Jacek Zielonka and James Sweetnam were both in action with 360 Racing at Donington Park, for the opening rounds of the 2022 Radical Challenge.
Both drivers shared the sixth row of the grid for the opening sprint race.
From 10th on the opening lap Zielonka’s progress was rapid, ending the sixth lap in the top five. But the weather had turned and rain was falling.
“It was good experience staying out on slicks, as it was my first time in the wet at Donington and I just focused on staying on the track,” he explained.
Having slipped down the order on the slippery track, he finally came home back in 10th at the flag.
Sweetnam had opted to pit for wet tyres. “I came in under the safety car, so dropped to the back, but made a few places at the end,” he said, after demoting Zielonka on the last lap for ninth.
Race two didn’t start well for Zielonka, “wrong place and wrong time. I hit a car and then got hit, sandwiched and had to pit with a damaged nose,” he said.
Sweetnam was running comfortably inside the top 10. “I had got to eighth before a mistake at Redgate. But was OK in ninth until a mistake when we restarted after the safety car and I lost another place,” he explained.
He finally took the flag in 12th with Zielonka a lap down in 13th.