BTCC 2001 - Rounds 11 & 12 Donnington Park

The next BTCC 2001 BBC footage sees the teams head back to more normal surroundings for Rounds 11 & 12 at Donnington. Now could Jason Plato respond to Yvan Muller's Mondello masterclass elsewhere this meeting saw Peugeot wheel out a third 406 for the BTCC debut of a World Superbike legend NO I'm not talking about Jonathan Rea but the perennial bridesmaid of World Superbikes Aaron Slight. How would the triple 1 fare having swapped his Castrol Honda for a bulky Peugeot.

[@olliebeck2952]

Really great showing from Aaron here. Shame he didn't get more chances in the 406 Coupe that year.

[@davegiles2610]

He did really well didn't he. OK, the Touring Car field was tiny, but as John Watson said, to come straight in and run at the same pace as Soper and Eaves was a great achievement.

[@olliebeck2952]

@@davegiles2610 totally agree. Aaron was on for fourth before Bennett brought out the safety car. Beating his teammates in his first outing.

[@davegiles2610]

@@olliebeck2952 yep the Safety Car didn't help the Peugeot's did it, where they'd not yet stopped. It certainly got Slight some good TV time scrapping with the Vauxhall's too didn't it🙂

[@olliebeck2952]

@@davegiles2610 look at the cut at 41:44. Cheeky. Wasn't giving up without a fight was he. Love it.

[@davegiles2610]

@@olliebeck2952 he wasn't was he! Shame Aaron never won a Superbike title and tragic that Honda got rid of him at the end of 2000. As an aside, I think that this was the meeting where the war between Plato and Muller started, as it was quite civil prior to here.