BRANDS HATCH – Friday/Saturday


The team have been keeping everyone up to date via their twitter feed, @TeamWestbourne.
And more info can be found at @AirAsiaClio Cup and on their facebook page here
And James’ better half Kayleigh has been busy taking some pictures too.
Here is James ready for qualis
And here is the grid at the start of race 1:
Here are the photos are comments over the last couple of days:

  • James running in 4th until mechanical problem struck, he was 3rd at the end of first lap after overtaking Files and Bonham into Surtees.
    Sat Mar 31 16:20:38 +0000 2012
  • Will makes the biggest gain, moving up six positions from 17th to 11th. Ant moves up 5 places from 13th to 9th.
    Sat Mar 31 16:19:36 +0000 2012
  • Ant finishes 8th, Will in 11th and James 23rd after his pit stop
    Sat Mar 31 16:09:38 +0000 2012
  • Problem for Jake Giddings as well
    Sat Mar 31 16:07:56 +0000 2012
  • Paul Rivett retires putting Ant up to 9th and Will 12th
    Sat Mar 31 16:07:35 +0000 2012
  • Ant up to 10th with Will 13th, 5 laps to go
    Sat Mar 31 16:04:57 +0000 2012
  • James back out although a lap down. Bill gets his moment of fame with Alan Hyde as well
    Sat Mar 31 16:04:09 +0000 2012
  • Looks like an engine issue, disappointing stuff
    Sat Mar 31 16:03:09 +0000 2012
  • James in the pits
    Sat Mar 31 16:02:19 +0000 2012
  • Will up to 16th
    Sat Mar 31 15:59:52 +0000 2012
  • James 4th, Ant 11th and Will 16th
    Sat Mar 31 15:55:22 +0000 2012
  • James up to 3rd after first lap, Ant also making good progress
    Sat Mar 31 15:52:22 +0000 2012
  • 20 laps of Clio Cup action to be underway in the next ten minutes
    Sat Mar 31 15:38:03 +0000 2012
  • Rumour has it that the team manager last night created his own Twitter account. More details to come
    Sat Mar 31 12:03:05 +0000 2012
  • James starts 5th, Ant 13th and Will in 17th for this afternoon’s race
    Sat Mar 31 11:47:01 +0000 2012
  • Ant gets a 52.539 as the session ends but no improvement on position
    Sat Mar 31 11:46:18 +0000 2012
  • 52.634 sees Ant go 12th
    Sat Mar 31 11:42:58 +0000 2012
  • Ant 52.6 Will 52.8
    Sat Mar 31 11:41:05 +0000 2012
  • Ant 14th, Will 18th
    Sat Mar 31 11:39:31 +0000 2012
  • 52.307 was James’ time
    Sat Mar 31 11:38:55 +0000 2012
  • James goes provisonal pole before Bonham takes it away. James P2
    Sat Mar 31 11:37:58 +0000 2012
  • James finds another tenth and it sees him go fifth
    Sat Mar 31 11:37:23 +0000 2012
  • James up to P6 52.510
    Sat Mar 31 11:36:03 +0000 2012
  • James up to P7, 52.5
    Sat Mar 31 11:35:17 +0000 2012
  • Still 12 mins to go
    Sat Mar 31 11:32:30 +0000 2012
  • Will P18
    Sat Mar 31 11:32:06 +0000 2012
  • Ant P11
    Sat Mar 31 11:31:36 +0000 2012
  • James P6 currently
    Sat Mar 31 11:31:13 +0000 2012
  • Green flag
    Sat Mar 31 11:14:23 +0000 2012
  • Will has a small excursion in the gravel before session red flagged due to debris from Josh Files
    Sat Mar 31 11:09:51 +0000 2012
  • And we are go, the three Westbourne cars first out
    Sat Mar 31 11:08:10 +0000 2012
  • 30 minutes of qualifying to start shortly
    Sat Mar 31 11:05:23 +0000 2012
  • 20 minutes until the first qualifying session of the season begins
    Sat Mar 31 10:40:21 +0000 2012
  • Westbourne Motorsport 2012 http://t.co/b8VDVPzF

    Sat Mar 31 10:12:15 +0000 2012
  • Nearly ready to go out for qualifying http://t.co/TLWyA9U4

    Sat Mar 31 10:07:08 +0000 2012
  • Very overcast today, where has the lovely sun from yesterday gone?
    Sat Mar 31 09:26:04 +0000 2012
  • Morning followers, today sees qualifying at 12:00 with the first race at 4:45 this afternoon.
    Sat Mar 31 07:06:23 +0000 2012
  • Paul’s handy vinyl work on Will’s car http://t.co/cGd9OG9k

    Fri Mar 30 20:46:20 +0000 2012
  • Ant and Will also return to the paddock
    Fri Mar 30 15:04:13 +0000 2012
  • Green flag for 2 mins, none of the Westbourne drivers have passed me though and definitely saw James go back into the paddock
    Fri Mar 30 15:02:47 +0000 2012
  • While we stopped, will give a rundown of the positions, James is 3rd, Ant in 9th and Will in 14th.
    Fri Mar 30 14:59:44 +0000 2012
  • Adam Bonham being recovered http://t.co/AuQrYNN0

