Category: Touring Cars

Charles Rainford picked up his maiden win while securing a clean sweep for WSR in the process. In just his sixth BTCC race, Rainford moved up from third on the grid to take the lead.

Jake Hill came home second behind his teammate with Tom Ingram having to settle for third. It’s the first time since 2015 that three different WSR drivers picked up wins over a single race weekend.

Dan Rowbottom had pole position thanks to the reverse grid draw, and led off the line; despite a brilliant start by Hill. Rainford managed to get past Hill before making a move on Rowbottom into Paddock Hill on lap two.

The BTCC is renowned for its bumper to bumper action, but Aiden Moffat took that too literally when he was repeatedly tapping the rear end of Ash Sutton’s Ford Focus. The Scot was handed a warning and backed off.

Hill fought and finally passed Rowbottom on lap nine, and went in pursuit of Rainford ahead. Meanwhile behind, Ingram made his way from 11th on the grid up to third in his Hyundai, setting the fastest lap in the process.

A few laps from the end Rainford was under pressure, trying to keep his composure and secure his win. Max Hall going off at Clearways and parking his Cupra could have brought out the safety car, but the stewards let the race come to a natural conclusion.

On the penultimate lap Ingram fought Hill for second, making slight contact into Druids. Despite the scuffle, Hill prevailed, and it allowed Rainford to get away and secure his first win.

Rainford took first, Hill second and Ingram third. Sutton came home fourth with Chris Smiley and Josh Cook following behind. Tom Chilton recovered from a poor race one to finish seventh. Moffat, Rowbottom and Gordon Shedden rounded off the top ten.

James Dorlin, Adam Morgan, race two winner Daryl DeLeon took home points. Dan Cammish recovered from his race two DNF to take 14th with Aron Taylor-Smith grabbing the last point for 15th.

Ash Sutton retakes the lead of the championship by just five points to Ingram, with Hill third heading to the next trio of races at Snetterton.

Pos	Name	Team	Car
1 (3)	Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330e
2 (2)	Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e
3 (11)	Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
4 (7)	Ash SUTTON	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
5 (6)	Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
6 (4)	Josh COOK	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
7 (12)	Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
8 (5)	Aiden MOFFAT	Team WSR	BMW 330e
9 (1)	Dan ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
10 (16)	Gordon SHEDDEN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
11 (18)	James DORLIN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
12 (8)	Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
13 (9)	Daryl DELEON	Team WSR	BMW 330e
14 (23)	Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
15 (15)	Aron TAYLOR-SMITH	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
16 (14)	Michael CREES	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
17 (10)	Ronan PEARSON	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
18 (17)	Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
19 (13)	Stephen JELLEY	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
20 (22)	Mikey DOBLE	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
21 (25)	Dexter PATTERSON	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon
22 (21)	Dan LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
23 (19)	Nicholas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey	Cupra Leon
24 (20)	Nick HALSTEAD	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
25 (24)	Max HALL	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon

Daryl DeLeon secured his maiden BTCC win as he took the chequered flag for WSR in round five at Brands Hatch. A chaotic race dominated by tyre compounds and interrupted by two safety car periods, DeLeon was on the better soft tyre and powered to victory in his BMW. Adam Morgan finished second with Ash Sutton taking his 100th BTCC podium in third.

Race one winner Jake Hill started on pole with Charles Rainford second to make it an all-BMW front row. They sped off the line, both on the hard tyre, which would mean a deficit in pace to the soft tyre shod cars.

Dan Cammish made his way up to third, battling Rainford for second before passing him on lap four at Clearways.

Lap five saw DeLeon take third from Rainford, his hard tyres making it hard to defend. The first piece of drama came when Dan Lloyd was punted wide on the Cooper straight. He made a pit stop but finished a lap down in 21st.

The first of two safety car periods came on lap seven when Max Hall and Dexter Patterson collided at Paddock Hill and ended up in the gravel trap. After a near ten-lap delay, the safety car was halfway down the pit lane when it was to be re-deployed.

As is standard procedure with safety car restarts, Hill was bunching up the pack. However Dan Cammish encountered an issue with his Ford Focus, causing it to stop. Cars made their way past the stricken Yorkshireman, but Aiden Moffat wasn’t as lucky; running into the back of Cammish. Causing another safety car to clear his car and the debris on the circuit.

