28/08/2026
🏁 DONINGTON PARK — THE PACE, THE LAP RECORD… AND A PAINFUL END
A weekend that’s going to sting for a while — and I’m not just talking about the ribs.
After a wet Thursday, qualifying on Saturday was effectively my first proper dry running at Donington in this car. Starting P10, we made steady progress through the races:
P11 in Race 1
P9 in Race 2
Then Race 3 came alive.
The car was an absolute rocket 🚀 From P10, I fought my way up to P5 and onto the back of the leading group — setting a new MINI Challenge Trophy lap record along the way. ⏱️🔥
Unfortunately, on the penultimate lap, I was clipped in a confusing incident involving a slowing car and sent hard into the wall. The car recorded a 30G impact.
Thankfully, everyone walked away without serious injury. I’ve got some bruised ribs, but the MINI didn’t fare quite so well.
The DNF leaves us just 8 points ahead in the Directors Championship, P5 in the Rookie standings and P11 overall.
A huge thank you to PRO-AM Racing for giving me a car capable of fighting at the front, and to WiRE — Women in Race Engineering for another brilliant weekend of developing early-career female motorsport engineers.
Thank you as always to all our partners, especially Rainford Engineering and R50 Motorsport Marketing, for their continued support.
Now we assess the damage, regroup and work out how we get back on that grid.
Because Donington proved one thing:
We have the pace. 💪
PRO-AM Racing
MINI CHALLENGE UK
Rainford Precision
Star Micronics GB
Lifeline Fire & Safety Systems USA
HRX UK
Raceparts
Women's Engineering Society
Sector Devicea
Effect Simulations
SimCoach Ltd