Category: BTCC

Rory Butcher allayed pre-race fears to convert pole to victory in race one at Silverstone.

A liquid spill from the earlier British F4 race on the start/finish straight meant Butcher’s start would be compromised. However despite losing the lead to Tom Ingram, he soon reclaimed his lead on lap three at Brooklands with an audacious and well executed move.

The opening lap saw five retirements, with Andy Neate suffering a puncture and causing damage. Gordon Shedden and Sam Smelt had a coming together, Jack Mitchell retired early on with a mechanical issue and Adam Morgan also never returned from the pits after pitting on lap one.

Once Butcher took his lead back, Ingram was reeled in by Dan Lloyd in his Vauxhall Astra. Of the five title protagonists Ingram finished highest, with Josh Cook, Colin Turkington and leader Ash Sutton finishing fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.

Jake Hill however struggled with 66kg of ballast in his Ford Focus, and was embroiled in a race-long fight with Tom Chilton and Jack Butel. He eventually finished 21st, and out of the points.

Butcher cruised to a win, with a winning margin of just over three seconds. Ingram held off Lloyd for second with Aiden Moffat’s second half renaissance to the season continued with fourth place.

History was made as the BTCC’s Hybrid car competed in its first race, driven by former champion Andrew Jordan. While it finished last, this wasn’t due to lack of performance. The Hybrid programme was simply to run the car in racing conditions, and so stayed near the back to avoid any incidents or affecting the championship.

Ash Sutton remains in the lead of the championship with only a handful of races left to go.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	21:21:142
2	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+3.262
3	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+3.666
4	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+4.263
5	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+6.674
6	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+6.929
7	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+7.379
8	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+8.113
9	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.154
10	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+10.564
11	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.757
12	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+16.981
13	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+17.270
14	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+17.621
15	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+18.009
16	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+18.763
17	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+19.410
18	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+19.886
19	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+23.460
20	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+23.822
21	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+24.904
22	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+25.239
23	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+26.015
24	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+28.099
25	Andrew Jordan	Toyota Corolla Hybrid	–	+30.593
Retirements
DNF	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	Wheel
DNF	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	Damage
DNF	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Crash
DNF	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	Crash
DNF	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Mechanical

 

Jake Hill cruised to a dominant win in race two at Croft to take his second British Touring Car Championship win. The win also boosts his title credentials.

While Hill pulled away there was chaos behind him with around 20 cars all running close behind each other. Aiden Moffat defended incredibly well to take second with Josh Cook in third.

Cook was in the action from the off as he and Colin Turkington made contact into the high speed section, thankfully both drivers came out unscathed. The end of lap one saw Rory Butcher’s wretched luck continue as he was out after a collision.

Tom Oliphant also had another race to forget as he retired with suspension damage and the safety car was deployed to recover the two stricken cars.

Just before the safety car was deployed Hill managed to squeeze past Moffat to take the lead.

On lap six came the restart, Hill managed to get away well with Josh Cook all over the back of team mate Senna Proctor, looking to find a way past the local driver.

By la eight Hill was two seconds clear, with Moffat fighting to hold off the BTC Honda duo of Cook and Proctor with the maximum 75kg ballast in his Infiniti.

Cook finally managed to pass Proctor with a gutsy move down the inside into the Sunny corner.

While Hill was strolling to the win, the action was behind him as Moffat was still defending, but with a gaggle of cars behind him all exchanging places. Turkington the biggest loser as he dropped a handful of places after contact with Gordon Shedden into turn one.

Tom Ingram came out of nowhere to be fourth by the end of lap 15 from 12th on the grid.

Hill took the win, the second of his career, with Moffat showing some incredible racecraft and defensive driving to take second, with Cook third.

Ingram finished fourth with championship leader Ash Sutton fifth, Shedden was sixth with Turkington seventh. Proctor finished eighth with Chris Smiley ninth and Adam Morgan tenth.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	27:31:374
2	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+5.508
3	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+6.849
4	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+7.512
5	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+7.749
6	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+7.999
7	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.087
8	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+11.254
9	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+11.916
10	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+12.262
11	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+12.438
12	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+12.771
13	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+13.152
14	Ollie Jaclson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+13.370
15	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+13.810
16	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+14.927
17	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+15.131
18	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+15.330
19	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+16.011
20	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+16.472
21	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+17.225
22	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+18.419
23	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+19.013
24	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+31.145
25	Nick Halstead	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+33.461
26	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Crash
DNF	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	Mechanical
DNF	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Crash

 

Aiden Moffat converted pole to victory in race one at Croft in the British Touring Car Championship. He fended off Jake Hill to take his fourth BTCC win of his career.

