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"Those little moments I always tend to gather up just got the better of me. I’ll put that down to the food poisoning!" - Ash Sutton

Defending BTCC champion Ash Sutton snatched the race two victory from title rival Colin Turkington after an epic final-lap duel at Knockhill.

Team BMW's Colin Turkington delivered a landmark 100th BTCC race victory for West Surrey Racing after dominating race one from pole position at

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 ...

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 t...

Jake Hill admits disbelief at early points lead 6 days ago Jake Hill admitted that he was surprised to come away from the opening weekend of the BTCC season as championship leader on the back of an impressive showing on track at Thruxton. The MB Motorsport driver had been left with work to do after qualifying in seventh spot after being baulked on his final flying lap of the session but recovered well to grab a podium finish in the opening race as he took third behind Josh Cook and Tom Ingram. ...

Turkington accepts blame for Sutton BTCC Thruxton clash Autosport 5 days ago © JEP / Motorsport Images Colin Turkington, Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport Colin Turkington holds his hands up to the mistake that caused him to spin Ash Sutton out of the lead of Sunday’s opening British Touring Car Championship round at Thruxton. Turkington was attempting to defend second place from Josh Cook into the Complex on the first lap when his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport tapped the rear of Sutto...

Andy Neate, Tom Ingram, Colin Turkington hit with Thruxton penalties 7 days ago Andy Neate, Tom Ingram and Colin Turkington were all handed penalty points after a dramatic opening weekend of action in the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton. The WSR driver was also handed three penalty points on his licence as a result. Neate and Ingram were both penalised for incidents in race two, with the former deemed to have been at fault for the incident at the start that resulted in him going of...

15 hours ago Ash Sutton insisted that “nursing a car that wanted to kill me” had been key to him securing the first pole position of the BTCC season at Thruxton. Sutton had topped the times in free practice at the wheel of his Infiniti Q50 having set the fastest time in FP1 and was the early pace setter in qualifying in continuing to wet conditions. However, as a dry line started to appear on track, a number of rivals switched to slick tyres, leaving the Laser Tools Racing man to follow sui...

Ash Sutton snared the first pole of the 2021 BTCC season after a dramatic drying session at Thruxton. Although conditions started with all drivers on wet rubber as light rain continued to fall across the circuit, it became clear towards the final ten minutes that the time was arriving to switch onto dry tyres. What … More »