This promoted DeLeon up to second, and on the restart he wasted no time. He passed Hill into Paddock Hill bend in what was a gutsy overtake. He pulled it off and led away to the chequered flag. This began Hill’s descent down the grid as the soft tyre cars made their way through.

The best of the overtakes on Hill however, went to Adam Morgan, who rounded the BMW on the outside at Paddock.

DeLeon strolled to the finish, taking his first win in the series. Morgan and Sutton finished on the podium, with Chris Smiley following Sutton through the grid for fourth place.

Moffat finished fifth despite the contact with Cammish, making up 15 places in the process. Josh Cook was sixth with Rainford and Hill following behind. Dan Rowbottom and Ronan Pearson rounded out the top ten.

Championship leader Tom Ingram could only finish 11th on the hard tyre, with Tom Chilton in 12th. The final three points places were taken by Stephen Jelley, Michael Crees, and Aron Taylor-Smith.

Dan Rowbottom will start the final race on pole thanks to the reverse grid draw, with Sutton and Ingram looking to fight through the grid for vital points.

Pos	Name	Team	Car
1 (7)	Daryl DELEON	Team WSR	BMW 330e
2 (4)	Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
3 (10)	Ash SUTTON	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
4 (12)	Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
5 (20)	Aiden MOFFAT	Team WSR	BMW 330e
6 (15)	Josh COOK	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
7 (2)	Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330e
8 (1)	Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e
9 (18)	Dan ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
10 (11)	Ronan PEARSON	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
11 (3)	Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
12 (22)	Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
13 (14)	Stephen JELLEY	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
14 (13)	Michael CREES	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
15 (16)	Aron TAYLOR-SMITH	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
16 (21)	Gordon SHEDDEN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
17 (8)	Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
18 (17)	James DORLIN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
19 (25)	Nicholas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey	Cupra Leon
20 (24)	Nick HALSTEAD	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
21 (9)	Dan LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
22 (6)	Mikey DOBLE	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
DNF (5)	Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
DNF (19)	Dexter PATTERSON	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon
DNF (23)	Max HALL	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon

Jake Hill ignited his championship defence with a lights to flag win in round four of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch.

BMW teammate Charles Rainford followed for a one-two finish for the WSR team; a record breaking 133rd win making them the most successful team in BTCC history. Tom Ingram claimed third place, and while briefly threatening the BMW’s in front, he managed his race well for third.

Hill and Rainford got away well at the start, settling into a formation which wouldn’t be breached for the duration of the 24 lap race. Ash Sutton was the one who started best, making three places off the grid from 13th. Dan Lloyd was given a five second penalty for a false start, taking him from seventh to ninth.

Ingram started to pressure the BMW duo on lap two, the Team Vertu driver had a promising opening weekend at Donington Park last time out, and pulled away from teammate Adam Morgan in pursuit of the leaders.

The BMW hadn’t shown much pace at Donington, but with Brands favouring rear wheel drive, they came to life here. Rainford set a new lap record not once, but twice; showing Donington was just a blip.

By lap nine Hill had settled into a rhythm, while Rainford had Ingram to deal with. The Hyundai driver putting pressure on Rainford, the rookie who was starting his fourth BTCC race.

After a few laps of pressure, Ingram decided to play the long game, and eased off, settling for third. This led to Morgan closing in, and the Excelr8 drivers running in formation.

Hill strolled to his first win of the season, in the process kick-starting his championship defence. Rainford followed home six tenths behind for his first BTCC podium. With a performance like that, it will surely be the first of many.

Ingram and Morgan followed behind with Dan Cammish having a quiet race, coming home fifth. Mikey Doble was sixth for Power Maxed Racing with Lloyd finishing seventh on the road, but dropping to ninth once his penalty was applied.

Daryl Deleon and Sam Osborne were the beneficiaries of Lloyd’s penalty, finishing seventh and eighth. Ash Sutton rounded off the top ten for NAPA Racing. Ronan Pearson, Chris Smiley, Michael Crees took points finishes with the two ONE Motorsport Honda’s of Stephen Jelley and Josh Cook taking the final points places.

Tom Ingram takes the lead of the championship, capitalising on Sutton finishing lower down the order, with Jake Hill now third. The BMW man will be starting on pole for race two, which will give him an advantage and a chance to climb further up the table.

