The 2026 Time Attack Championship continued at Donington Park during JDM JAM, with rising temperatures, evolving track conditions and increasingly fine margins creating one of the most competitive events of the season so far.
Across the day, benchmark times continued shifting between sessions as drivers searched for late-session pace in Super Attack, while several categories produced dramatic reversals as conditions and reliability began to influence the outcome.
PRO — Sedzikowski Strikes Late to Take Super Attack Honours
The Pro category produced one of the closest finishes of the entire event as Luke Sedzikowski delivered a late-session turnaround to secure the quickest overall time of the day in the Tegiwa Racing Honda NSX.
Andrew Gallacher initially looked to have established control of the category, topping both Attack 1 and Attack 2 in the AG Motorsport Mitsubishi Evo while steadily lowering the benchmark pace through the afternoon.
But Super Attack completely reshaped the order.
After only appearing in Attack 2, Sedzikowski found significant pace in the final session, producing a 1:07.812 lap to edge ahead of Gallacher by just 0.172 seconds in one of the tightest margins of the day.
Andrew Barbour remained consistently in contention throughout in the AKB Racing Evo IX, while Josh Barrett showed strong early pace in the Caterham 620R before dropping out of the final Super Attack classification.
In Club Pro, Aleksandr Volkov secured a second consecutive class victory in the Nissan R35 GT-R after another composed and reliable performance across the timed sessions.
👉 Key takeaway: Super Attack once again proved decisive, with Sedzikowski delivering the final-session pace to overturn Gallacher’s earlier advantage.
CLUB CLASS — Fan Responds Under Pressure
After dominating proceedings at Cadwell Park, Vincent Fan faced a far greater challenge at Donington Park as the Club Class battle tightened significantly across all three sessions.
Ryan Barker struck first in Attack 1 aboard the Renault K24 Megane, narrowly edging Jamie Hadley and Fan in an incredibly compressed leading group where less than three tenths separated the top three drivers.
Fan responded immediately in Attack 2, reclaiming the top spot before lowering the benchmark once again in Super Attack with a 1:13.843 — the only Club 2WD car to break into the 1:13s during the event.
Neil Robson remained firmly in the fight throughout in the BMW 135i despite the team battling temperature-related issues as the afternoon conditions intensified, while Jonny Fletcher continued his strong progression through the field with another consistent improvement across the sessions.
Barker also remained in contention despite reported crank sensor issues affecting Attack 2, recovering for Super Attack to finish just 0.354 seconds away from Fan’s eventual benchmark pace.
👉 Key takeaway: Donington transformed Club Class into a genuine shootout, but Fan still delivered when the pressure peaked.
CLUBMAN / POCKET ROCKET / CLASSIC & RETRO — Benchmarks Continue to Fall
The combined Clubman, Pocket Rocket and Classic & Retro categories once again produced some of the closest and most varied competition of the event.
Dean Riley delivered another standout performance in the Mickeytoones Racing Vauxhall VX220, leading Attack 1 before returning in Super Attack to secure the quickest overall time of the combined categories.
Clubman, however, evolved into one of the most competitive battles of the day.
Clive Hopwell’s Volkswagen Golf R initially established the benchmark pace and topped Attack 2, but David Dyson steadily closed the gap throughout the event before producing the quickest Clubman lap in Super Attack aboard the Ninemeister Porsche 991.2T.
Michael Hume continued his strong start to the season in Pocket Rocket Naturally Aspirated with the Honda-powered Renaultsport Clio, while Gary Papworth once again controlled Pocket Rocket Forced Induction in the Norfolk Mini Racing Cooper S.
Donington also saw several official Donington Park National class benchmarks lowered during the event, including new reference times in Clubman, Pocket Rocket NA and Pocket Rocket FI.
👉 Key takeaway: As temperatures rose and conditions evolved, the final sessions became a test of who could continue finding pace late into the day.
Next Stop: Brands Hatch
The 2026 Time Attack Championship now heads to Brands Hatch on 14th June as part of Tunerfest South, where the increasingly tight margins seen at Donington suggest the fight for outright pace is only just beginning.
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