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Bacheta quickly in the latter stages. Then, Bridgman spun on the 16th lap of 18 at
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drivers rather than affluent businessmen. Of the 22 drivers in the field for each round, 16 were "career drivers", with a group of around six "gentleman drivers" remaining. The number of races increased from 15 in 2006 to 20, the number of meetings increasing from six to eight. Despite this 33 per
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Bridgman making the best start to take the lead and pull away from Bacheta. Further back, Tom Bradshaw was scything through the field and catching
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having to settle for a pair of fourths. In
Saturday morning's first race (Round 3), Bridgman took the lead from the start and pulled away to take his first victory of the season. Behind, Palmer's challenge for a first podium of 2007 ended with a crash at Surtees. Bacheta took second, with
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securing his first car racing podium in third. For
Bacheta, the race was much more eventful as he fought his way up from 19th on the grid to finish fifth. This meant he held on to his championship lead by just two points from Bridgman, with Wilson another three further back.
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tangling with polesitter Clarke at the Esses on the opening lap while fighting for second. Tom
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Becketts. At the restart on lap seven, Bacheta held off Hamilton, but was passed by him down the National Straight half a lap later. Hamilton went on to win the race by around two seconds, with
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cent increase, the cost of competing in the series was reduced, the advertised price of £55,000 plus VAT being a reduction of nearly £3,000 on the 2006 season.
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The race calendar for 2007, while expanded, did not feature any meetings outside of the UK. However, FPA continues to support large international events at
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both took their first pole positions of the season in overcast conditions, although
Bacheta could only manage fifth on the grid for the second race.
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after topping the two qualifying sessions on Saturday morning, having come out on top of a bizarre tiebreak in the second session. Both Hamilton and
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