Category: BTCC

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

 

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