Having taken the first pole position of his career on Saturday, he led off the line with second placed qualifier Colin Turkington losing places to Hill and Senna Proctor to sit fourth. His BMW team mate Tom Oliphant had an off on lap one and finished 20th.

On lap three Ollie Jackson came off worst as Chris Smiley dove down the inside of Dan Rowbottom, the pair collided, and with Jackson on the outside of both, he was spun and retired with suspension damage.

The safety car was introduced on lap five as Dan Rowbottom was in the tyre wall as Aron Taylor-Smith clipped the Honda driver and it sent Rowbottom off into the wall.

The race restarted on lap nine and Hill was doing all he can to put the pressure on Moffat.  But the Infiniti driver was defending well and did all he could to hold off the Ford driver.

There weren’t many overtakes at the front with the drivers thinking of the bigger picture and the vital championship points on display. After the first lap the top five didn’t change order once.

Moffat took the chequered flag, with Hill and Proctor rounding off the podium with impressive drives. Turkington took fourth with Josh Cook fifth. He pulled off an incredible double overtake on lap one into the tight right hand hairpin.

Championship leader Ash Sutton was sixth with Smiley seventh, Adam Morgan, Dan Lloyd and Gordon Shedden rounded off the top ten.

Tom Ingram could only manage 12th place in his Hyundai as his title fight takes a hit.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	23:26:297
2	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+0.520
3	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+1.888
4	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+2.269
5	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+2.877
6	Ash Sutton	Infinti Q50	Laser Tools	+4.502
7	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+5.447
8	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+6.728
9	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+7.337
10	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+8.043
11	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+8.808
12	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+9.776
13	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.064
14	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+11.359
15	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+11.970
16	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+12.649
17	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+13.576
18	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+14.276
19	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+14.941
20	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+15.167
21	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+16.101
22	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+17.614
23	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+23.884
24	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+29.719
25	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+30.118
26	Nick Halstead	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+34.270
27	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	Crash
DNF	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	Suspension

Adam Morgan took his second win of the season in the final race of the weekend at Thruxton. Colin Turkington finished second with Senna Proctor third in a race which had three safety car periods.

It didn’t take long for the first safety car to be deployed. Gordon Shedden’s Honda made contact with Jade Edwards’ Honda, sending the pair into the wall and out of the race. The safety car came out to recover the cars.

On the restart on lap six, Ingram was hunting down Sutton, with both drivers fighting for the championship. On lap seven Ingram squeezed past Sutton at the final chicane. Jason Plato seized his opportunity and passed Sutton too.

The second safety car was brought out on lap ten as Sam Smelt and Carl Boardley made contact. Smelt’s car came to a halt on track while Boardley crawled back to the pits.

Just before the safety car was deployed, Ingram passed Stephen Jelley in a brave move around the outside at the high speed Noble corner.

The race was briefly restarted on lap 13 with Ollie Jackson retiring on lap 14 with a right suspension failure. The safety car was brought out for the third time to retrieve his car.

Lap 16 saw the restart, and a point of contention. Coming into the final chicane Morgan locked up heavily, and decided to cut the chicane instead of attempt to make the corner. He made a large gap on Turkington, which he later slowed down to rule out. However the argument could be made that it denied Turkington an overtaking opportunity.

On the final lap Ingram made another daring move on Rory Butcher and took fifth place.

Morgan took the win, with Turkington in second and Proctor in third. Hill, Ingram Butcher, Cook, Plato, Smiley and Sutton rounded off the top ten. 

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	32:38:972
2	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+0.313
3	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+0.767
4	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+1.344
5	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+2.728
6	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+3.022
7	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+3.412
8	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+3.653
9	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+3.954
10	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+4.440
11	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+4.750
12	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+5.660
13	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+5.925
14	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+6.618
15	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+6.969
16	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+7.570
17	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+8.029
18	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+8.486
19	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+8.838
20	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+9.410
21	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+14.049
22	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+21.820
23	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	Mechanical
DNF	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	Suspension
DNF	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	Crash
DNF	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Crash
DNF	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	Crash
DNF	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Crash

Ash Sutton extended his championship lead with a win in race two at Thruxton. He reeled in race one winner Josh Cook, who finished second, with Tom Oliphant third for the WSR team.

