Monday's weather was a sudden change from the previous days glorious
sunshine. It was overcast skies and the threat of rain. A number of times
during the morning it started to spit, but thankfully it never actually
rained.

At 12 O'Clock the four hour race started. At the start the first
five places were taken by McLaren F1's, headed by the one driven by
Nielsen and Bscher. The Gulf McLaren of Bellm and Sala made its way to
third place, getting ahead of the Jacadi sponsored car of Giroux and
Grouillard, before the car suffered from gearbox problems - a lengthy
stop and they returned to the race 21 laps down on the pace - effectively
out of the race.

Andy Wallace, driving the Moody Alfayed owned Harrods-McLaren, hit a
Porsche at the Melborne Hairpin, and broke the rear track rod, and 
rejoined the race in 10th, but fought their way back up into third by the
end of the race.

Whilst all these dramas were going on the West Competition McLaren
continued to dominate the race, pulling out a huge lead until about
3/4 of the way through the race, when they recieved time penalties for
speeding in the pit lane, handing the lead to the Jacadi McLaren.

The Jacardi McLaren suffered the same fate, recieving a 10 second
penalty for speeding in the pit lane. As it came into the pit for that
penalty it broke the speed limit again, and was brought in for another.
Eventually the car lost its gears, and retired - this was the chink
in the McLaren armour at Donington. The West McLaren regained the lead, and
never lost it again.

Result after 4 Hours (146 laps)

Pos	No.	Team				Laps	Time / Behind
1.	8	West Competition McLaren	146	04:01:08.82
2.	16	Gulf Racing McLaren		146	+1:23.69
3.	9	Mach One McLaren		143
4.	65	Stadler Porsche 911 GT2		140
5.	50	Freisinger Porsche 911 biturbo	139
6.	55	Stadler Porsche 911 GT2		139
7.	14	Parr Porsche 911 GT2		137
8.	80	Chamberlain Jaguar XJ220	136
9.	46	G Force Porsche 911 GT2		134
10.	4	Agusta Callaway Corvette	134
11.	22	Elf Porsche 911 GT2		133
12.	59	Bernt Porsche Carrera Cup	131
13.	58	Bernt Porsche RSR 3.6		130
14.	2	Agusta Callaway Corvette	128
15.	1	Gulf Racing McLaren		126

Fastest Lap

8.	West Competition McLaren on lap 2 1:33.47 (96.28mph)

-- 
Stephen M Baines

 "[The Autosport sticker] started to peel off in the middle of Eau Rouge
 and it distracted me. In fact it was the first thing to hit the barrier"
    Tiff Needell - Jaguar XJR-15 Challenge - Interview with Autosport

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