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Dan Cammish said he was delighted to secure a podium finish from his one-off return to the BTCC with BTC Racing at Thruxton. Having lost his drive with Team Dynamics, Cammish will return to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this year but was called up at the last minute by BTC after it parted company … More »
Ash Sutton surprised by ten point gap
2 days ago
Ash Sutton admitted he was surprised to only sit ten points off the lead in the BTCC standings despite take a first win of the year during the season opener at Thruxton.
Having qualified on pole position, the defending champion found himself in the wars in the opening race of the weekend when he was tipped into a spin by Colin Turkington at the complex and dropped to the rear of the field.
After an early caution period, Sutton was able to charge back through the field to take the flag in tenth spot, but was then promoted into ninth as a result of a penalty for Turkington.
1 day ago
Colin Turkington insisted that three top ten finishes was a ‘good start’ to his BTCC campaign after the new season kicked off at Thruxton.
The West Surrey Racing driver overcame back pain throughout Saturday to qualify on the second row of the grid at the high-speed Hampshire circuit, although his race would be affected by a penalty in race one for contact with Ash Sutton on the opening lap.
That resulted in Turkington dropping to tenth place in the results before he fought back to seventh in race two, with the mixed conditions in race three seeing him finish in sixth spot.