Triple Eight boss Ian Harrison slams Donington driving standards

Triple Eight Racing managing director Ian Harrison described some of the driving standards on show at Donington Park as “rubbish” after an at-times bruising encounter for his team.

The factory MG squad were in contention for a win in the final race before contact between Andrew Jordan and Matt Neal, while the sister MG6 of Jack Goff ended up beached in the gravel at the final chicane.

The team won’t find out until Thruxton whether their appeal against the race three result has been successful.

Commenting on the weekend, Harrison said: “We can take a lot of positives, even if the results may look average. The engineers have worked hard to give the drivers a good set up on the soft tyres, which is a novelty for our team to be honest.

“We need to keep pushing the set up, especially in qualifying trim. Overall, there has been good progress on that front.

“On track, some of the driving standards, from drivers representing both ends of the field were, frankly, rubbish. However due to on-going judiciary proceedings, that is all I can say for now on this subject.”

For his part, Goff was disappointed for his day to end with a DNF.

He said: “The first two races were good and we made progress with the car, to the extent that I went quicker in race one than I did on Saturday.

“For race three, we all bunched up into the chicane and Sam [Tordoff] and I had a bit of rubbing. I then got a hit from behind, which locked us together and that was it, end of the race. I thought I was pretty safe on the inside, and when everyone bunched up I thought it was getting a bit too tight, but I was a total passenger in that accident and I ended up in the gravel.

“It’s not a good way to end a weekend, but sometimes it happens. We improved the car today stability-wise, which will help us no end at Thruxton. We’ve still got things to work on, but I think we look quite good.”