Dimitrov wins frantic Donington finale ahead of Pearson

Georgi Dimitrov became the first double winner of the 2020 Ginetta Junior season after a frantic battle with Joel Pearson in race three at Donington Park.

Dimitrov was kept under pressure throughout the race, first from fellow front row started Tom Lebbon and later from R Racing’s Pearson.

Pearson took the lead a little before the midpoint of the race, with team-mates Aston Millar and Freddie Tomlinson close behind and battling to follow him through.

Dimitrov managed to shut the door and stuck close to Pearson. As Zak Taylor battled through to P3, Pearson and Dimitrov were able to pull a small gap to the rest of the field and were free to swap positions at the top of the order.

The race lead swapped hands multiple times but Dimitrov was finally able to get ahead in the closing stages of the race.

As another gaggle of cars joined Pearson in the battle for the podium positions, Dimitrov was given a little breathing room and finished 2 seconds ahead of Pearson.

Pearson held off attacks from Bailey Voisin and Taylor to take second.

Voisin had a stunning drive from the back of the grid after a technical problem brought an early end to his second race of the season. By the closing stages of the race, he had climbed up into the lead battle and passed Taylor for a spot on the podium.

As Voisin and Taylor battled for position, a wide moment sent the R Racing driver throught the gravel and Taylor came home to finish P3.

Aston Millar led a train of cars in the second half of the race but managed to shake them off. The R Racing rookie set the fastest lap of the race in an effort to close in on the battle for the final podium position, but a five second penalty for exceeding track limits dropped him to fifth.

Tommy Pintos was promoted into fourth, ahead of Millar, Voisin, and Tomlinson.

A safety car period disrupted running early in the race when Rowan Vincent ran into the gravel. He managed to get back to the pits with help from marshals and rejoined the race to finish a lap down.

Tom Edgar steered clear of most of the drama to finish eighth ahead of Lebbon, who also dropped back due to a five second penalty. William Aspin completed the top 10.

Image credit: Ginetta/Jakob Ebrey Photography

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Results

Position	Name	Number	Team	Time/Gap
1	Georgi Dimitrov	23	Richardson Racing	19m49.102s (13 Laps)
2	Joel Pearson	29	R Racing	+2.045s
3	Zak Taylor	99	Alastair Rushforth Motorsport	+2.930s
4	Tommy Pintos	77	Elite Motorsport	+4.851s
5	Aston Millar	70	R Racing	+8.631s
6	Bailey Voisin	22	R Racing	+10.288s
7	Freddie Tomlinson	62	R Racing	+10.564s
8	Tom Edgar	52	Total Control Racing	+11.296s
9	Tom Lebbon	34	Elite Motorsport	+12.584s
10	William Aspin	16	Elite Motorsport	+16.692s
11	Seb Hopkins	18	Elite Motorsport	+16.801s
12	Liam McNeilly	48	Fox Motorsport	+17.010s
13	Will Jenkins	30	Privateer	+17.279s
14	Trennon Bettany	41	Richardson Racing	+17.913s
15	Josh Rattican	21	R Racing	+21.273s
16	Joe Wheeler	88	Assetto Motorsport	+33.279s
17	William Vincent	46	Elite Motorsport	+41.420s
18	Rowan Vincent	19	Richardson Racing	+1 Lap
DNF	Josh Miller	14	Elite Motorsport	+6 Laps
DNF	William Rochford	11	Total Control Racing	+8 Laps