Campbell-Pilling: "We're on a great trajectory, we just need to maximise it"

Campbell-Pilling: "We're on a great trajectory, we just need to maximise it"

26 August 2026

Xcel Motorsport's Rowan Campbell-Pilling heads to Donington Park riding the crest of a wave, after a double podium finish at Silverstone last time out.

During easily his best weekend of the season so far, the British driver also achieved his best qualifying result yet with second place for the race two grid.

Starting fifth for race one, he climbed to third and stepped onto the podium for the first time, having claimed his Hungaroring podium after post-race penalties. He went one better in race two, converting second on the grid to second place, and pressured eventual winner Deagen Fairclough throughout the 25-minute contest. 

"We did a fabulous job," Campbell-Pilling admitted. "We're on a great trajectory and we just need to maximise and consolidate on the pace we've got. At Silverstone we did that, we ticked a few boxes. Now we need to take that to Donington, get those last little bits sorted and have a great end to the year."

The Sheffield resident counts Donington as his local circuit, and he's expecting to have a big support network around him for the weekend.  

"I'm looking forward to going up t'north to Donington! We'll have great support there, we had awesome support at Silverstone as well, it was amazing to see so many people and familiar faces there. Donington has always been a relatively strong track for me, so I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do there."

He's also looking forward to taking the upgraded Tatuus MSV GB3-025 car to the venue, having first sampled the machinery and circuit during pre-season testing back in March, where he was a promising second fastest on the final day.

"It's an awesome car and there's no hiding that we're really fast, and as a team we're doing a really good job too.

"Donington is a really cool track and the chicane is awesome. There's two big braking zones at the Melbourne Hairpin and Goddards, there's a massive variation in corners; the high speed at the Old Hairpin and a lot of elevation as well, almost a backwards Eau Rouge down hill!

"So it's a really cool circuit, I'm looking forward to going there and the cars will be mega for those watching."

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