Pos	Name	Team	Car
1	Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e
2	Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330e
3	Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
4	Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
5	Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
6	Mikey DOBLE	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
7	Daryl DELEON	Team WSR	BMW 330e
8	Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
9	Dan LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
10	Ash SUTTON	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
11	Ronan PEARSON	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
12	Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30N
13	Michael CREES	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
14	Stephen JELLEY	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
15	Josh COOK	ONE Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
16	Aron TAYLOR-SMITH	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
17	James DORLIN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
18	Dan ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing	Ford Focus
19	Dexter PATTERSON	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon
20	Aiden MOFFAT	Team WSR	BMW 330e
21	Gordon SHEDDEN	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota Corolla
22	Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30N
23	Max HALL	RoKIT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	Cupra Leon
24	Nick HALSTEAD	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra
DNF	Nicholas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey	Cupra Leon

Ash Sutton celebrated his title win by cruising to his fifth race win of the year in the final race of the season at Brands Hatch.

He burst through from fourth on the grid to stroll to the win in his Infiniti. Dan Rowbottom and Tom Ingram rounded off the podium after a race-long battle between the pair.

Rory Butcher had a poor start which allowed Sutton to fly into third. He was soon past Chilton into second, with Rowbottom into third as he passed Chilton on lap two.

Sutton’s team mate Carl Boardley spun off and his season ended early at Graham Hill bend.  As did Colin Turkington’s, with his title challenge over, he had a moment coming out of Graham Hill bend and pulled into the pits.

Lap three and Sutton made his move for the lead past Stephen Jelley into Paddock Hill bend.

Jack Mitchell went off in his Cupra Leon to bring out the final Safety Car of the season. While this neutralised the race, Sutton still had everything under control.

He pulled away into the distance and left Rowbottom and Ingram to squabble for second place. The Hyundai driver couldn’t quite get the better of the Team Dynamics Honda and Rowbottom took second in an impressive debut season having replaced Matt Neal.

Jake Hill finished fourth with Josh Cook having to settle for third in the championship and couldn’t capitalise on Turkington’s retirement having won the first two races of the season.

Tom Chilton recorded his best finish of the season in sixth. Shedden finished seventh with Jack Goff, Butcher and Jason Plato rounding off the top ten.

The title went to Sutton, who won his third title and his second successive championship.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	30:22:671
2	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+1.369
3	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+1.502
4	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+3.274
5	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+8.001
6	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+8.960
7	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+9.682
8	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+10.043
9	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+11.992
10	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+13.002
11	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+14.806
12	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+15.345
13	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+15.962
14	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+17.214
15	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+17.461
16	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+17.697
17	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+19.176
18	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+19.397
19	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+20.545
20	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+21.143
21	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+21.462
22	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+31.965
23	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+32.503
24	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+42.127
25	Andy Wilmot	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Crash
DNF	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	Damage
DNF	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	Crash
DNS	Rick Parfitt	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	Mechanical

 

Josh Cook won in race two at Brands Hatch in the BTCC but it was Ash Sutton who stole the headlines as he sealed his third BTCC title.

The Infiniti driver finished sixth meaning he had enough of a gap over Colin Turkington to seal his second successive title win.

There was chaos on the opening lap when Senna Proctor went off at the Druids hairpin. Further into the lap Ollie Jackson was spun around, and collected Tom Oliphant and Adam Morgan too. Inevitably the Safety Car was deployed.

On the restart Cook pulled away under some initial pressure from Dan Lloyd. On lap seven Rory Butcher was nudged onto the grass going into Druids in a tussle with Aiden Moffat. Moffat collected damage and spun going into Graham Hill bend.

Sutton was doing what he needed to seal the win but another Safety Car was deployed on lap 13 when Nicholas Hamilton went off into the gravel trap.

There was little action following the restart and Cook cruised to his fifth win of the season from Lloyd and Gordon Shedden who rounded off the podium.

Turkington was fourth with Dan Rowbottom fifth, Sutton finished sixth and was overcome with emotion on the slow down lap as it sunk in that he’d won his third title, the youngest driver to ever do so.

