16 April 2001

Porsche Cup, Imola
Jesper Carlsen made his debut in the Porsche Cup supporting the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. In impressive company, a field which included a host of Grand Prix and German Touring Car aces, Jesper qualified and raced to 13th place. "It was war out there," said Jesper. "The team did a fantastic job though on their debut in the Super Cup."

V-Sports Racing, Donington Park, Easter Monday
Miku Santavirta took two race wins in only his second race meeting with the V-Sports V8's at Donington Park. Brask Management driver Miku topped the timesheets in the morning qualifying session over seven tenths of a second quicker than double champion Kevin Clarke. Miku also crossed the line first in the opening race but had been adjudged to have jumped the start and was penalised by ten seconds handing the win to Clarke. The Finn made no mistakes in the remaining two events, storming home to victory in both with winning margins of 20 seconds and 9 seconds over Clarke. Miku also recorded the fastest laps in all three races and was the clear overall winner on the day's overall points standings.

Christian Dick took a podium place in the first race but suffered gearbox failure in the second which put him out for the rest of the meeting. Rob Fountain's own car is not ready yet and he had a second outing in the third Team Brask car taking a brace of thirds and a fourth.

Race one: 1st Kevin Clarke, 2nd Miku Santavirta, 3rd Christian Dick, 4th Rob Fountain, 5th Peter Falding, 6th Ian Mitchell. Fastest lap: Santavirta
Race two: 1st Miku Santavirta, 2nd Kevin Clarke, 3rd Rob Fountain, 4th Peter Falding, 5th Steve Dance, 6th Tick Steward. Fastest lap: Santavirta
Race three: 1st Miku Santavirta, 2nd Kevin Clarke, 3rd Rob Fountain, 4th Peter Falding, 5th Steve Dance, 6th Rick Lemmon. Fastest lap: Santavirta

T-Cars, Castle Combe, Easter Monday
Sixteen year old Ryan Lewis took a hard earned and popular win in the opening round of the 2001 T-Cars championship at Castle Combe. Having qualified on the outside of the front row for the first race Ryan got the better of Tom Chilton to take his first ever race win.

Formula Renault, Brands Hatch, Easter Monday
Despite some encouraging performances in pre-season testing Allan Simonsen's season got off to a disappointing start at Brands Hatch. Allan started the weekend suffering a testing shunt which left PBR with a lot of work to do prior to qualifying. Consequently Allan struggled and qualified down in 24th place but came through to 13th at the flag.