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Josh Cook profits from the first lap drama to win the opening BTCC race of 2021 at Thruxton.
BTC Racing's Josh Cook has won the opening round of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship after taking a convincing victory in race one at Thruxton.
Despite initially dropping to third behind the fast-starting BMW of Colin Turkington off the start-line, Cook's afternoon was immediately made all the more easier after contact between race leader Ash Sutton and Turkington, saw the Honda driver move into the lead at the complex.
Having started the race from pole-position, Sutton saw his hopes of winning the season opener end in abrupt fashion after Turkington tipped the defending champion into a spin. That proved to be the first of a series of incidents on a chaotic opening lap of 2021.