Despite starting ninth on the grid thanks to the reverse grid rules, Plato showed his wet weather prowess to take a second win of the day and one he admitted could be crucial to the championship outcome after Giovanardi failed to score after running off the track on standing water – meaning the Italian dropped to 25 points off the lead. Neal and Jordan completed the podium in the race, but it was clear that the Donington Park weekend had left Giovanardi with work to do once again.
From
Donington, the field headed to
Snetterton for round seven of the season, and Giovanardi quickly set about reducing Plato's lead when he qualified fifth on the grid – but three places ahead of his SEAT rival.
Pole went to
Colin Turkington's
BMW ahead of team-mate
Tom Onslow-Cole and it was the Northern Irishman who took victory after fending off the challenge of Onslow-Cole and then Gordon Shedden – before being excluded from the results for being underweight. It meant Shedden took victory ahead of Onslow-Cole and Tom Chilton. A poor start had seen Giovanardi passed by Plato off the line but the SEAT man was then tagged by
Matt Neal at the first corner and dropped down to 17th place. Although he would battle back to finish ninth, it was behind Giovanardi who took sixth having also lost time in the same incident.
Despite two Safety Car periods – one after a hefty start-line shunt involving Chris Stockton and Fiona Leggate – Giovanardi managed to secure a vital win in the second race ahead of Neal and Plato, although the SEAT driver could have been higher had it not been for an incident with Tom Chilton while going for position earlier in the race that had cost him valuable time.
The third race saw Onslow-Cole lead from start to finish for a fine maiden win, but it was a race that also saw Plato and Giovanardi come together on track for the first time. Plato had held second ahead of
Mat Jackson and Giovanardi until Jackson elected to go for second on lap 16.