Butcher, Stephen Jelley, Jake Hill and Jack Goff rounded out the top ten,

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	30:55:544
2	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+0.587
3	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+1.432
4	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+1.745
5	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+2.352
6	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+3.169
7	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+4.073
8	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+4.333
9	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+4.805
10	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+5.706
11	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+6.809
12	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+6.924
13	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+7.358
14	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+7.903
15	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+8.533
16	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+11.243
17	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+12.094
18	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+12.246
19	Andy Wilmot	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+15.083
20	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+59.263
21	Rick Parfitt	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+1 Lap
22	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+1 Lap
Retirements
DNF	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Spin
DNF	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	Damage
DNF	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	Damage
DNF	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	Crash
DNF	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	Crash
DNF	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	Crash
DNF	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Crash

Colin Turkington took his 60th British Touring Car Championship win in a lights to flag victory for the BMW driver.

He has matched touring car legend Andy Rouse’s tally of 60 in an uneventful race for the Northern Irishman. His 330i M Sport was ballast free and meant he had the advantage out front.

The Safety Car was deployed on lap one as Jack Butel and Sam Smelt clashed coming out of Redgate, ending both their afternoons.

The restart came on lap four with Turkington pulling away thanks to those behind him having ballast to deal with. Newly crowned Jack Sears Trophy winner Dan Rowbottom and Dan Lloyd were both given five second penalties for jumping the start.

Following his race two penalty, Tom Ingram was doing his best to hold on to eighth with title rival Ash Sutton behind him. The fight was close, with Stephen Jelley in the mix too.

The win was looking like a foregone conclusion by lap 11 as Turkington was far ahead. Behind him Jake Hill passed Rowbottom for second but was too far back to challenge Turkington. Josh Cook tried to get through too but couldn’t make the move stick and fell to fifth with Rory Butcher sneaking past too.

Sutton finally passed Ingram into Coppice corner and came home eighth, with only one title rival in Turkington ahead of him.

The BMW man took the win, with Hill four seconds back. Aiden Moffat capped off a fine weekend with third, Butcher and Cook were fourth and fifth once Rowbottom’s penalty was applied, he finished sixth with Lloyd seventh after his penalty was applied too. Sutton, Jelley and Ingram rounded off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	22:27:150
2	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+4.096
3	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+4.945
4	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+7.401
5	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+7.752
6	Dan Rowbottom*	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+11.136
7	Dan Lloyd*	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+13.260
8	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+13.594
9	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+18.258
10	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+19.615
11	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+20.201
12	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+22.557
13	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+24.079
14	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+24.251
15	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+24.651
16	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+25.309
17	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+25.679
18	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+25.887
19	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+26.533
20	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+27.104
21	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+28.928
22	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+29.252
23	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+33.338
24	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+41.519
25	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+47.549
26	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+2 Laps
Retirements
DNF	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Mechanical
DNF	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Collision
DNF	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	Collision

• – Rowbottom and Lloyd handed five second penalties for jumping the start.

Gordon Shedden inherited the race two win from Tom Ingram, won had won his fourth race of the season on the road to keep his title hopes alive in race two at Donington Park in stunning fashion.

The Hyundai driver made up ten places, having started 11th, and was followed home by race one winner Gordon Shedden and Rory Butcher finished third. However Ingram was given a one second penalty as he was adjudged to have made contact with Shedden in order to pass him.

Butcher muscled his Toyota into the lead on lap one having started third but soon lost it a lap later as brother in law Shedden regained his lead. Ingram had an incredible start moving to sixth by the end of the lap from 11th on the grid.

By the end of lap two Ingram was fourth before moving into the top three by the end of lap three. His ballast free car easing past his heavier opponents.

Lap five saw Ingram pass Butcher at Redgate and he hunted down Shedden in the lead. Championship leader Ash Sutton was struggling, deciding to be defensive rather than attack. He was passed by the Honda’s of Josh Cook and Dan Rowbottom but had a late resurgence in the final few laps to finish fourth in the end.

Another title fighter Colin Turkington was up into fourth, chasing down Butcher. Meanwhile back at the front Ingram finally made his way past Shedden, with the Scotsman’s Honda struggling with the maximum 75kg of ballast.

On lap 13 Turkington was fighting hard for third, but going into the Old Hairpin corner he got too much on the grass on the inside and it put his BMW into a spin, dropping him down to 11th where he finished.

