Sims surprise

Winner Alexander Sims was astonished that his Century BMW vaulted into the lead at the pitstop round, as the car had a 10-second success penalty to serve. “When we came out of the pits I was assuming that the one or two or three cars ahead of me were just down the road,” he told MN, “and then the engineer after a few laps said ‘you’re P1’.” Part of its trick was pitting a lap later than rivals, which meant it avoided a crowded pitlane.