Lydia Walmsley: Mini Challenge UK 2022 Season

Lydia Walmsley: Mini Challenge UK 2022 Season

23RD AND 24TH APRIL - ROUND 1: DONINGTON PARKLydia.jpg

Lydia opened the season at Donington Park, hoping to make a flying start to the new season. It didn't quite go to plan for the Suffolk racer, as there were a few issues with her Mini. She did, however, manage three finishes despite tricky conditions with damage to her windscreen and passenger window.

Full results:

Race 1: 21st
Race 2: 19th
Race 3: 19th

(Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography)

14TH AND 15TH MAY - ROUND 2: BRANDS HATCHLydia.jpg

It proved to be a very wet weekend at Brands Hatch for Lydia and the rest of the Mini Challenge UK competitors as the rain made racing a little more challenging. Lydia gambled with wet tyres in the first race, which unfortunately didn't pay off, before the safety car slowed the field down in the second race. By the third race, Lydia was making strong improvements and started moving up the field.

Full results:

Race 1: 22nd
Race 2: 23rd
Race 3: 17th

(Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography)

11TH AND 12TH JUNE - ROUND 3: OULTON PARKLydia Oulton Park

Lydia Walmsley headed to Oulton Park hoping to make some real progress up the grid. Unfortunately, in Race 1, Lydia and her Mini took some substantial damage from behind on the first lap, which resulted in the aim of just finishing the race. In the second race of the weekend, Lydia made big improvements on slick tyres as she enjoyed the more challenging conditions.

Full results:

Race 1: 21st
Race 2: 17th

(Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography)

30TH AND 31ST JULY - ROUND 4: KNOCKHILLLydia 2.jpg

Lydia Walmsley had a round to remember as she showed massive strides of improvement in Mini Challenge UK as the weekend went on. Finishing in twentieth in the first race, she then finished seventeenth in the second before saving her best performance of the season by finishing in eleventh place in the third and final race of the weekend. The weekend's results boosted Lydia's championship standings, as she now sits in seventeenth position overall.

Full results:

Race 1: 20th
Race 2: 17th
Race 3: 11th

13TH AND 14TH AUGUST - ROUND 5: SNETTERTON

 

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24TH AND 25TH SEPTEMBER - ROUND 6: SILVERSTONE

 

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8TH AND 9TH OCTOBER - ROUND 7: BRANDS HATCH

 

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