Ingram took the win on the road, but was demoted to second, with Shedden and Butcher following behind. Sutton was fourth, with Dan Lloyd, Senna Proctor, Josh Cook, Aiden Moffat, Jake Hill and Dan Rowbottom rounding off the top ten.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	18:50:277
2	Tom Ingram*	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+0.254
3	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+2.451
4	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+3.218
5	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+6.114
6	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+7.486
7	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+7.524
8	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+7.791
9	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+8.212
10	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+8.299
11	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+8.561
12	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+10.243
13	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+10.427
14	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+10.622
15	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+11.246
16	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+12.309
17	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+13.501
18	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+14.163
19	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+15.407
20	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+15.667
21	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+17.105
22	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+17.661
23	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+19.350
24	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+19.519
25	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+21.616
26	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+22.467
27	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+28.185
28	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+34.254
Retirements
DNS	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	Crash Damage

• – Tom Ingram given one second penalty following incident with Gordon Shedden.

Gordon Shedden converted pole position to victory in the first race of the day at Donington Park.

The Team Dynamics driver held off Dan Lloyd in his Power Maxed Vauxhall Astra to take another win this season after a slow start to life back in the BTCC.

The top two got away with Jason Plato losing his third place to Rory Butcher and then lost fourth to Senna Proctor as the pair had better first laps.

The Safety Car was deployed on lap three when Adam Morgan’s BMW was tapped by the MB Motorsport Ford Focus of Jake Hill, spinning the Ciceley driver into the tyre wall at the Craner Curves. Hill recovered, pitted and surged back up the grid to finish 17th.

On the restart Ash Sutton was forcing his way through the field, picking his battles and capitalising on others fighting ahead of him. He squeezed his Infiniti past and was soon on the back of former team mate Plato’s Astra.

While the Ash Sutton of old would force a move, the Laser Tools driver has learned and chose to be patient and bank the championship points he needs. Finishing seventh with only one title rival in Colin Turkington ahead of him, who finished fifth.

Up front Shedden took the win by just over a second with Lloyd behind him in another impressive finish for the Vauxhall backed team. Butcher finished third with Proctor close behind. Turkington, Plato and Sutton all followed, eight titles between them. Josh Cook, Chris Smiley and Ollie Jackson rounded off the top ten.

Two title protagonists finished outside the top ten, with Tom Ingram 11th and Jake Hill 17th after his early contact with Morgan.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	24:43:829
2	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+1.331
3	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+2.524
4	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+2.789
5	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+3.359
6	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+4.300
7	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+4.551
8	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+7.198
9	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+10.631
10	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+11.026
11	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+13.650
12	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+13.995
13	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+14.269
14	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+16.685
15	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+17.121
16	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+17.887
17	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+18.976
18	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+20.070
19	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+20.376
20	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+20.828
21	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+21.345
22	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+21.745
23	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+22.113
24	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+24.122
25	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+24.671
26	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+27.233
27	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+29.657
28	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+34.189
Retirements
DNF	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	Crash

Jake Hill reignited his title challenge by taking the win in the third and final race of the weekend at Silverstone. He overtook and held off reverse grid polesitter Dan Lloyd who finished second.

Ash Sutton managed to extend his title lead by finishing third after a quiet but consistent weekend for the reigning champion.

Lloyd made a good start from pole, while team mate Jason Plato, who started second, fell down the order, losing places to Hill and Stephen Jelley in his BMW.

Tom Chiton’s poor weekend continued as he collided with Sam Osborne coming out of Copse. He spun off but managed to rejoin and finished last on the road.

The BTCC Hybrid programme was concluded with the Toyota Corolla Hybrid driven by 2013 champion Andrew Jordan pulling into the pits midway through the race. The objective of the car was not to affect the action or get into any incidents. The programme a success on both fronts.

On lap 11 Hill managed to get past Lloyd and it was a lead he didn’t give up. He passed into Copse with a brilliant move and held on from then on in. Sutton was doing his best to catch the leading duo. He dispatched Chris Smiley on lap 16 into Becketts. Smiley had a good race, running in fourth for the majority of the race and held on for it.

Sutton was charging, he couldn’t quite catch Hill and Lloyd but by finishing third he manages to extend his championship lead with Tom Ingram and Hill chasing behind.

