Pirellis Do Great In First MINI Challenge Of The Year

At Saturday’s opening round of the Pirelli-supported MINI Challenge, reigning champion Chris Knox won the first of two races at Silverstone. Lee Allen dominated the second race but Chris Smith took the JCW Class points lead with two second place finishes. Henry Gilbert won the Club class with his double victory.

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Now in its 11th year, the MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S race cars competed over two classes at the opening round of the seven-round series: the John Cooper Works (JCW) class and the Club class. The JCW class is provided with slick and wet options: the 225/625-17 DH slick and 225/625-17 WS wet tyre. The Club class has only one type available: an intermediate tyre that is suitable across a range of different wet and dry conditions.

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