47so down the Revitstraight,
20:51Thompson in the Vauxhall,
20:53Biela in the Audi,
20:54Cleland in the Vauxhall,
20:56and Vauxhall is back,
20:58last year the Cavalier,
21:00Cleland there was the
21:01champion last year,
21:02here's a replay,
21:02let's see what happened,
21:03Revalia on the left,
21:05Rydell in the middle,
21:06Menuh turns across,
21:08thumps the BMW,
21:09there was no way he was
21:10going to get round the
21:11outside of the white car,
21:13but he goes into the lead,
21:15and Rydell comes up
21:17behind the BMW,
21:18in the cloud of dust,
21:19he hits the car,
21:21spins it,
21:22and James Thompson
21:23goes through
21:24on the outside,
21:25and just clips
21:26the front of the BMW
21:27as he does,
21:28so there we are,
21:30Revalia out of the race,
21:32having led it
21:32for so long,
21:34and now,
21:34Tim Harvey
21:35in the Peugeot,
21:36the red car is fourth,
21:37Wickelhock 22,
21:39is in fifth position,
21:40and it's the last lap
21:42at Corham,
21:42and James Thompson
21:44who crashed
21:45at Knock Hill last year,
21:46and had a very nasty
21:48eye injury,
21:49which it took him
21:50a long time
21:50to recover from,
21:51he's going to win
21:52this race,
21:54it's going to be
21:54his second career,
21:56British Touring Car
21:57Championship victory,
21:58because Frank Bieler
21:59is not going to catch him,
22:01and sure enough,
22:02Thompson wins
22:03for Vauxhall,
22:05Bieler second for Audi,
22:07Cleland third for Vauxhall,
22:09and is James Thompson
22:11happy?
22:12Indeed he is!
22:19Well done,
22:20and Richard Kaye
22:22in the Vauxhall Cavalier
22:23wins the Privateers
22:24contest.
22:25I don't suppose
22:29even James Thompson
22:30expected to win,
22:31but he did so superbly,
22:33with Frank Bieler
22:33getting another
22:3412 points
22:35for second place,
22:36and John Cleland
22:37making it by far
22:38the new Vauxhall
22:39Vectra's best race yet
22:40by taking third place.
22:42But how about
22:43Joe Wickelhock?
22:43No, so far,
22:46it was not successful
22:47for me or for the team,
22:48but it was a really
22:50funny race.
22:51my problem was
22:53I had not
22:54such a bad start,
22:55and I was leading,
22:57and then,
22:58I think in the second
22:59or third lap,
23:00there was,
23:01in front of me,
23:02the corner was
23:02completely dirty,
23:04some car put the dirt
23:05on the track,
23:06and I was the first car,
23:07under the,
23:08and then I went off,
23:09so,
23:09and I was fifth.
23:10and then,
23:11I tried to fight
23:14quite hard,
23:15and I passed some cars,
23:16and I was already
23:17second behind Roberto,
23:19and exactly the same
23:20problem.
23:21I turned in
23:21in a chicane,
23:22and another car,
23:23they must put
23:25some dirt on the track,
23:26and again,
23:27the same story.
23:28And what happened
23:29towards the closing stages
23:30there?
23:31Oh,
23:32there was a big fight
23:33between,
23:34I was,
23:35I was in a good position
23:38to see all the things,
23:39so,
23:39three cars
23:40in the corner,
23:42in this big corner,
23:43it's impossible,
23:44so,
23:44and two of them
23:46went off,
23:46and I don't know
23:47what's the problem
23:47of Alaminio,
23:48because he slowed down,
23:49in this lap after,
23:50maybe a tyre problem,
23:51so I don't know.
23:53Well,
23:53here comes Roberto Revali
23:55as battered BMW,
23:56and a very angry Roberto.
23:59There he is,
24:00and he's going
24:01into Rydell's Volvo Garage,
24:02but Ricard's alright,
24:04he's round the back.
24:05Roberto,
24:06Roberto,
24:07Roberto.
24:07Just a bit too many cars
24:09into the first corner,
24:10really,
24:10we tried to go three abreast
24:11into the first corner,
24:13and somehow,
24:14I think Menjö and Ravaglia
24:14touched first,
24:16and then they went
24:17into me,
24:18and it was just not
24:18enough room for three cars.
24:21Well,
24:21what happened,
24:22it's very clear,
24:23that Alaminio
24:25was doing something
24:26that normally
24:26a professional driver
24:27cannot do,
24:30I mean,
24:30I don't know
24:31what he wants to do
24:32in this moment,
24:32he crashed in my car,
24:33but he was outside,
24:35and it's something
24:36that also I would like
24:37to ask to him
24:38what he was doing.
24:39Are you going
24:40to ask him?
24:41Well,
24:41no,
24:42it's enough
24:43to see the video.