Josh Cook had the poorest weekend of the five title challengers, with Colin Turkington grabbing a hat-full of consistent points.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	21:24:184
2	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+0.698
3	Ash Sutton	Infinti Q50	Laser Tools	+1.444
4	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+4.474
5	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+4.906
6	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+5.269
7	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+5.476
8	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+6.146
9	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+7.740
10	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+8.731
11	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+8.938
12	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+10.652
13	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+11.434
14	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+12.965
15	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+13.277
16	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+13.566
17	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+14.111
18	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+15.390
19	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+15.487
20	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	+16.120
21	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+16.273
22	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+20.854
23	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+21.147
24	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	+21.405
25	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+22.992
26	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+27.816
27	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+28.265
28	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+28.534
Retirements
DNF	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	Mechanical
DNF	Andrew Jordan	Toyota Corolla Hybrid	–	N/A

 

Rory Butcher took his second win from two at Silverstone as he held off a chasing Josh Cook.

Once Cook had cleared Tom ingram in a thrilling race-long battle, he hunted down Butcher but couldn’t quite take the win.

Cook was however disqualified from the result for failing a ride height check at the end of race scrutineering.

The first of two safety car periods came on lap three when Nicholas Hamilton’s Cupra was in the gravel trap. He recovered and rejoined the race.

On the restart Josh Cook was battling Tom Ingram for second place. The pair were side by side from Brooklands through to Becketts. The Hyundai of Ingram prevailed and he maintained second place.

On lap nine there were two incidents to bring out the second Safety Car. Carl Boardley was tapped into Copse by Andy Neate’s Ford. Further back Jade Edwards and Gordon Shedden collided and not for the first time this season. Shedden tipped Edwards into the gravel at Brooklands and out of the race.

Racing resumed on lap 16 with Sam Smelt joining the list of retirements with a mechanical issue. It was round two of the Cook and Ingram battle on lap 17. This time Cook managed to squeeze past Ingram into Copse and went on the hunt for race leader Butcher.

Senna Proctor was next to join the list of retirements after contact going into Becketts. His team mate Cook however was closing in on Butcher, and was hot on his heels into the penultimate lap.

The final lap meant it was now or never for Cook. He made an audacious dive down the inside of Butcher into Brooklands, getting onto the grass, but Butcher held on for the win.

He took his second win of the day from Cook, Ingram came third with Colin Turkington behind him. Championship leader Ash Sutton finished fifth with team mate Aiden Moffat behind him. Dan Rowbottom, Chris Smiley, Stephen Jelley were seventh, eighth and ninth respectively with Jake Hill going from 21st on the grid to tenth.

Pos	Driver	Car	Team	+/-
1	Rory Butcher	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	27:16:006
2	Tom Ingram	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+3.021
3	Colin Turkington	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+3.162
4	Ash Sutton	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+3.456
5	Aiden Moffat	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	+3.492
6	Dan Rowbottom	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+4.182
7	Chris Smiley	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+4.494
8	Stephen Jelley	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+5.550
9	Jake Hill	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+6.706
10	Jason Plato	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+7.031
11	Dan Lloyd	Vauxhall Astra	Power Maxed	+7.036
12	Aron Taylor-Smith	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+7.796
13	Tom Chilton	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+8.348
14	Sam Osborne	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+9.570
15	Jack Goff	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+9.728
16	Jack Butel	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+10.036
17	Adam Morgan	BMW 330i M Sport	Ciceley	+10.166
18	Ollie Jackson	Ford Focus ST	MB Motorsport	+10.773
19	Gordon Shedden	Honda Civic Type R	Team Dynamics	+11.066
20	Andrew Jordan	Toyota Corolla Hybrid	–	+11.621
21	Tom Oliphant	BMW 330i M Sport	Team WSR	+13.751
22	Jack Mitchell	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+14.902
23	Andy Neate	Ford Focus ST	Motorbase	+15.589
24	Rick Parfitt Jr	Hyundai i30N	Excelr8	+15.754
25	Nicholas Hamilton	Cupra Leon	Team HARD	+24.217
Retirements
DNF	Carl Boardley	Infiniti Q50	Laser Tools	Damage
DNF	Senna Proctor	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Mechanical
DNF	Sam Smelt	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Gazoo	Mechanical
DNF	Jade Edwards	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Crash
DSQ	Josh Cook	Honda Civic Type R	BTC Racing	Ride Height