    Fri Mar 30 14:58:09 +0000 2012
  • Red flag, Bonham in the gravel at Paddock Hill
    Fri Mar 30 14:56:54 +0000 2012
  • Will puts up a 53.0 and jumps four places up to 13th.
    Fri Mar 30 14:51:10 +0000 2012
  • 0.084 seperates James from the top time in the session, set by ex Westbourne driver Josh Cook
    Fri Mar 30 14:50:03 +0000 2012
  • James goes third 52.6
    Fri Mar 30 14:48:12 +0000 2012
  • Ant has covered the most laps so far in this session overall as he passes me for the 25th time.
    Fri Mar 30 14:47:21 +0000 2012
  • Back to practice now and less than a tenth covers James and Ant with James having the upper hand with them both on 52.8’s
    Fri Mar 30 14:45:34 +0000 2012
  • Brands Hatch not always this sunny, I remember the GP Toca meeting in 2010 well as my tent flooded as a torrential 24 hour downpour ensued
    Fri Mar 30 14:44:09 +0000 2012
  • Glorious sunshine here at Brands Hatch has been most of the day.
    Fri Mar 30 14:41:48 +0000 2012
  • Ant up to P7 52.891
    Fri Mar 30 14:41:11 +0000 2012
  • Will P18 53.3
    Fri Mar 30 14:40:13 +0000 2012
  • Ant 52.923
    Fri Mar 30 14:39:45 +0000 2012
  • James goes P4 52.8
    Fri Mar 30 14:38:54 +0000 2012
  • Will 15th 53.5 James just coming out for another run.
    Fri Mar 30 14:31:24 +0000 2012
  • Ant P8 53.0
    Fri Mar 30 14:30:34 +0000 2012
  • Ant P2 54.2 James P3 54.3
    Fri Mar 30 14:23:03 +0000 2012
  • Clio Cup Practice 3 underway
    Fri Mar 30 14:21:31 +0000 2012
  • James 3rd, Ant 9th and Will 15th in the second session with a third one to come later.
    Fri Mar 30 11:20:57 +0000 2012
  • Will into the 52’s as well now as he goes 15th, 52.929
    Fri Mar 30 10:24:06 +0000 2012
  • James puts in his fastest time of the day to go third with a 52.278 just 0.007 off of second place Adam Bonham #ClioCup
    Fri Mar 30 10:23:08 +0000 2012
  • And follows it up with a 52.506 no change of position until James goes ahead of him with a 52.495. 8th and 9th with Will 17th
    Fri Mar 30 10:22:08 +0000 2012
  • Ant goes up to 8th with a 52.571
    Fri Mar 30 10:19:57 +0000 2012
  • Short stay in pits and James is back out onto the Brands Hatch Indy circuit currently in tenth just in front of Nic Hamilton
    Fri Mar 30 10:13:54 +0000 2012
  • James back in the pits, 12 mins to go
    Fri Mar 30 10:12:48 +0000 2012
  • Ant back out with 16 mins to go.
    Fri Mar 30 10:08:39 +0000 2012
  • James comes past below me in the media centre for the start of his next run.
    Fri Mar 30 10:06:43 +0000 2012
  • Will goes 13th with a 53.020
    Fri Mar 30 10:05:23 +0000 2012
  • With 22 minutes to go James is 8th with a 52.690 Ant 12th with a 52.862 and Will 15th with the 53.156
    Fri Mar 30 10:04:03 +0000 2012
  • Will puts in his fastest time of the session a 53.156 this puts him 15th
    Fri Mar 30 10:02:16 +0000 2012
  • 32 minutes left James P1 with a 52.806, Ant P4 with a 53.022 and Will P7 with a 54.112
    Fri Mar 30 09:53:46 +0000 2012
  • Will heads out as Ant improves to a 53.504 still Westbourne 1-2
    Fri Mar 30 09:48:40 +0000 2012
  • James into the 52’s with a 52.951
    Fri Mar 30 09:47:44 +0000 2012
  • Three tenths of improvement for James 53.011. Ant goes second 54.472
    Fri Mar 30 09:46:32 +0000 2012
  • James goes quickest with a 53.287, Ant also on track
    Fri Mar 30 09:45:39 +0000 2012
  • James is straight out on track, looking to better 3rd place from the first session
    Fri Mar 30 09:42:29 +0000 2012
  • Practice 2 is underway
    Fri Mar 30 09:40:23 +0000 2012
  • The lads looking through the timing sheets http://t.co/nuHf0YtS

    Fri Mar 30 09:21:12 +0000 2012
  • *Correction* Bonham 52.1 Files 52.3 James 52.4
    Fri Mar 30 09:09:43 +0000 2012
  • @kingsleh yes you are right it is 52’s don’t know where I got 51’s from
    Fri Mar 30 09:08:31 +0000 2012
  • Superb last gasp effort from James sees him go third with a 52.4 as he takes the checkered flag.
    Fri Mar 30 08:46:03 +0000 2012
  • Ant improves to a 52.9
    Fri Mar 30 08:45:07 +0000 2012
  • James 52.5 Ant 53.0 Will 53.1
    Fri Mar 30 08:44:13 +0000 2012
  • James 7th, Ant 13th and Will 14th, about three mins to go
    Fri Mar 30 08:42:10 +0000 2012
  • Two Clios being pulled away from the far end of circuit. Klos from Scuderia Vittoria and the 37 of Rob Smith, we are green again now
    Fri Mar 30 08:39:56 2012
  • Seems we have a red flag in the session, Paddock Hill and Druids clear of Clios so must be round the other end of the circuit
    Fri Mar 30 08:30:50 2012
  • Ant is 11th and Will in 13th, 20 minutes to go in the session
    Fri Mar 30 08:24:19 2012
  • Timing is up, James currently in 4th place
    Fri Mar 30 08:23:34 2012
  • New Westbourne signing Will Davison http://t.co/TzqL9wMu

    Fri Mar 30 08:14:29 2012
  • James on the drop down Paddock Hill bend. http://t.co/vqqHSH71

    Fri Mar 30 08:12:51 2012
  • The first of three Clio Cup sessions today has started, timing seems to have an early season glitch though.
    Fri Mar 30 08:11:01 2012
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