24:44I got,
24:45I had a better exit,
24:46because he's breaking
24:47inside for Russell,
24:48so I had a better exit
24:48out of the corner,
24:49I was a bit quicker,
24:50first like half of the straight,
24:52then he caught me back,
24:53and I thought,
24:54you know,
24:55okay,
24:55never mind,
24:55I'm going to try
24:56to go around the outside,
24:57and if I go off,
24:57I go off,
24:58and we touched,
24:59but it worked,
25:00and then I think
25:01Rydell pushed him off,
25:02and I had a big lead,
25:04and then,
25:05then the engine,
25:06everything just cut,
25:07I mean,
25:07I had no ignition anymore.
25:10Hard luck,
25:10Alain,
25:11but it's a very happy
25:12James Thompson
25:13who takes the trophy.
25:18Now,
25:19there was no way
25:19that round 12
25:20of the Auto Trader
25:21British Touring Car Championship
25:23could match round 11.
25:25BMW's Charlie Lamb
25:26supervised the work
25:27on Revalho's BMW,
25:29the lights went on,
25:30and straight into a lead
25:32which he was never
25:33going to lose
25:34went Joe Winklehock
25:35in the other BMW.
25:38Behind him,
25:39John Cleland in the Vauxhall,
25:40Will Hoy in the Renault Laguna,
25:43Ricard Rydell in the Volvo 850,
25:46and at the end of the lap,
25:48Winklehock was on his own
25:49as Cleland,
25:50Hoy,
25:50and Rydell
25:51fought for the place
25:52behind him.
25:53We're with Hoy now,
25:55Rydell goes past
25:56into third position,
25:57Hoy hits him,
25:58and Rydell runs wide
26:00and loses his place
26:01to Menuh,
26:02Anne Thompson,
26:03Radisic goes through,
26:04James Kay goes through,
26:06and Revalho
26:07was out of the race again,
26:09all the way from Italy
26:10for two failures to finish.
26:15Then,
26:15Frank Bieler
26:16was fighting Leslie
26:17for seventh place,
26:18and he drove straight
26:19into the back
26:20of the Honda Accord,
26:21spun poor David
26:23out of the race.
26:24He struggled
26:24to get back in again,
26:26but he was destined
26:27to have problems,
26:28but Leslie knew the score.
26:30In the past,
26:31when people
26:31knock people off
26:33and knock them
26:33into retirement,
26:34the decision has been
26:35to penalise
26:37the person doing the wrong
26:38the same way.
26:40Bieler hit me,
26:40point blank,
26:41not a hope in hell
26:42of getting around the corner,
26:43100% blame.
26:46Signs now,
26:46I would say,
26:47of a team turning
26:48very desperate,
26:49because the rest of us
26:50are getting there.
26:51Well,
26:51that's good news.
26:53Winklehock long gone by now,
26:54John Cleland in second place
26:56in the Vauxhall,
26:57Alan Menuh
26:58couldn't get past him
26:59in the Renault,
27:00and James Thompson,
27:01fourth in the second
27:02of the Vauxhall Vectors,
27:04as Joachim Winklehock
27:05came through
27:06to win this time
27:07his fourth win
27:08from 12 races,
27:1015 points
27:11to the delight
27:12of the Schnitzer mechanics,
27:13and, of course,
27:14Joe Winklehock himself.
27:18Another win for Germany
27:20in the British Championship,
27:21that's five
27:22for Bieler's Audi
27:23and four for Winklehock's
27:24BMW,
27:25with John Cleland second
27:26in the Vauxhall Vectra,
27:27which is almost there.
27:29Third for Alan Menuh's Renault,
27:31and fastest lap
27:32of the race
27:32for Rydell's Volvo.
27:34Lee Brooks
27:35in the red and white
27:35Toyota
27:36made a race of it
27:37in the lucrative
27:38Privateer's Championship
27:39for the Total Cup,
27:40and he scored 12 points
27:42to retain his lead,
27:43but those 12 points
27:45were for second place.
27:46The class winner,
27:47as in the previous race,
27:49was Richard Kaye
27:50in his Vauxhall Cavalier,
27:51only nine points
27:52behind Brooks now
27:53in spite of having
27:54to rebuild his car
27:56after a very costly crash
27:57at Alton Park.
27:59But all in all,
28:00a man of the day
28:01at Snetterton
28:01was the endearing
28:02Joe Winklehock,
28:04very much the top
28:05entertainer in race one
28:06and the winner
28:07of race two.
28:09Joe is still only third
28:10in the Auto Trader
28:11Championship, though,
28:12two points behind
28:13Richard Rydell
28:14and 51 points
28:16behind Frank Vela,
28:17who was disqualified
28:18from race two
28:19for ramming
28:19David Leslie's Honda.
28:21It's much closer
28:22in the manufacturers' contest,
28:23though,
28:24with BMW now only
28:2514 points behind Audi
28:27and 16 ahead
28:28of Volvo and Renault.
28:30Champagne time
28:31for Winklehock
28:32at Snetterton
28:32as he looks forward
28:34to the next round
28:34of France Hatch
28:35on June the 13th.