It is amazing what one round of the World Series by Renault can achieve because while
Donington Park was expected to whittle the title challengers down ahead of Le Mans, it has instead expanded the list of hopefuls gunning for the crown.
Much of this was down to Alx Danielsson, the Swede finally breaking his World Series duck in spectacular style, claiming two victories and one pole position, a result that has catapulted himself from ‘best of the rest’ in the standings into late title challenger.
Although he is still 13 points behind in fourth place, the momentum seems to be with Danielsson while his rivals do their utmost to give the championship away to anyone able to keep it together for more than one weekend.
Indeed, the big loser of the Donington weekend was undoubtedly Alvaro Parente, the Portuguese driver doing nothing to build upon his experience from racing in the British Formula Three Championship by coming away pointless and dropping from first to fifth in the process.
Instead, it was left to Andy Soucek to resume the helm, the Spaniard’s aching consistency putting him five points clear despite having only claimed a single victory this season, with even that win coming way back in Turkey.
Still, arguably reeling from the disqualification he suffered at Spa, Borja Garcia will surely be looking at those lost 15 points for a win as possibly the difference between winning and losing this year’s title, not least because he has had to fight back throughout the year. After a positive round at Donington Park though, Garcia goes to Le Mans in form and determined to oust countryman Soucek from the top of the leaderboard.
Third in the championship and another one who is likely to be wondering where the points have gone is five-time winner Pastor Maldonado, the Venezuelan ruining a potentially crucial Donington round by a spin in the first race, a result that lost him the chance of a podium and possibly the championship lead.
![Alx Danielsson - Comtec Racing [pic credit: Renault Sport media]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/262918.jpg)