Cook led from pole at the start, with Rory Butcher passing Jake Hill, who dropped from second to fourth off the line. Jade Edwards jumped the start, seeming to misread the lights and was given a five second penalty.

There was drama for the Dynamics Honda team as both Dan Rowbottom and Gordon Shedden were into the pits by the end of lap two with mechanical issues. Jack Mitchell joined them in the pits in his Team HARD Cupra Leon, with his team mate Aron Taylor-Smith not even making the start. He broke down on the formation lap.

On lap three Sutton passed Oliphant for second place, with Cook 2.2 seconds up the road in the lead.

The other battle was between Butcher and Tom Ingram, who were fighting over fifth place.

By lap seven Sutton was just a second behind Cook, who had the full 75kg ballast on his Honda Civic. On lap nine Sutton was on the rear bumper of Cook, and was looking for the right opportunity to pass, which he eventually took.

Sutton’s Infiniti made the best exit out of the final chicane and had a run on Cook. He cut down the inside and passed into turn one, taking the lead and cruising to the chequered flag.

Lap 13 saw a hairy moment between Butcher and Ingram, as they made slight contact at Noble, an incredibly high speed corner, thankfully Butcher regained the car and held on without losing a place. However on lap 15 Ingram passed Butcher with a nice switchback move at the Complex. Colin Turkington was in the mix too, but couldn’t pass either.

Sutton took the win and extended his championship lead, with Cook and Oliphant behind him.

Hill was fourth and Butcher inherited fifth as Ingram suffered a puncture on the final lap, sending him all the way down to 12th. Turkington was sixth. Senna Proctor took seventh with Adam Morgan eighth and the Power Maxed pair of Jason Plato and Dan Lloyd rounding off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	20:42:975
2	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+0.878
3	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+4.504
4	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+5.036
5	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+8.059
6	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+8.452
7	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+8.973
8	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+10.140
9	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+10.995
10	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+11.297
11	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+11.596
12	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+13.721
13	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+16.540
14	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+16.844
15	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+17.363
16	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+18.875
17	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+20.066
18	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+22.286
19	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+24.582
20	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+25.105
21	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+27.640
22	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+28.163
23	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+28.679
24	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+29.365*
25	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+46.624
26	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+6 Laps
Retirements
DNF	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Mechanical
DNF	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	Mechanical
DNS	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Driveshaft

• – Jade Edwards received a 5 second penalty for a jump start.

Josh Cook cruised to his seventh win at Thruxton to keep his title challenge going in round 16 of the British Touring Car Championship.

He surged into the lead off the start line from third, passing Jake Hill and polesitter Dan Rowbottom and into the lead which he never surrendered.

Tom Oliphant also had a fine start from fifth and was third by the end of the first lap. Hill started well and passed Oliphant for second at the chicane.

A couple of cars were seen going off at the high-speed Church corner, with Paul Rivett spinning on lap two. Nicholas Hamilton later did the same, both losing the back end and spinning.

There was a battle developing behind the top three with seven cars all fighting for a better position. Ash Sutton put the moves on Adam Morgan into Church to take sixth and soon made light work of Rowbottom to chase down Rory Butcher in fourth.

The Scot did incredibly well in his Toyota to fend off the championship leader, despite the fact Sutton had 75kg of success ballast on his Infiniti.

On the penultimate lap Jason Plato was chasing down Ingram for tenth place on the road. Having been on his rear bumper for the majority of the race, the veteran finally made his move into the final chicane.

Plato squeezed past and Colin Turkington swooped in to capitalise on Ingram’s lost momentum. Ingram however recovered and passed Turkington into the complex.

Cook cruised to the win, his seventh at Thruxton and the 11th of his career. Hill and Oliphant rounded off the podium. Butcher impressively held off Sutton for fourth with Rowbottom going from pole on the grid to sixth. Morgan was seventh with Senna Proctor eighth. Plato and Ingram came home ninth and tenth.

