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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
Fabrizio Giovanardi has won the third of today's HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire.
Reigning champion Giovanardi, starting from third on the grid, was quick to move into the lead in his Vauxhall Vectra VXR and was never headed. He also set the race's fastest lap to score a bonus point which has given him a commanding 23-point championship lead over team-mate Matt Neal who finished the race in third.
Splitting the two Vauxhall drivers was the independent Team Air Cool SEAT Leon of Adam Jones - equalling his best-ever previous result of second.
The BTCC now takes a six-week break before returning for the start to the second half of its season at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk on Sunday 13 July.
Leading positions, BTCC Croft race 3 (provisional):
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi (ITA), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, 18 laps in 28m31.186s
2. Adam Jones (GBR), Team Air Cool/SEAT Leon, +1.592s
3. Matt Neal (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +1.820s
Fastest lap: Giovanardi, 1m26.547s
Leading points positions (provisional):
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi (ITA), 145 points
2. Matt Neal (GBR), 122
3. Mat Jackson (GBR), 102
4. Jason Plato (GBR), 99
5. Colin Turkington (GBR), 98
6. Tom Onslow-Cole, 97
etc.
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