Fabrizio Giovanardi ad𝕴mitted he was angered by the incident in race three which saw him lose out on vital points in the latest rounds of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

The Ital𒐪ian was lying in second place behind Ro🐲b Collard in the final race of the day when he was tipped into a spin by Harry Vaulkhard on the exit of McLeans, with his VX Racing Vectra going across the grass on the infield.

Although he was able to rejoin in sixth, and later passed Vaulkhard for fifth, it led to aꦚ frustrating finish to the day for the defending champion who had earlier had t✃o settle for eighth in race one from the back of the field before battling to third in race two.

However, having lost ground in the ti🎉tle race, he admitted to being far from happ💜y at the end of the weekend.

"T༺here was little I could do in the first r👍ace," he said. "I was caught up in everyone else's battles and lost time in the middle of a bunch of drivers who were fighting for nothing. Even though I finished third in race two I was disappointed as I couldn't catch Matt [Neal] and James [Thompson] who were both running with ballast.

"Race three could have been a really good result, ꦐbut I lost out again, and I'm not 🎐happy about the move that Vaulkhard made. It ruined both our races."