Dan Lloyd was eighth on the road at the chequered flag but he was given a five second penalty for being out of position at the start.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	20:37:012
2	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+1.360
3	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+3.740
4	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+5.847
5	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+6.506
6	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+9.260
7	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+10.617
8	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+12.144
9	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+14.511
10	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+15.970
11	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+16.635*
12	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+16.667
13	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+17.480
14	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+17.845
15	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+18.535
16	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+21.375
17	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+21.659
18	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+22.165
19	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+23.507
20	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+23.983
21	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+24.259
22	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+31.014
23	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+33.060
24	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+35.373
25	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+35.696
26	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+1 Lap
27	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+1 Lap
28	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+1 Lap
29	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+1 Lap

• – Dan Lloyd given a 5 second penalty for improper grid position.

Tom Ingram maintained his title aspirations as he took the final race win at Knockhill.

The 19th BTCC win of his career, the Hyundai driver fought hard and passed polesitter Stephen Jelley and held on for the win to close the gap to championship leader Ash Sutton.

At the start Jelley led, Ingram managed to pass Senna Proctor in on lap one to take third. Proctor’s team mate Josh Cook lost power coming out of turn one and parked up his Honda. The safety car was brought out while the marshals retrieved his car.

Lap four saw the restart with Jelley, Plato, Ingram and Proctor all close together. Ingram had the quicker car and was chasing Plato for 2nd place.

It wasn’t until lap ten when Plato ran wide at the final hairpin and Ingram and Proctor snuck down the inside to take 2nd and 3rd respectively. The next target for Ingram was Jelley in the BMW out in front.

Plato then lost out to Ash Sutton in his Infiniti as he dove down the inside into turn one.

The move for the lead came on lap 17 as Ingram replicated his move on Plato as he dove down the inside of Jelley and Proctor again was the beneficiary as he followed Ingram through for 2nd place.

Proctor had had a fantastic weekend, holding on to the tail of Ingram and followed him home to finish 2nd in his BTC Honda Civic.

Ingram took the win to close Sutton’s championship lead. Proctor was 2nd with Jelley a distant third.

Shedden, Sutton, Chris Smiley, Moffat, Turkington, Plato and Rowbottom rounded off the top ten to cap off a brilliant round of racing at Knockhill.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	22:23:760
2	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+1.383
3	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+4.658
4	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+5.211
5	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+5.273
6	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+6.033
7	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+6.432
8	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.298
9	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+11.932
10	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+12.546
11	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+16.436
12	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+16.883
13	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+17.076
14	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+17.507
15	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+18.575
16	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+19.350
17	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+19.796
18	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+20.405
19	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+23.312
20	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+23.466
21	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+24.111
22	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+24.420
23	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+24.482
24	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+25.027
25	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+25.120
26	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+38.599
27	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+3 Laps
28	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+4 Laps
Retirements
DNF	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Mechanical (1)

 

Ash Sutton capitalized on a rare Colin Turkington error to take the win in race two at Knockhill and extend his championship lead.

After a titanic race-long battle, Sutton prevailed when Turkington ran wide on the final lap.

At the start, Chris Smiley stalled on the start and didn’t get away, but further back Nicholas Hamilton moved across on Tom Oliphant, and caught the BMW, spinning into the wall and bringing out the safety car.

Lap seven saw the restart, with Josh Cook having to fend off Ash Sutton. On lap nine Sutton managed to pass Cook at the hairpin and began his hunt on Turkington.

On lap 12 Turkington had a 1.1 second lead, by lap 15 they were bumper to bumper. In a fascinating battle Sutton was well in the ascendancy. On lap 17 the pair were side by side heading into the hairpin, but Turkington prevailed this time.

Rory Butcher was fighting up the order and passed Tom Ingram with a nice switchback into the hairpin. By lap 22 he was past Moffat heading down the start-finish straight. However he came across too much on Moffat and the pair collided. Butcher’s race ended in the tyre barrier and brought out a second safety car.

On the restart Turkington was defending hard, heading into the final lap Turkington made an uncharacteristic mistake, running wide and opening the door for Sutton to pass and take the win to extend his title lead.

