Andy Neate, Tom Ingram, Colin Turkington hit with Thruxton penalties
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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 off heavily at turn one with the CUPRA of Glynn Geddie and the Honda of Jade Edwards.
Returning triple champion Gordon Shedden hit the front in the second free practice session of the weekend at Thruxton ahead of the opening rounds of the British Touring Car Championship season. The Team Dynamics driver was unable to match the pace set by Ash Sutton earlier in the day as wet weather conditions continued to … More »
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Colin Turkington receives a hefty 17-second time penalty for contact with defending champion Ash Sutton during the first BTCC race at Thruxton.
Team BMW s Colin Turkington has been handed a 17-second post-race penalty for contact with defending champion Ash Sutton during the opening British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton.
With Sutton leading Turkington into Campbell corner on lap one, Turkington made contact with the race leader whilst defending his own position against Josh Cook, which tipped Sutton s Infiniti into a spin down to the rear of the field.
Turkington went on to finish the opening race in fourth position, but the four-time champion was called to the stewards following the race, where he was given a 17-second time penalty.
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Josh Cook continues to dominate at Thruxton with a second BTCC victory of the day ahead of BTC Racing team mate Dan Cammish.
Josh Cook continued his rich vein of form at Thruxton after leading home a triumphant BTC Racing 1-2 result ahead of Dan Cammish to record his second British Touring Car Championship race victory at Thruxton.
Following what proved to be an incident packed season opener, race two turned out to be just as dramatic after a huge shunt involving Andy Neate, Glynn Geddie and Jade Edwards meant the race had to be red flagged on lap one.