Will Jenkins Excels At Donington Park With Podium Double

Will Jenkins continued his exceptional season in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with a brilliant pair of second place finishes across the fourth round of the campaign at Donington Park this past weekend (22-23 August).

The Staffordshire racer headed to his home circuit for the second time this season, following a standout performance in the opening round back in April This time the action came on the longer 2.49-mile Grand Prix circuit, a layout he secured a class victory on last year.

Jenkins, who is competing as part of the Wera Alliance Academy, went quickest overall in an official test day at the circuit last month. He continued to show positive pace during pre-event practice on Thursday, including topping the timesheets in the morning session.

Saturday’s qualifying sessions brought two good results, but a tinge of frustration for the young talent. Sitting fastest in the opening run prior to a red flag stoppage, he ended up missing out on pole in a last lap shootout, and went on to make it a pair of second place results that afternoon.

Lining up on the front row in his Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, Jenkins initially slipped to third off the start. He settled into the position though and after seeing the driver ahead struggling for grip, he bided his time before pulling off a great move into turn one to retain second.

The 21-year-old went on to replicate that result in race two, live on ITV4. Running in second for the majority of the race, an optimistic move from another driver pushed him wide and down to third, however post-race the Clerk of the Course ruled in his favour and promoted him to second again.

The podium double has strengthened Jenkins' hold on second place in the championship heading to Croft next (05-06 September). He races thanks to the crucial support of his loyal personal partners Asset Alliance Group, The Reefer Trailer Centre, Hopkins Race Transporters, Barkers Finance, SAF Holland, The Green Group and WS Transportation.

Will Jenkins: “It’s been another brilliant weekend for us. In a hugely-competitive championship like this, you can’t have too many complaints about picking up a pair of second place finishes. It’s given us a big haul of points and maintained our championship challenge into the final three rounds.

“I love Donington Park, it’s my favourite circuit on the calendar, and our pace was good from the official test onwards. I know we had the speed within me and the car to get at least one pole position, but the red flag and a couple of small mistakes on my part meant I missed out.

“The two races were hard work. Losing the spot in race one was frustrating, but I was confident my time would come, I took no risks and made the move stick. I felt I was defending well in race two until an ambitious move when I’d closed the door, so I was relieved to be given the place back afterwards.

“A lot of effort went in to this weekend and we are proud to come away with the podium finishes. Thank you to the team for all of their efforts. Neither me nor the team are content with finishing second though, so we’ll be working even harder to be back at the front for Croft next.”

Images from Porsche GB.