Turkington came second, with Jake Hill a fine third. Cook, Gordon Shedden, Ingram, Proctor, Jason Plato, Stephen Jelley and Carl Boardley rounded off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	27:06:766
2	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+1.043
3	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+1.770
4	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+2.258
5	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+2.672
6	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+3.202
7	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+4.427
8	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+4.829
9	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+5.068
10	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+5.656
11	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+8.393
12	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+8.714
13	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+9.246
14	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+10.003
15	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+13.090
16	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+13.197
17	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+13.503
18	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+14.535
19	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+14.825
20	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+14.862
21	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+15.386
22	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+16.649
23	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+18.008
24	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+18.188
25	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+18.401
26	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+19.010
27	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Crash (22)
DNF	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Crash (1)

 

Colin Turkington cruised to victory to reignite his title challenge, and also took Team WSR’s 100th BTCC win.

The BMW driver led from lights to flag with BTC Racing duo Senna Proctor and Josh Cook both on the podium.

Turkington led off the grid after a good start. By the end of lap three he was 2.5 seconds ahead of Proctor, who had to hold off a train of cars led by Chris Smiley.

On lap four Dan Lloyd went off at the exit of the chicane and hit the wall. This brought out the safety car while his stricken Vauxhall Astra was recovered and the wall fixed.

Lap 11 saw the race resume and Turkington again pulled away, opening up a three second lead easily. Proctor managed to pull away from Smiley too as he cruised to a second placed finish.

His team mate Cook was on the rear bumper of Smiley, looking for an opportunity to overtake. He finally managed it with a bold move down the inside of Clark corner. Reigning champion Ash Sutton then dove down the inside of Smiley at the hairpin to take fourth.

Coming out of the hairpin Tom Oliphant was spun off and retired from the race, with Ollie Jackson also having his own issues, going wide at the hairpin and coming into the pits, never returning to the race.

Turkington took the flag and got his title challenge back underway after a few poor weekends. Proctor and Cook took the other podium places for a strong BTC Racing showing.

Sutton, Smiley, Jake Hill, Aiden Moffat, Gordon Shedden, Rory Butcher and Tom Ingram rounded off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	26:03:813
2	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+4.254
3	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+8.076
4	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+8.643
5	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+12.071
6	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+13.061
7	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+13.111
8	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+16.273
9	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+25.848
10	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+27.688
11	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+27.899
12	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+28.167
13	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+28.487
14	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+29.759
15	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+30.167
16	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+30.727
17	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+32.558
18	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+33.619
19	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+34.705
20	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+35.693
21	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+38.341
22	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+38.665
23	Paul Rivett	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+39.317
24	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+39.869
25	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+41.021
26	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	Mechanical (22)
DNF	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	Damage (21)
DNF	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	Crash (4)

 

Rory Butcher secured the win in round 11 of the British Touring Car Championship in a frenetic second race at Oulton Park.

He took the lead on lap one and held on with Dan Rowbottom and Adam Morgan completing the podium.

Rowbottom made the best start and held on to the lead with Butcher and Gordon Shedden in tow. Butcher held off his brother in law and made a brave move on Rowbottom into the Knickerbrook chicane to take the lead.

On lap two Senna Proctor made a brilliant move down the inside of team mate Josh Cook and Jake Hill into the hairpin and passed both. Behind them Ollie Jackson and Jack Goff both collided. This ended Goff’s 100% points finishes record this season.

On lap three, same place, another collision as Colin Turkington tapped Cook, who slid into Jason Plato, with Cook coming off the worse and retiring from damage.

Butcher was pulling away but Rowbottom had to defend from Morgan, who was having another fantastic weekend around Oulton Park. Securing his second third place finish of the weekend.

Ash Sutton and Tom Ingram are both fighting for the title and have both recovered from setbacks to be in the top ten in race two.

Butcher strolled to the win with Rowbottom in 2nd and Morgan in 3rd. Hill, Moffat, Shedden Jelley, Sutton, Proctor and Ingram rounded off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	17:35:137
2	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+1.695
3	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+2.500
4	Jake Hill	Ford Focus	MB Motorsport	+2.944
5	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+3.200
6	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+4.653
7	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+5.811
8	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+6.035
9	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+6.305
10	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+6.546
11	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+6.661
12	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+6.826
13	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+10.693
14	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+15.436
15	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus	Motorbase	+17.329
16	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+17.859
17	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+18.613
18	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+20.108
19	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+20.317
20	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+20.575
21	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+23.129*
22	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+23.365
23	Rick Parfitt	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+24.281
24	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+26.062
25	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+4 Laps
Retirements
DMF	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus	MB Motorsport	Damage
DNF	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Crash
DNS	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	Damage