Staff BMW‘s Colin Turkington accomplished an almighty comeback from the again of the grid initially of the day to seal Race Three honours at Oulton Park on Sunday afternoon in top-of-the-line sequence of the season.
Turkington was disqualified from qualifying for failing post-session scrutineering checks and began from the again. He charged from twenty seventh to ninth within the first race after which moved as much as fourth in Race Two earlier than saving his greatest for final to seal a sixty fifth BTCC profession win.
It was additionally a weekend to save lots of for Dick Bennetts’ WSR squad with a BMW 1-2-3 with stablemates Jake Hill and Adam Morgan rounding off the rostrum. The previous particularly was stopped from claiming a historic hat-trick solely accomplished by Dan Eaves and Jason Plato beforehand and one which Ash Sutton has threatened this season.
However on Sutton, it wasn’t the top of the day he hoped as he hit strife on the primary nook. Tussling with Tom Ingram, he was squeezed into the pit wall and after additional contact as his automobile started to floor to a halt, he was out of the race.
He trudged by the myriad of spectators at Oulton Park together with his helmet on displaying his frustrations. Ingram as of time of writing has not been penalised, with the final view being that Sutton selected the fallacious transfer down the surface and wasn’t shunted into the wall by the defending champion.
However after lamenting being sat behind him all season, he lastly received away however solely resulting from retirement because the hole has now closed to only some factors within the Drivers’ Championship heading into Croft.
Dan Cammish was behind Ingram on the end with Aiden Moffat surging by the order however unable to make the progress that commentators Tim Harvey and David Addison anticipated on the Smooth Compound tyre. Similar might be mentioned for Dan Rowbottom who surged by to eighth from the again however couldn’t bother additional locations.
Ricky Collard, Rory Butcher and George Gamble additionally completed collectively rounding out the highest 11.
Jade Edwards‘ luck was exhibited too with the Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Staff HARD Racing driver who has been the recipient of some harsh luck having one in all her higher showings of the yr. However sat in sixteenth simply exterior of the factors marginally.
2023 British Touring Automobile Championship – Race 3 – Oulton Park
1. Colin Turkington, Staff BMW 18 Laps2. Jake Hill, Laser Instruments Racing with MB Motorsport +1.762s3. Adam Morgan, Staff BMW +4.305s4. Tom Ingram, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +4.709s5. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +6.176s6. Aiden Moffat, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +7.179s7. Josh Prepare dinner, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +9.306s8. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK +9.512s9. Ricky Collard, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +11.786s10. Rory Butcher, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +17.512s11. George Gamble, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +19.322s12. Tom Chilton, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +19.949s13. Stephen Jelley, Staff BMW +20.749s14. Sam Osborne, NAPA Racing UK +21.766s15. Andrew Watson, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +22.875s16. Jade Edwards, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Staff HARD +25.203s17. Ronan Pearson, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +29.115s18. Jack Butel, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +32.133s19. Nick Halstead, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +33.189s20. Dexter Patterson, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Staff HARD +33.375s 21. Will Powell, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +39.181s22. Mikey Doble, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +52.137s23. Bobby Thompson, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +1 Lap24. Daniel Lloyd, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +1 Lap25. Nic Hamilton, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +1 Lap26. Árón Taylor-Smith, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +4 Laps27. Ashley Sutton, NAPA Racing UK DNF
