James Sutton mastered some very tough conditions to win round ten of the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Croft today (Sunday 14 June 2009). Sutton headed Michael Caine at the front of the race as rain made the track very slippery, while Robert Lawson (pro-am1) and George Brewster (pro-am2) completed double wins.

Although the cars initially went to the grid on slicks, the rain arrived in time for everyone to switch to wets for a shortened 12-lap race. Poleman Tim Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) had the task of

setting the pace on the opening lap and soon found the water running across the track at Tower. He slid wide as Sutton (Red Line Racing) and Caine (Motorbase Performance) dived ahead. Bridgman then had more drama at Sunny when he slid side again and was down in eighth by the end of the opening lap.

Sutton now led with Caine as a major threat, while Tim Harvey (Red Line Racing) and Glynn Geddie (Team Parker Racing) took third and fourth. However, Geddie's frustrating weekend continued when a marker cone flicked up and damaged his car's radiator, forcing him into the pits.

Caine chased Sutton until the decisive moment came on lap seven when Caine spun on the exit of the Esses. "I couldn't see through the spray and I just touched the white line," said Caine of the incident. Harvey briefly nipped into second, but Caine was quickly back ahead and chasing after Sutton once more. Though the gap came down, it was too big for Caine to catch Sutton in the laps available.

Sutton, meanwhile, was battling the conditions at the head of the race. "You'd come round one lap and it was fantastic, but on the next lap you were aquaplaning," he said. Despite the conditions, Sutton claimed a fine victory; his second of the season. "I was pushed all the way by Michael, even after his moment," said the race winner.

Caine clinched second from Harvey, knowing that his team had got the car set-up extremely well for the conditions. Behind Harvey, Lawson (JHR) drove a fine race to complete a pro-am1 double on his home track. "I couldn't see anything! There was standing water at Tower," said Lawson after a performance that clinched the 'driver of the weekend' award.

Bridgman clawed his way back to fifth to retain a slender overall championship lead, while Ollie Jackson (Motorbase Performance) had another strong run to take sixth overall and second in pro-am1. Motorbase was announced as 'team of the weekend'. Aaron Slight (Porsche Motorsport) and Tony Gilham (Red Line Racing) took seventh and eighth from Brewster (Celtic Speed), the pro-am2 winner. "I didn't really do anything to win; the other guys lost it," he said of the category. Notably, Paul Hogarth (IN2Racing) spun out of the lead at Tower, but recovered to take second from Bob Lyons (Celtic Speed).